Mae de la Concha | |
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President of the Balearic Islands | |
In office 19 June 2023 – 7 July 2023 | |
Monarch | Felipe VI |
Deputy | Juan Pedro Yllanes |
Preceded by | Francina Armengol |
Succeeded by | Marga Prohens |
Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food of the Balearic Islands | |
In office 3 July 2019 – 10 July 2023 | |
President | Francina Armengol (2019–2023) Herself (acting) (2023) |
Preceded by | Vicenç Vidal (Environment, Agriculture and Fisheries) |
Succeeded by | Joan Simonet (Agriculture, Fisheries and Natural Environment) |
Secretary-general of We Can Balearic Islands | |
In office 5 October 2017 – 22 December 2021 | |
Preceded by | Alberto Jarabo |
Succeeded by | Antònia Jover |
Member of the Congress of Deputies | |
In office 19 July 2016 – 5 March 2019 | |
In office 13 January 2016 – 3 May 2016 | |
Constituency | Balearic Islands |
Personal details | |
Born | María Asunción Jacoba Pía de la Concha García-Mauriño 25 July 1954 Gijón, Spain |
Political party | Podemos |
María Asunción Jacoba Pía de la Concha García-Mauriño, known as Mae de la Concha (born 25 July 1954), is a Spanish bookseller and politician. She was regional minister of agriculture, fisheries and food of the government of the Balearic Islands. She was a member of Congress of Deputies from 2016 to 2019. From October 2017 to December 2021 she also served as secretary-general of the Balearic branch of Podemos.[1][2] She was acting President of the Balearic Islands from 19 June to 7 July 2023.[3]
She started working as a court secretary until 1990, when she founded the La Torre de Papel bookstore.[4] In February 2015 she was elected secretary-general of Podemos Menorca. She was elected to the Congress of Deputies in 2015 and 2016.[5]
On 20 June 2023, following the resignation of Francina Armengol, she was appointed President of the Balearic Islands as the oldest person of Armengol's cabinet.