Begoña Gómez
Begoña Gómez | |
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 Premios Goya, 2018 | |
| First Lady of Spain | |
| President | Pedro Sanchez |
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| Born | María Begoña Gómez Fernández Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "{"., 1975 Bilbao Spain |
| Political party | PSE |
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María Begoña Gómez Fernández (Bilbao, 1975) is a Spanish marketing expert and wife of Pedro Sánchez Pérez-Castejón, the Prime Minister of Spain.
Early life and education
Begoña Gómez was born in Bilbao. Her father is Sabiniano Gómez Serrano. She has one brother, Miguel Gómez Fernández. She spent most of her childhood in Valderas, Leon (province). Begoña Gómez obtained an unofficial marketing degree from the Higher School of Commercial Engineers, a private entity which operated as an academy, called M&B School of Marketing and Business, created in 1989 which merged into the ESEM corporation. She has indicated in her CV that she has a bachelor degree in marketing from ESIC University, a business school and prestigious university, a fact which gained attention of teh news media as early as 2018.[1]
Career
Begoña Gómez was director of business outsourcing in the Inmark Group until her husband became Prime Minister of Spain in 2018.[2] From 2018 to 2022 she was executive director of the Africa Center of the Institute of Enterprise.[3] Since 2020 she has been the extraordinary Chair of Competitive Social Transformation of the Complutense University of Madrid.[4]
On April 24, 2024, a judge opened an investigation against Begoña Gómez for possible influence trafficking and corruption following a complaint by Manos Limpias.[5]
Personal life
She married Pedro Sánchez Pérez-Castejón in 2006. They have 2 daughters, Carlota Sánchez Gómez and Ainhoa Sánchez Gómez.
References
- ^ María Ruiz (2024-04-10). "Begoña Gómez vendió su licenciatura en Marketing como un título universitario, pero es de una academia". OK Diario (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-04-25.
- ^ "Begoña Gómez, esposa de Pedro Sánchez, investigada por presunto tráfico de influencias y corrupción" (in Spanish). 2024-04-24. Retrieved 2024-04-25.
- ^ Quintanilla, Berta F. (2024-04-24). "Estos han sido los trabajos de Begoña Gómez y su nivel de estudios". huffingtonpost (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-04-25.
- ^ "Máster de Transformación Social Competitiva: Los ODS como estrategia". Cátedra (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-04-25.
- ^ "Un juzgado de Madrid investiga a la mujer de Pedro Sánchez por tráfico de influencias y corrupción en los negocios" (in Spanish). 2024-04-24. Retrieved 2024-04-25.