Spanish politician
In this
Spanish name , the first or paternal
surname is
Ezcurra and the second or maternal family name is
Almansa .
Alma Ezcurra (2024) Alma Lucía Ezcurra Almansa (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈalma eθˈkura] [ 1] People's Party (PP). She was elected to the Assembly of Madrid in 2023 and the European Parliament in 2024 .
Biography
Born in Madrid , Ezcurra graduated with a law degree from the Autonomous University of Madrid and has a master's degree in business law. She then worked as a junior analyst in FAES , a think tank led by former People's Party prime minister of Spain José María Aznar .[ 2]
In 2012, Ezcurra became a consultant to PP mayor of Madrid Ana Botella 's cabinet, and from 2014, to the cabinet of Javier Fernández-Lasquetty the minister of health for the Government of the Community of Madrid . She then moved up to the national government of prime minister Mariano Rajoy , serving as director of the Department of Education, Science, Culture and Sport. After Rajoy was removed from office in 2018 , she remained a consultant to the parliamentary PP group and the vice-presidency of the Congress of Deputies . From January 2021 to March 2023, she was director of public affairs for the private consultancy company Lasker.[ 2]
Ezcurra was named 33rd on the PP list for the 2023 Madrilenian regional election by incumbent President of the Community of Madrid Isabel Díaz Ayuso ;[ 3] [ 4] Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) prime minister Pedro Sánchez for the leaders of the 2017 Catalan independence referendum ; various sources described the speech as viral .[ 2] [ 5] [ 6]
PP leader Alberto Núñez Feijóo chose Ezcurra as number three on an all-female top three on the party's list for the 2024 European Parliament election in Spain , after Dolors Montserrat and Carmen Crespo .[ 7] [ 1]
References
^ a b "Estos son los 61 diputados españoles del próximo Parlamento Europeo" [These are the 61 Spanish deputies for the next European Parliament]. La Vanguardia . Retrieved 13 June 2024 .^ a b c Roces, Pablo R. (25 November 2023). "Alma Ezcurra, el nuevo ariete del ayusismo: del laboratorio político de Aznar a hacerse viral por su discurso anti amnistía" [Alma Ezcurra, the new battering ram of Ayuso's ideology: from Aznar's political laboratory to going viral for her speech against the amnesty]. El Mundo . Retrieved 13 June 2024 . ^ Laurel, I. (18 April 2023). "Esta es la candidatura completa del PP de Madrid para el 28-M" [This is the complete PP of Madrid candidacy for the 28 May election]. La Razón . Retrieved 13 June 2024 . ^ Barrado, Blas (29 May 2023). "Los diputados electos en la Asamblea de Madrid de PP, Más Madrid, PSOE y Vox" [The deputies elected to the Assembly of Madrid for the PP, Más Madrid, PSOE and Vox] (in Spanish). Madrid Actual. Retrieved 13 June 2024 . ^ "El discurso viral de una diputada de Ayuso: "La amnistía, un fraude redactado por delincuentes" [The viral speech of one of Ayuso's deputies: "The amnesty, a fraud written by delinquents"]. El Diario de Cantabria (in Spanish). 24 November 2023. Retrieved 13 June 2024 .^ González, Raúl (26 November 2023). "Quién es Alma Ezcurra, la diputada de Ayuso que debutó en la Asamblea con un discurso contra la amnistía" [Who is Alma Ezcurra, Ayuso's deputy who debuted in the Assembly with a speech against the amnesty]. Diario AS . Retrieved 13 June 2024 . ^ "Feijóo elige a tres mujeres para encabezar la lista europea: Dolors Montserrat, Carmen Crespo y Alma Ezcurra" [Feijóo chooses three women to head the European list: Dolors Montserrat, Carmen Crespo and Alma Ezcurra] (in Spanish). Europa Press . 3 May 2024. Retrieved 13 June 2024 .
