Marga Prohens

Margalida Prohens Rigo (born 24 May 1982)[1] is a Spanish People's Party (PP) politician. She served in the Parliament of the Balearic Islands from 2011 to 2019, and the Congress of Deputies. In 2021, she became president of the People's Party of the Balearic Islands.

Biography

Born in Campos, Mallorca, Prohens graduated in Translation and Interpretation from Pompeu Fabra University in Barcelona. She joined the New Generations of the People's Party in 2005.[2]

Elected to the Parliament of the Balearic Islands in 2011, she served as the PP spokesperson within it from 2015 until Biel Company took over in 2018.[1] She was announced as the party's candidate for the Congress of Deputies for the Balearic constituency in the April 2019 Spanish general election; Maria Salom had originally been named but was then moved to be the Senate candidate.[3]

In July 2018, new PP President Pablo Casado named Prohens the party's Secretary of Internal Communication.[4] Three years later, she ran unopposed to be president of the People's Party of the Balearic Islands, succeeding Company.[5] In February 2022, she was one of several regional PP leaders to withdraw confidence in Casado, leading to the 20th National Congress of the People's Party.[6] She then endorsed Alberto Núñez Feijóo.[7]

References
  1. Eza, Virginia (29 April 2019). "Conoce quiénes son los ocho diputados y los cinco senadores electos por Baleares" [Get to know who are the eight deputies and five senators elected by the Balearic Islands]. Diario de Mallorca (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 March 2022.
  2. Font, Miguel Angel (22 March 2019). "Marga Prohens: "Las bases se enfadaron, pero con mi designación están muy ilusionadas"" [Marga Prohens: "The local branches got angry, byt they are very excited by my designation]. El Mundo (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 March 2022.
  3. "Marga Prohens será la candidata del PP al Congreso y María Salom al Senado" [Marga Prohens will be the PP candidate for Congress and Maria Salom for the Senate]. Mallorca Diario (in Spanish). 20 March 2019. Retrieved 25 March 2022.
  4. "Marga Prohens, nueva secretaria de comunicación interna del PP de Pablo Casado" [Marga Prohens, new secretary of internal communication in Pablo Casado's PP]. El Mundo (in Spanish). EFE. 26 July 2018. Retrieved 25 March 2022.
  5. Zabala, Sergio (24 July 2021). "Marga Prohens sustituye a Company oficialmente como presidenta del PP balear" [Marga Prohens officially replaces Company as president of the Balearic PP] (in Spanish). Cadena SER. Retrieved 25 March 2022.
  6. Adrover, Miquel (22 February 2022). "Casado pierde el apoyo de Prohens y del PP de Baleares" [Casado loses support from Prohens and Balearic PP]. Diario de Mallorca (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 March 2022.
  7. "Prohens avala la candidatura de Núñez Feijóo a presidir el PP porque representa "unidad y valentía"" [Prohens endorses Núñez Feijóo's candidacy for president of the PP because it represents "unity and strength"] (in Spanish). Europa Press. 6 March 2022. Retrieved 25 March 2022.
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