Marga Prohens
{{Short description|Spanish politician (born 1982)}}
{{family name hatnote|Prohens|Rigo|lang=Spanish}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Marga Prohens
| image = Marga Prohens Rigo 2023.jpg
| office = President of the Government of the Balearic Islands
| monarch = Felipe VI
| deputy =
| term_start = 7 July 2023
| term_end =
| predecessor = Mae de la Concha (acting)
| successor =
| birth_name = Margalida Prohens Rigo
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1982|5|24|df=y}}
| birth_place = Campos, Mallorca (Balearic Islands), Spain
| party = PP
| alma_mater = Pompeu Fabra University
| office1 = Member of the Congress of Deputies
| office2 = Member of the
Parliament of the Balearic Islands
| termstart1 = 21 May 2019
| termend1 = 29 May 2023
| termend2 = 21 May 2019
| termstart2 = 18 June 2011
| constituency1 = Balearic Islands
| children = 2
| spouse = {{marriage|Javier Bonet|2022}}
}}
Margalida Prohens Rigo{{cite news |title=Imágenes de la presidenta del Govern, Margalida Prohens, con el presidente de la Federación de la Pequeña y Mediana Empresa de Baleares (PIMEB) |url=https://www.caib.es/pidip2front/ficha_convocatoria.xhtml;jsessionid=bQJ98aUGQkz0RZtZhx3kEZauTSXYHuSLOQ8C4Nfz.sapplin24?lang=es&urlSemantica=imagenes-de-la-presidenta-del-govern-margalida-prohens-con-el-presidente-de-la-federacion-de-la-pequena-y-mediana-empresa-de-baleares-pimeb|trans-title=Images of the President of the Government, Margalida Prohens, with the president of the Federation of Small and Medium Businesses of the Balearic Islands (PIMEB)|publisher=Government of the Balearic Islands|access-date=18 August 2023 |date=20 July 2023 |language=Spanish}}{{cite news |title=Toma de Posesión de la nueva presidenta de las Islas Baleares, Margalida Prohens|trans-title=Inauguration of the new President of the Balearic Islands, Margalida Prohens |url=https://www.caib.es/pidip2front/ficha_videoteca.xhtml;jsessionid=v038omP5B_EWlDDC-CIbWyYQnpCysQ81LHFEOPgt.sapplin24?lang=es&urlSemantica=toma-de-posesion-de-la-nueva-presidenta-de-las-illes-balears-margalida-prohens-rigo|access-date=18 August 2023 |publisher=Government of the Balearic Islands |date=7 July 2023 |language=Spanish}} ({{IPA|ca-es-ib|ˈmaɾɣə pɾoˈɛns ˈriɣo|lang}}; born 24 May 1982){{cite news |last1=Eza |first1=Virginia |title=Conoce quiénes son los ocho diputados y los cinco senadores electos por Baleares |trans-title=Get to know who are the eight deputies and five senators elected by the Balearic Islands|url=https://www.diariodemallorca.es/mallorca/2019/04/29/conoce-son-ocho-diputados-cinco-2880349.html |access-date=25 March 2022 |work=Diario de Mallorca |date=29 April 2019 |language=Spanish}} is a Spanish People's Party (PP) politician. She served in the Parliament of the Balearic Islands from 2011 to 2019, and the Congress of Deputies. In 2021, she became president of the People's Party of the Balearic Islands, winning the 2023 Balearic regional election and becoming President of the Balearic Islands.
