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In 1980, when she was 16 she became a member of [[People's Alliance (Spain)|People's Alliance]], which would later become the People's Party of Spain. She studied Law at the [[Complutense University of Madrid]]. |
In 1980, when she was 16 she became a member of [[People's Alliance (Spain)|People's Alliance]], which would later become the People's Party of Spain. She studied Law at the [[Complutense University of Madrid]]. |
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In 2013 she suffered a traffic accident in Madrid while she was riding her motorbike, which put her in a coma for nearly a month.<ref>[https://elpais.com/ccaa/2013/08/20/madrid/1377017853_520499.html La delegada del Gobierno en Madrid, herida grave en un accidente de moto] {{ |
In 2013 she suffered a traffic accident in Madrid while she was riding her motorbike, which put her in a coma for nearly a month.<ref>[https://elpais.com/ccaa/2013/08/20/madrid/1377017853_520499.html La delegada del Gobierno en Madrid, herida grave en un accidente de moto] {{in lang|es}}</ref><ref>[http://www.rtve.es/noticias/20130923/cristina-cifuentes-recibe-alta-medica-tras-accidente-moto/749944.shtml Cristina Cifuentes recibe el alta médica tras el accidente de moto] {{in lang|es}}</ref> |
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After being the Government Delegate in Madrid from 2012 to 2015, she was elected President of the Autonomous Community of Madrid with the support of the centre-right Spanish party [[Citizens (Spanish political party)|Citizens]], having won the [[2015 Madrilenian regional election|2015 regional election]] and having obtained 48 representatives out of 129 in the [[Assembly of Madrid]]. |
After being the Government Delegate in Madrid from 2012 to 2015, she was elected President of the Autonomous Community of Madrid with the support of the centre-right Spanish party [[Citizens (Spanish political party)|Citizens]], having won the [[2015 Madrilenian regional election|2015 regional election]] and having obtained 48 representatives out of 129 in the [[Assembly of Madrid]]. |
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On 25 April 2018, Cifuentes resigned as President of the Community of Madrid, after the release of a 2011 video that showed her being detained in a supermarket for [[shoplifting]] (goods worth €40),<ref>{{cite news |title=Madrid leader Cifuentes resigns over supermarket 'theft video' |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-43891489 |date=25 April 2018 |accessdate=25 April 2018 |work=[[BBC News]]}}</ref> with [[Ángel Garrido]] succeeding her as acting president of the community.<ref>{{cite news |last=Blasco |first=Pedro |title=Ángel Garrido, nombrado presidente en funciones de la Comunidad de Madrid |url=https://www.vozpopuli.com/politica/Angel-Garrido-presidente-funciones-Comunidad-Madrid_0_1129987800.html |date=25 April 2018 |access-date=25 April 2018 |work=Voz Populi |language=es}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Marcos |first=José |title=Ángel Garrido, el sucesor natural de Cifuentes |url=https://politica.elpais.com/politica/2018/04/25/actualidad/1524647068_278438.html |date=25 April 2018 |access-date=25 April 2018 |newspaper=[[El País]] |language=es |location=Madrid}}</ref> On 27 April 2018, she resigned from the presidency of the [[People's Party of the Community of Madrid]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://politica.elpais.com/politica/2018/04/27/actualidad/1524851764_359407.html |title=Cifuentes renuncia a la presidencia del PP de la Comunidad de Madrid |newspaper=El País |language=es |location=Madrid |date=27 April 2018 |access-date=27 April 2018}}</ref> On 8 May 2018, Cifuentes resigned from her seat in the [[Assembly of Madrid]] and announced her retirement from politics.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://elpais.com/ccaa/2018/05/08/madrid/1525768628_539272.html |title=Cifuentes deja su acta de diputada y se retira de la política |newspaper=El País |language=es |location=Madrid |date=8 May 2018 |access-date=8 May 2018}}</ref> |
