Carmen Moriyón

{{Short description|Spanish surgeon and politician}}

{{family name hatnote|Moriyón|Entrialgo|lang=Spanish}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Carmen Moriyón

| image =

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| office = Mayor of Gijón

| term_start = 17 June 2023

| term_end =

| successor =

| predecessor = Ana González

| term_start1 = 11 June 2011

| term_end1 = 15 June 2019

| predecessor1 = Paz Fernández Felgueroso

| successor1 = Ana González

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1966|10|25|df=y}}

| birth_place = Gijón, Francoist Spain

| birth_name = María del Carmen Moriyón Entrialgo

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| nationality =

| party = Asturias Forum

| occupation = Surgeon and politician

| alma_mater = University of Oviedo
Autonomous University of Madrid

}}

María del Carmen Moriyón Entrialgo (born 25 October 1966)[https://web.archive.org/web/20171013190442/https://sedeelectronica.gijon.es/page/8073-la-alcaldesa/ La Alcaldesa] {{in lang|es}} is a Spanish surgeon and politician.

She headed the list of Asturias Forum to the mayor of Gijón in the municipal elections of Spain in 2011, getting 9 councilors and becoming the first non-socialist mayor of Gijón since the 1979 elections thanks to the support of the Popular Party in the investiture.[https://web.archive.org/web/20110907083437/https://sedeelectronica.gijon.es/page/8073-la-alcaldesa La izquierda pierde la mayoría tras 32 años y Carmen Moriyón apunta a la Alcaldía] {{in lang|es}}[https://www.elcomercio.es/20110611/asturias/gijon/urgente-gijon-201106111820.html Carmen Moriyón, alcaldesa de Gijón con el apoyo del Partido Popular] {{in lang|es}}

Carmen Moriyón is the daughter of Maximino Moriyón Álvarez and Margarita Entrialgo Álvarez, and widow of José Ramón Rodríguez-Galindo González a surgeon who died in 2009.[https://www.lne.es/gijon/2011/06/13/vuelta-ruedo-bisturi/1088469.html Vuelta al ruedo sin bisturí] {{in lang|es}}

She studied at the College of the Holy Angel of the Guardian and the College of the Immaculate (promotion of 1984), and has a degree in Medicine and Surgery from the University of Oviedo (promotion of 1990) and specialist in Mastology from the Autonomous University of Madrid (2001).[https://www.elcomercio.es/v/20110320/gijon/doctora-carmen-moriyon-sera-20110320.html La doctora Carmen Moriyón será la candidata de Foro a la Alcaldía] {{in lang|es}} She was responsible for the Breast Cancer Unit at the Cabueñes Hospital until her election as mayor.[https://mas.lne.es/elecciones/municipales/gijon/candidatos/foro-asturias/carmen-moriyon.html Carmen Moriyón] {{in lang|es}}

On 29 September 2018, Moriyón became president of the political party Asturias Forum.{{cite web|url=https://www.lne.es/asturias/2018/09/29/carmen-moriyon-nueva-presidenta-foro/2356000.html|publisher=La Nueva España|language=es|date=29 September 2018|accessdate=2 October 2018|title=Carmen Moriyón, nueva presidenta de Foro Asturias|trans-title=Carmen Moriyón, new president of Asturias Forum}}

After being the mayor of Gijón from 2011 to 2019, in 2023 she was elected mayor again.{{Cite web |last=Paneque |first=Eduardo |date=2023-06-17 |title=Moriyón regresa a la Alcaldía con un gobierno tripartito de Foro, PP y Vox |url=https://www.elcomercio.es/gijon/moriyon-regresa-alcaldia-gobierno-tripartito-foro-pp-20230617012321-nt.html |access-date=2023-06-17 |website=El Comercio: Diario de Asturias |language=es}}

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