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Carlos Mazón

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In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Mazón and the second or maternal family name is Guixot.
Carlos Mazón
President of the Valencian Community
Incumbent
Assumed office
13 July 2023
MonarchFelipe VI
Preceded byXimo Puig
Personal details
Born
Carlos Arturo Mazón Guixot

(1974-04-08) 8 April 1974 (age 50)
Alicante, Spain
Political partyPeople's Party

Carlos Arturo Mazón Guixot (born 8 April 1974)[1] is a Spanish People's Party (PP) politician. He was elected president of the Provincial Deputation of the Province of Alicante in 2019 and has led the People's Party of the Valencian Community (PPCV) since 2021, leading them to victory in the 2023 Valencian regional election. He became President of the Valencian Government after forming a coalition with Vox.

Early life

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Born in Alicante, Mazón's father of the same name was a haemotologist, who had a street in the city named after him. His maternal grandfather, Alfonso Guixot Guixot [es], was a businessman involved in entertainment; he owned cinemas and a bullring, and was president of Hércules CF football club.[2]

Mazón graduated in law from the University of Alicante, where he was a member of the student council as the leader of the union Programa 10. He was a member of the New Generations of the People's Party. When the PP entered government in the Valencian Community under Eduardo Zaplana after the 1999 elections, 25-year-old Mazón became director of the Valencian Youth Institute.[3]

Political career

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Early political career

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In 2003, under new Valencian president Francisco Camps, Mazón led the Department of Commerce and Consumption. Four years later, following a rift in the People's Party of the Valencian Community (PPCV) between followers of Zaplana and Camps, he was one of the members of the former, more liberal faction that left regional politics and moved into the politics of the Province of Alicante. He served as a councillor in the provincial capital and in the small town of Catral, as well as being director of the Chamber of Commerce and a member of the Provincial Deputation.[3]

Mazón was elected President of the Provincial Deputation of Alicante in July 2019, receiving support from Citizens to be the fifth consecutive PP president since 1995.[4] A year later, he received 98% of the votes to lead the PP branch in his province.[5]

President of the Valencian Government

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Mazón, Isabel Díaz Ayuso and María José Catalá in February 2023

In July 2021, Mazón succeeded Isabel Bonig as leader on a regional level.[6] In the 2023 Valencian regional election, his party came first with 40 seats, up from 19.[7] The PP formed government with the 13 deputies from Vox, on the terms of the PP's national leadership that the government would exclude Vox leader Carlos Flores, who was convicted of harassing his ex-wife in 2002.[8]

In July 2024, Mazón fired his ministers from Vox and continued to govern in minority. This followed nationwide threats by the party to resign from PP-led governments around the country, as part of a dispute over migration.[9]

Mazón was president during the October 2024 Spain floods. He received criticism for having eliminated his predecessor Ximo Puig's planned Valencian Emergencies Unit: a coordinating body for disaster response, conceived after similar floods in September 2019.[10][11] The government spokesman stated it was abolished in order to reduce public expenditure and increase efficiency.[12] Previously, the organisation had been criticised by the local firefighters' union as duplicating their work, before they agreed to it.[13][14]

Personal life

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Mazón is a member of the four-piece band Marengo, which auditioned to represent Spain in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011.[15] In 2013, the band toured the Province of Alicante and the Region of Murcia.[3]

References

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  1. ^ "Ficha del diputado/a" [Member's file]. Corts Valencianes (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 18 January 2024. Retrieved 18 January 2024.
  2. ^ Maceda, Víctor (3 May 2021). "Carlos Mazón, el fill de Zaplana" [Carlos Mazón, the son of Zaplana]. Els Temps (in Catalan). Retrieved 10 April 2022.
  3. ^ a b c Lidón, Inma (8 May 2021). "Carlos Mazón, el político que supo esperar a su 'generación'" [Carlos Mazón, the politician who knew how to wait for his 'generation']. El Mundo (in Spanish). Retrieved 10 April 2022.
  4. ^ "Carlos Mazón, elegido nuevo presidente de la Diputación de Alicante" [Carlos Mazón, elected new president of the Deputation of Alicante]. ABC (in Spanish). 19 July 2019. Retrieved 10 April 2022.
  5. ^ Lidón, Inma (18 July 2020). "Carlos Mazón, presidente del PP de Alicante con el 98% de los votos y el respaldo de Pablo Casado para hacer "un partido ancho"" [Carlos Mazón, president of the Alicante PP with 98% of the votes and the backing of Casado to make a "wide party"]. El Mundo. Retrieved 10 April 2022.
  6. ^ "Carlos Mazón es proclamado presidente del PPCV que es reforzado con 30 cargos del Partido Popular de Castellón" [Carlos Mazón is proclaimed president of the PPCV which is bolstered with 30 office holders from the Castellón People's Party] (in Spanish). Castellón Información. 3 July 2021. Retrieved 10 April 2022.
  7. ^ Obrador, J. L. (29 May 2023). "Mazón se impone a Puig y será el president de la Generalitat con el apoyo de Vox" [Mazón imposes himself on Puig and will be the president of the Generalitat with the support of Vox]. 20 minutos (in Spanish). Retrieved 30 May 2023.
  8. ^ de la Torre, Noa (13 June 2023). "PP y Vox alcanzan un acuerdo de gobierno en Valencia que excluye al candidato condenado por maltrato a su ex mujer" [PP and Vox reach an agreement for government in Valencia that excludes the candidate convicted of abusing his ex-wife]. El Mundo (in Spanish). Retrieved 28 June 2023.
  9. ^ Martínez, Laura (11 July 2024). "Mazón cesa al vicepresidente y los consejeros de Vox del Gobierno valenciano sin esperar a su dimisión" [Mazón fires the Vox vice president and ministers from the Valencian Government without waiting for their resignation]. elDiario.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 1 November 2024.
  10. ^ Martínez, Laura (30 October 2024). "Qué era la Unidad Valenciana de Emergencias, el servicio de coordinación que Mazón suspendió al llegar al Gobierno" [What was the Valencian Emergencies Unit, the coordination service that Mazón suspended upon arriving in Government]. elDiario.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 1 November 2024.
  11. ^ "Death toll rises as torrential rain and floods batter Spain". Guardian.com. 14 September 2019. Retrieved 1 November 2024.
  12. ^ "La Unidad Valenciana de Emergencias, primer organismo de Ximo Puig suprimido por Carlos Mazón" [The Valencian Emergency Unit, Ximo Puig's first agency, abolished by Carlos Mazón]. elespanol.com (in Spanish). 28 November 2023. Retrieved 1 November 2024.
  13. ^ Alonso, Amanda (31 October 2024). "Qué era la Unidad Valenciana de Emergencias (UVE) que Carlos Mazón eliminó en 2023" [What was the Valencian Emergencies Unit (UVE) that Carlos Mazón eliminated in 2023?]. 20 minutos (in Spanish). Retrieved 1 November 2024.
  14. ^ "Qué era la Unidad Valenciana de Emergencias, la 'UME valenciana' que cerró el actual Gobierno de Carlos Mazón" [What was the Valencian Emergenies Unit, the 'Valencian UME' that the current Carlos Mazón government closed]. Maldita.es [es] (in Spanish). 23 February 2024. Retrieved 1 November 2024.
  15. ^ Sánchez, Antonio A. (11 May 2021). "Carlos Mazón y su aventura para representar a España en Eurovisión: se enfrentó a Sonia y Selena" [Carlos Mazón and his adventure to represent Spain in Eurovision: he was up against Sonia and Selena]. Información (in Spanish). Retrieved 10 April 2022.
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