Biography
Born in Campos, Mallorca, Prohens graduated in Translation and Interpretation from Pompeu Fabra University in Barcelona. She joined the New Generations of the People's Party in 2005.{{cite news |last1=Font |first1=Miguel Angel |title=Marga Prohens: "Las bases se enfadaron, pero con mi designación están muy ilusionadas"|trans-title=Marga Prohens: "The local branches got angry, byt they are very excited by my designation |url=https://www.elmundo.es/baleares/2019/03/22/5c94a1aa21efa0b35b8b466e.html |access-date=25 March 2022 |work=El Mundo |date=22 March 2019 |language=Spanish}}
Elected to the Parliament of the Balearic Islands in 2011, she served as the PP spokesperson within it from 2015 until Biel Company took over in 2018. She was announced as the party's candidate for the Congress of Deputies for the Balearic constituency in the April 2019 Spanish general election; Maria Salom had originally been named but was then moved to be the Senate candidate.{{cite news |title=Marga Prohens será la candidata del PP al Congreso y María Salom al Senado|trans-title=Marga Prohens will be the PP candidate for Congress and Maria Salom for the Senate|url=https://www.mallorcadiario.com/prohens-sera-candidata-al-congreso-por-el-pp-y-salom-al-senado |access-date=25 March 2022 |work=Mallorca Diario |date=20 March 2019 |language=Spanish}}
In July 2018, new PP President Pablo Casado named Prohens the party's Secretary of Internal Communication.{{cite news |title=Marga Prohens, nueva secretaria de comunicación interna del PP de Pablo Casado|trans-title=Marga Prohens, new secretary of internal communication in Pablo Casado's PP |url=https://www.elmundo.es/baleares/2018/07/26/5b59b281e5fdea011c8b4643.html |access-date=25 March 2022 |work=El Mundo |agency=EFE |date=26 July 2018 |language=Spanish}} Three years later, she ran unopposed to be president of the People's Party of the Balearic Islands, succeeding Company.{{cite news |last1=Zabala |first1=Sergio |title=Marga Prohens sustituye a Company oficialmente como presidenta del PP balear|trans-title=Marga Prohens officially replaces Company as president of the Balearic PP|url=https://cadenaser.com/emisora/2021/07/24/radio_mallorca/1627130751_920682.html |access-date=25 March 2022 |publisher=Cadena SER |date=24 July 2021 |language=Spanish}} In February 2022, she was one of several regional PP leaders to withdraw confidence in Casado, leading to the 20th National Congress of the People's Party.{{cite news |last1=Adrover |first1=Miquel |title=Casado pierde el apoyo de Prohens y del PP de Baleares|trans-title=Casado loses support from Prohens and Balearic PP|url=https://www.diariodemallorca.es/mallorca/2022/02/22/casado-pierde-apoyo-prohens-pp-balear-63039091.html |access-date=25 March 2022 |work=Diario de Mallorca |date=22 February 2022 |language=Spanish}} She then endorsed Alberto Núñez Feijóo.{{cite news |title=Prohens avala la candidatura de Núñez Feijóo a presidir el PP porque representa "unidad y valentía"|trans-title=Prohens endorses Núñez Feijóo's candidacy for president of the PP because it represents "unity and strength"|url=https://www.europapress.es/illes-balears/noticia-prohens-avala-candidatura-nunez-feijoo-presidir-pp-porque-representa-unidad-valentia-20220306135915.html |access-date=25 March 2022 |publisher=Europa Press |date=6 March 2022 |language=Spanish}}
In the 2023 Balearic regional election, the PP rose nine seats to 26, becoming the largest party.{{cite news |last1=Vallés |first1=M. Elena |title=Giro definitivo a la derecha: el PP gana las elecciones y suma la mayoría con Vox|trans-title=Definite turn to the right: PP win the election and reach majority with Vox |url=https://www.diariodemallorca.es/elecciones/autonomicas/2023/05/28/resultados-elecciones-autonomicas-baleares-pp-88014410.html |access-date=11 July 2023 |work=Diario de Mallorca |date=28 May 2023 |language=Spanish}} The party reached a pact with the eight deputies from Vox, who did not join the government but had Gabriel Le Senne elected as parliamentary president, the role of speaker.{{cite news |last1=Colom |first1=Eduardo |title=El PP gobernará Baleares en solitario tras sellar un acuerdo con Vox|trans-title=PP will govern Balearic Islands on their own after sealing an agreement with Vox |url=https://www.elmundo.es/baleares/2023/06/28/649c5feffdddffe6418b45cc.html |access-date=11 July 2023 |work=El Mundo |date=28 June 2023 |language=Spanish}} An issue between the two parties was the status of Spanish and Catalan in the archipelago; the PP agreed with Vox that Spanish should be an option in education and other public services, while installing Antoni Vera, a philologist of Catalan, as Minister of Education.{{cite news |last1=Colom |first1=Eduardo |title=El PP elige a un consejero de Educación conciliador para lidiar con el catalanismo en Baleares|trans-title=PP chooses a conciliatory Minister of Education to deal with pro-Catalanism in the Balearic Islands|url=https://www.elmundo.es/baleares/2023/07/01/649f0a8521efa09b268b45d4.html |access-date=11 July 2023 |work=El Mundo |date=1 July 2023 |language=Spanish}} On 7 July, she was sworn in as President of the Balearic Islands.{{cite news |title=Marga Prohens toma posesión como presidenta del Govern |trans-title=Marga Prohens takes office as President of the Government|url=https://cadenaser.com/baleares/2023/07/07/marga-prohens-toma-posesion-como-presidenta-del-govern-radio-mallorca/ |access-date=11 July 2023 |publisher=Cadena SER |date=7 July 2023 |language=Spanish}}
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Category:Pompeu Fabra University alumni
Category:People's Party (Spain) politicians
Category:Members of the Parliament of the Balearic Islands
Category:Members of the 13th Congress of Deputies (Spain)
Category:Members of the 14th Congress of Deputies (Spain)
Category:Presidents of the Balearic Islands
Category:Women presidents of the autonomous communities of Spain