Susana Gaspar (politician)

Susana Gaspar Martínez (born 9 August 1974)[1] is a Spanish politician. She was first elected to the Cortes of Aragon as the leader of the Citizens (Cs) list in 2015, moving to the People's Party (PP) in 2023.

Biography

Born in Zaragoza in Aragon, Gaspar graduated with a law degree, and a master's degree in management and human resources. She worked for companies in the Netherlands, Italy and France.[2]

Gaspar joined Citizens (Cs) in 2013 and became the party's territorial delegate to Aragon. She was chosen as their lead candidate in the 2015 Aragonese regional election by being the only candidate to meet the required limit of endorsements.[2] The party entered the Cortes of Aragon with five seats in its first such election, but the balance of power tilted to the left due to bigger losses for the People's Party (PP).[3]

In January 2019, Gaspar said that for personal reasons, she would not run for the party's candidate in that year's regional election.[4] She ran second on the list in the Zaragoza constituency behind new leader Daniel Pérez Calvo, as the party grew to 12 seats.[5]

Gaspar said in January 2023 that she would quit the party at the end of the legislature before the May regional election and return to the private sector; this came while many leading figures left Citizens for other parties.[6] She was however named 15th on the PP list in the Zaragoza constituency by Jorge Azcón.[7] She was elected as her new party became the largest with 28 seats.[8]

References

  1. ^ "Candidatos por Aragón" [Candidates for Aragon]. ABC (in Spanish). Retrieved 29 July 2025.
  2. ^ a b "Susana Gaspar, candidata de Ciudadanos al Gobierno de Aragón" [Susana Gaspar, Citizens' candidate for the Government of Aragon] (in Spanish). Aragón Digital. 14 March 2015. Retrieved 29 July 2025.
  3. ^ Pérez, R. (25 May 2015). "Ciudadanos solo amarra la mitad del voto que pierde el PP en Aragón" [Citizens only pick up half of the votes that the PP lost in Aragon]. ABC (in Spanish). Retrieved 29 July 2025.
  4. ^ Alonso, Jorge (23 January 2019). "Gaspar, la portavoz de Cs en Aragón, no se presenta a las primarias autonómicas "por una decisión personal"" [Gaspar, Cs spokesperson in Aragon, is not presenting for autonomous primaries "by a personal decision"]. Heraldo de Aragón (in Spanish). Retrieved 29 July 2025.
  5. ^ Santos, Ibán (27 May 2019). "Las nuevas Cortes de Aragón: estos son los nuevos diputados" [The new Cortes of Aragon: these are the new deputies]. Heraldo de Aragón (in Spanish). Retrieved 29 July 2025.
  6. ^ Martín, Ignacio (24 January 2023). "Susana Gaspar no se presentará a las primarias y dejará Cs en mayo" [Susana Gaspar will not present herself in the primaries and will leave Cs in May]. El Periódico de Aragón (in Spanish). Retrieved 29 July 2025.
  7. ^ Martín, Ignacio; Trigo, Iván (14 April 2023). "Las listas del PP: Susana Gaspar, fichada en Cortes y Sara Fernández, número 2 en Zaragoza capital" [PP lists: Susana Gaspar, signed in the Cortes and Sara Fernández, number 2 in the capital Zaragoza]. El Periódico de Aragón (in Spanish). Retrieved 29 July 2025.
  8. ^ "Estos son los 67 diputados de las Cortes de Aragón uno a uno" [These are the 67 deputies of the Cortes of Aragon one-by-one]. Heraldo de Aragón (in Spanish). EFE. 23 June 2023. Retrieved 29 July 2025.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.