Mónica Oltra Jarque () is a Spanish

left-wing Left-wing politics describes the range of political ideologies that support and seek to achieve social equality and egalitarianism, often in opposition to social hierarchy. Left-wing politics typically involve a concern for those in soci ...

politician, and the ex-vice president, ex-spokesperson and ex-minister for Equality and Inclusive Policies of the Valencian government. Born in Germany to a Spanish immigrants family, she returned to Spain in 1984 and shortly after joined the

Communist Party of Spain The Communist Party of Spain ( es, Partido Comunista de España; PCE) is a Marxist-Leninist party that, since 1986, has been part of the United Left coalition, which is part of Unidas Podemos. It currently has two of its politicians serving as ...

. Mónica Oltra has served as one of the main leaders of political party

Valencian People's Initiative Valencian People's Initiative (Valencian: Iniciativa del Poble Valencià, IdPV) is a Valencianist and ecosocialist political party, in the Valencian Country, Spain. IdPV is a part of the Compromís coalition. Ideology According to one of its ...

(IdPV) and of

Coalició Compromís Coalició Compromís (; en, Commitment Coalition or Compromise Coalition), also known as Compromís,Ávila López, E. (2016) ''Modern Spain'', p. 85 is a Valencianist electoral coalition in the Valencian Community, Spain. The parties involved i ...

(Commitment Coalition), a coalition which she has represented in the

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, representing the

province of Valencia Valencia ( ca-valencia, València) is a province of Spain, in the central part of the autonomous Valencian Community. Of the province's over 2.5 million people (2018), one-third live in the capital, Valencia, which is also the capital of the au ...

since 2007 until her resignation in 2022. She holds a bachelor's degree in Law from the

University of Valencia The University of Valencia ( ca-valencia, Universitat de València ; also known as UV) is a public research university located in the city of Valencia, Spain. It is one of the oldest surviving universities in Spain, and the oldest in the Vale ...

. Alongside being a politician, she also works as a lawyer. In June 2022 she was accused by the in the crime of covering up the case of sexual abuse by her ex-husband of a 14 years old minor under guardianship. Despite the pressure, she initially refused to resign her position of the vice-president of Valencian government. However, after

PSOE The Spanish Socialist Workers' Party ( es, Partido Socialista Obrero Español ; PSOE ) is a social-democraticThe PSOE is described as a social-democratic party by numerous sources: * * * * political party in Spain. The PSOE has been in gov ...

-Valencia threatened to break the governing ''Botanic'' coalition, she resigned on June 21.

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1969 births 21st-century Spanish women politicians Coalició Compromís politicians Living people University of Valencia alumni Vice Presidents of the Valencian Community Members of the 7th Corts Valencianes Members of the 8th Corts Valencianes Members of the 9th Corts Valencianes Members of the 10th Corts Valencianes {{Valencia-politician-stub