Mónica Oltra Jarque () is a Spanish

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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

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. Mónica Oltra has served as one of the main leaders of the political party Valencian People's Initiative (IdPV) and of Coalició Compromís (Commitment Coalition), a coalition which she has represented in the Valencian parliament, representing the

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

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. Alongside being a politician, she also works as a lawyer. In June 2022 she was accused by José Luis Roberto Navarro, a known valencian far-right wing activist, 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

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-Valencia threatened to break the governing ''Botanic'' coalition, she resigned on 21 June. In June 2023, the judicial police released a report that allegedly supports Oltra's version that no cover-up had occurred and in April 2024, the tribunal ruled that there were not any evidence and filed the case.

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