Mónica Silvana González González (; born 1976) is an Argentine and Spanish politician who has been serving as

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since 2019. She is a member of the Federal Executive Commission of the

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(PSOE) and previously served as member of the

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Early life and education

Born on 12 February 1976 in

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, Argentina. At 4 years old, she moved to the city of Esquina ( province of Corrientes). Graduated in Tourism at the

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of Corrientes, she moved to Spain in 1998, settling in

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Political career

A member of the local aggrupation of the

(PSOE) in Alcalá de Henares, González was city councillor of the municipality from 2007 to 2015. González ran as candidate in the PSOE list (10th position) for the May 2015 regional election in Madrid headed by

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,: she became a member of the 10th term of the regional legislature. In the context of the 39th Federal Congress of the PSOE that took place in June 2017, González was designated a member of the Federal Executive Commission in the role of Secretary in the Area of Diversity and Social Movements.

Member of the European Parliament, 2019–present

Since the

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, González has been serving on the Parliament’s

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. In this capacity, she served as the parliament's

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on humanitarian aid from 2019 to 2023. In addition to her committee assignments, González is a member of the European Parliament Intergroup on Disability, the European Parliament Intergroup on Fighting against Poverty, and the

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. In January 2023,

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announced that González would lose her entitlement to a daily subsistence allowance (€338 a day) and parliamentary activity for 30 days for the 'psychological harassment' towards her three accredited parliamentary assistants.Vince Chadwick (16 February 2023)
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Gonzalez, Monica Silvana Members of the 10th Assembly of Madrid City councillors in the Community of Madrid Members of the Socialist Parliamentary Group (Assembly of Madrid) 1976 births Living people MEPs for Spain 2019–2024