On 25 April 2018, Cifuentes resigned as President of the Community of Madrid, after the release of a 2011 video that showed her being detained in a supermarket for [[shoplifting]] (goods worth €40),<ref>{{cite news |title=Madrid leader Cifuentes resigns over supermarket 'theft video' |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-43891489 |date=25 April 2018 |accessdate=25 April 2018 |work=[[BBC News]]}}</ref> with [[Ángel Garrido]] succeeding her as acting president of the community.<ref>{{cite news |last=Blasco |first=Pedro |title=Ángel Garrido, nombrado presidente en funciones de la Comunidad de Madrid |url=https://www.vozpopuli.com/politica/Angel-Garrido-presidente-funciones-Comunidad-Madrid_0_1129987800.html |date=25 April 2018 |access-date=25 April 2018 |work=Voz Populi |language=es}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Marcos |first=José |title=Ángel Garrido, el sucesor natural de Cifuentes |url=https://politica.elpais.com/politica/2018/04/25/actualidad/1524647068_278438.html |date=25 April 2018 |access-date=25 April 2018 |newspaper=[[El País]] |language=es |location=Madrid}}</ref> On 27 April 2018, she resigned from the presidency of the [[People's Party of the Community of Madrid]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://politica.elpais.com/politica/2018/04/27/actualidad/1524851764_359407.html |title=Cifuentes renuncia a la presidencia del PP de la Comunidad de Madrid |newspaper=El País |language=es |location=Madrid |date=27 April 2018 |access-date=27 April 2018}}</ref> On 8 May 2018, Cifuentes resigned from her seat in the [[Assembly of Madrid]] and announced her retirement from politics.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://elpais.com/ccaa/2018/05/08/madrid/1525768628_539272.html |title=Cifuentes deja su acta de diputada y se retira de la política |newspaper=El País |language=es |location=Madrid |date=8 May 2018 |access-date=8 May 2018}}</ref> |
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On 2 September 2019 the [[Audiencia Nacional]] charged Cifuentes together with fellow former regional premiers [[Ignacio González González|Ignacio González]] and [[Esperanza Aguirre]] with alleged crimes of illicit funding, diversion of public money and document forgery in the proceedings of the Púnica corruption case.<ref>[https://www.elmundo.es/madrid/2019/09/02/5d6d1158fc6c83c1718b45bb.html El juez imputa a Esperanza Aguirre por "fraguar" un plan para desviar dinero público al PP de Madrid desde 2004] {{ |
On 2 September 2019 the [[Audiencia Nacional]] charged Cifuentes together with fellow former regional premiers [[Ignacio González González|Ignacio González]] and [[Esperanza Aguirre]] with alleged crimes of illicit funding, diversion of public money and document forgery in the proceedings of the Púnica corruption case.<ref>[https://www.elmundo.es/madrid/2019/09/02/5d6d1158fc6c83c1718b45bb.html El juez imputa a Esperanza Aguirre por "fraguar" un plan para desviar dinero público al PP de Madrid desde 2004] {{in lang|es}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|url=https://www.elconfidencial.com/espana/2019-09-02/punica-cifuentes-aguirre-imputa_2204931/|journal=[[El Confidencial]]|title=Aguirre, Cifuentes e Indra, imputadas por financiación ilícita y desvío de dinero público|first=Beatriz|last=Parera|first2=Pablo|last2=Gabilondo|date=2 September 2019}}</ref> |
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== Electoral history == |
== Electoral history == |
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Cristina Cifuentes Cuencas | |
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5th President of the Community of Madrid | |
In office 24 June 2015 – 25 April 2018 | |
Monarch | Felipe VI |
Preceded by | Ignacio González |
Succeeded by | Ángel Garrido |
President of the People's Party of the Community of Madrid | |
In office 18 March 2017 – 27 April 2018 | |
Preceded by | Esperanza Aguirre |
Succeeded by | Pío García-Escudero |
Government Delegate in the Community of Madrid | |
In office 16 January 2012 – 13 April 2015 | |
Preceded by | María Dolores Carrión Martín |
Succeeded by | Concepción Dancausa |
Personal details | |
Born | María Cristina Cifuentes Cuencas 1 July 1964 Madrid, Spain |
Political party | People's Party |
Alma mater | Complutense University of Madrid |
María Cristina Cifuentes Cuencas (born 1 July 1964) is a Spanish politician from the People's Party. She was the President of the Community of Madrid from 24 June 2015 to her 25 April 2018 resignation.[1] From 16 January 2012 to 13 April 2015, she served as the Government Delegate in the Community of Madrid.[2]
Biography
In 1980, when she was 16 she became a member of People's Alliance, which would later become the People's Party of Spain. She studied Law at the Complutense University of Madrid.
In 2013 she suffered a traffic accident in Madrid while she was riding her motorbike, which put her in a coma for nearly a month.[3][4]
After being the Government Delegate in Madrid from 2012 to 2015, she was elected President of the Autonomous Community of Madrid with the support of the centre-right Spanish party Citizens, having won the 2015 regional election and having obtained 48 representatives out of 129 in the Assembly of Madrid.
