María del Carmen Picazo Pérez[1] (born 1975)[2] is a Spanish lawyer and politician for the Citizens party. She was elected to the Cortes of Castilla–La Mancha as her party's leader in 2019 and lost her seat in 2023.
Carmen Picazo | |
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| Member of the Cortes of Castilla–La Mancha | |
| In office 19 June 2019 – 22 June 2023 | |
| Constituency | Albacete |
| Member of the Albacete City Council | |
| In office 2015–2019 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1975 (age 48–49) Albacete, Spain |
| Political party | Citizens |
| Alma mater | University of Castilla–La Mancha |
| Occupation | Lawyer |
Biography
editBorn in Albacete, Picazo graduated in Law from the University of Castilla–La Mancha, and is a lawyer for criminal and civil cases.[3] She joined Citizens in 2013, and was elected to Albacete City Council as the party's list leader in the 2015 elections.[3]
In March 2019, she received 94% of the votes to lead the party's campaign in the Castilian-Manchegan regional election in May.[2] With 11% of the votes and four seats, the party entered the legislature as its third party.[4] In July of the same year, she was added to Citizens' national executive body.[5]
Citizens lost all its representatives in the Cortes of Castilla–La Mancha in the 2023 election, while Picazo stayed on as leader of the party in the region, and maintained her seat on Albacete City Council despite losing 11,000 votes.[6]
References
edit- ^ "Ponemos nombre y cara a los 33 diputados elegidos para las Cortes de Castilla-La Mancha" [We put names and faces to the 33 MPs elected to the Cortes of Castilla-La Mancha] (in Spanish). El Digital Castilla-La Mancha. 26 May 2019. Retrieved 1 March 2021.
- ^ a b "Carmen Picazo, confirmada como candidata de Ciudadanos a la Presidencia de Castilla-La Mancha" [Carmen Picazo, confirmed as Citizens' candidate for the Presidency of Castilla-La Mancha]. El Diario (in Spanish). 9 March 2019. Retrieved 1 March 2021.
- ^ a b Aznar, Kiko (25 February 2019). "Carmen Picazo se presenta a las primarias para la Junta de Comunidades" [Carmen Picazo puts herself forward for the primaries for the Regional Government] (in Spanish). Cadena SER. Retrieved 1 March 2021.
- ^ "El PSOE de Emiliano García-Page consigue mayoría absoluta para gobernar Castilla-La Mancha" [Emiliano García-Page's PSOE achieve an absolute majority to govern Castile-Mancha] (in Spanish). CM Media. 27 May 2019. Retrieved 1 March 2021.
- ^ "Carmen Picazo sustituye a Orlena de Miguel en la Ejecutiva nacional de Ciudadanos" [Carmen Picazo replaces Orlena de Miguel in Citizens' national executive] (in Spanish). Lanza. 29 July 2019. Retrieved 1 March 2021.
- ^ "Picazo asegura que CS "va a seguir peleando" para estar en las instituciones" [Picazo assures that CS "will carry on fighting" to be in institutions] (in Spanish). CLM 24. 29 May 2023. Retrieved 29 May 2023.
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