Manuela Bergerot Uncal (born 13 June 1976)[1] is a Spanish politician of the party Más Madrid. She was elected to the Assembly of Madrid in 2021, becoming her party's spokesperson and leader of the opposition in 2023.
Biography
editBergerot was born in La Plata, Argentina. Her father Alfonso was kidnapped by the Argentine military junta shortly before her birth for displaying a banner calling President Jorge Rafael Videla a murderer at an Estudiantes de La Plata football match. After being released, he was exiled to Spain.[2][3] Alfonso Bergerot called upon Amnesty International to allow for his wife and daughter to join him in Europe, a request granted when Manuela Bergerot was two years old.[4]
Bergerot graduated from the Complutense University of Madrid with a degree in library sciences. She worked on Argentina's legal case against the crimes of Francoist Spain.[4]
Bergerot was a consultant for Podemos in the Assembly of Madrid from 2015 to 2019, before taking on that role for Más Madrid.[4] She was third on the latter party's list in the 2021 Madrilenian regional election,[5] in which it had 34 members elected.[6] She was in the same position in the 2023 election,[7] as it decreased to 27 seats.[8]
In November 2023, Bergerot replaced Mónica García as Más Madrid's spokesperson in the Assembly of Madrid, as Bergerot was named Minister of Health in the third government of Pedro Sánchez. This position also made her leader of the opposition to the President of the Community of Madrid, Isabel Díaz Ayuso.[9]
Days after García left for the ministry, she was re-elected leader of Más Madrid, with Bergerot and spokesperson in the City Council of Madrid Rita Maestre as co-spokespersons of the party.[10]
References
edit- ^ Mateo, Juan José (24 June 2024). "Manuela Bergerot, líder de Más Madrid: "Ayuso es una irresponsable, está sembrando un terreno donde crecen monstruos como Alvise"" [Manuela Bergerot, leader of Más Madrid: "Ayuso is irresponsible, she is sowing a terrain where monsters like Alvise grow"]. El País (in Spanish). Retrieved 30 June 2024.
- ^ Cermele, Patricio (4 June 2023). ""Videla, asesino": la historia detrás del primer muerto de la dictadura en una cancha" ["Videla, murderer": the story behind the first death of the dictatorship in a football terrace] (in Spanish). 0221. Retrieved 30 June 2024.
- ^ "Manuela Bergerot, la diputada de origen argentino y su lucha por reivindicar la memoria en España" [Manuela Bergerot, the deputy of Argentine origin and her fight to revindicate the memory in Spain]. El Destape (in Spanish). 24 May 2023. Retrieved 30 June 2024.
- ^ a b c Caballero, Fátima (20 November 2023). "Manuela Bergerot, la activista por la memoria democrática que sustituye a Mónica García para enfrentarse a Ayuso" [Manuela Bergerot, the activist for democratic memory who replaces Mónica García to take on Ayuso]. elDiario.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 30 June 2024.
- ^ "Lista de candidatos de Más Madrid para las elecciones Madrid 2021" [List of Más Madrid candidates for the 2021 Madrid elections]. El Mundo (in Spanish). 19 April 2021. Retrieved 30 June 2024.
- ^ "Resultados elecciones Madrid 2021: Estos son los 136 diputados elegidos en los comicios a la Asamblea madrileña" [2021 Madrid election results: These are the 136 deputies elected to the Assembly of Madrid]. La Razón (in Spanish). 5 May 2021. Retrieved 30 June 2024.
- ^ Fernández, Rafael (26 April 2023). "La lista de Mónica García para el 28M: del activismo trans al Big Data" [Mónica García's list for the 28 May elections: from trans activism to Big Data]. La Razón (in Spanish). Retrieved 30 June 2024.
- ^ Barrado, Blas (29 May 2023). "Los diputados electos en la Asamblea de Madrid de PP, Más Madrid, PSOE y Vox" [Deputies elected to the Assembly of Madrid from PP, Más Madrid, PSOE and Vox] (in Spanish). Madrid Actual. Retrieved 30 June 2024.
- ^ "Manuela Bergerot será la nueva portavoz de Más Madrid en la Asamblea tras la salida de García a Sanidad" [Manuela Bergerot will be the new spokesperson of Más Madrid in the Assembly after García's exit to the Ministry of Health] (in Spanish). Europa Press. 20 November 2023. Retrieved 30 June 2024.
- ^ Calleja, Mariano (22 November 2023). "Mónica García seguirá liderando Más Madrid, con Rita Maestre y Manuela Bergerot en su núcleo duro" [Mónica García will continue leading Más Madrid, with Rita Maestre and Manuela Bergerot in her inner circle]. ABC (in Spanish). Retrieved 30 June 2024.