On 21 March 2018, Cifuentes was alleged to have fraudulently obtained her Master's degree from King Juan Carlos University.[5] On 5 April 2018, a judicial investigation of the case was opened.[6]
On 25 April 2018, Cifuentes resigned as President of the Community of Madrid, after the release of a 2011 video that showed her being detained in a supermarket for shoplifting (goods worth €40),[7] with Ángel Garrido succeeding her as acting president of the community.[8][9] On 27 April 2018, she resigned from the presidency of the People's Party of the Community of Madrid.[10] On 8 May 2018, Cifuentes resigned from her seat in the Assembly of Madrid and announced her retirement from politics.[11]
On 2 September 2019 the Audiencia Nacional charged Cifuentes together with fellow former regional premiers Ignacio González and Esperanza Aguirre with alleged crimes of illicit funding, diversion of public money and document forgery in the proceedings of the Púnica corruption case.[12][13]
Electoral history
Election | List | Constituency | List position | Result |
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European Parliament election, 1987 | AP | Spain | 57th (out of 60) | Not elected |
1991 Madrilenian regional election | PP | Community of Madrid | 46th (out of 101) | Elected |
European Parliament election, 1994 | PP | Spain | 60th (out of 64) | Not elected |
1995 Madrilenian regional election | PP | Community of Madrid | 16th (out of 103) | Elected |
1999 Madrilenian regional election | PP | Community of Madrid | 17th (out of 102) | Elected |
May 2003 Madrilenian regional election | PP | Community of Madrid | 20th (out of 111) | Elected |
October 2003 Madrilenian regional election | PP | Community of Madrid | 20th (out of 111) | Elected |
2007 Madrilenian regional election | PP | Community of Madrid | 13th (out of 120) | Elected |
2011 Madrilenian regional election | PP | Community of Madrid | 13th (out of 129) | Elected |
2015 Madrilenian regional election | PP | Community of Madrid | 1st (out of 129) | Elected |
References
- ^ Reyero, Itziar (23 June 2015). "Los agujeros negros de Cristina Cifuentes". ABC (in Spanish). Madrid. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
- ^ Preston, Jennifer (26 September 2012). "Images of Clashes at Anti-Austerity Protests in Europe". The New York Times. The Lede. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
- ^ La delegada del Gobierno en Madrid, herida grave en un accidente de moto (in Spanish)
- ^ Cristina Cifuentes recibe el alta médica tras el accidente de moto (in Spanish)
- ^ Ejerique, Raquel (21 March 2018). "Cristina Cifuentes obtuvo su título de máster en una universidad pública con notas falsificadas". El Diario (in Spanish). Retrieved 29 March 2018.
- ^ "Prosecutors to probe Madrid regional leader master's degree scandal". El País. Madrid. 6 April 2018. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
- ^ "Madrid leader Cifuentes resigns over supermarket 'theft video'". BBC News. 25 April 2018. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
- ^ Blasco, Pedro (25 April 2018). "Ángel Garrido, nombrado presidente en funciones de la Comunidad de Madrid". Voz Populi (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 April 2018.
- ^ Marcos, José (25 April 2018). "Ángel Garrido, el sucesor natural de Cifuentes". El País (in Spanish). Madrid. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
- ^ "Cifuentes renuncia a la presidencia del PP de la Comunidad de Madrid". El País (in Spanish). Madrid. 27 April 2018. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
- ^ "Cifuentes deja su acta de diputada y se retira de la política". El País (in Spanish). Madrid. 8 May 2018. Retrieved 8 May 2018.
- ^ El juez imputa a Esperanza Aguirre por "fraguar" un plan para desviar dinero público al PP de Madrid desde 2004 (in Spanish)
- ^ Parera, Beatriz; Gabilondo, Pablo (2 September 2019). "Aguirre, Cifuentes e Indra, imputadas por financiación ilícita y desvío de dinero público". El Confidencial.
- 1964 births
- Presidents of the Community of Madrid
- People's Party (Spain) politicians
- Complutense University of Madrid alumni
- Living people
- Members of the 10th Assembly of Madrid
- Members of the 4th Assembly of Madrid
- Members of the 9th Assembly of Madrid
- Members of the 8th Assembly of Madrid
- Members of the 3rd Assembly of Madrid
- Members of the 5th Assembly of Madrid
- Members of the 6th Assembly of Madrid
- Members of the 7th Assembly of Madrid
- First Secretaries of the Assembly of Madrid
- First Vice Presidents of the Assembly of Madrid
- Members of the People's Parliamentary Group (Assembly of Madrid)
- 21st-century women politicians