Mónica García
Spanish politician and anesthesist
Mónica García Gómez (pronounced [ˈmonika ɣaɾˈθi.a]; born 16 January 1974) is a Spanish anesthesiologist and politician, currently serving as minister of health since 2023.
She started in politics in Podemos, being elected member of the Assembly of Madrid in the 2015 Madrilenian regional election and combining her political work with her job in health care, with a 50% reduction in working hours. García followed Íñigo Errejón to Más Madrid, being re-elected in the 2019 Madrilenian regional election. A year later she was elected co-spokesperson —one of the party's leaders— of Más Madrid.
In late 2023, she was appointed minister of health in the third government of Pedro Sánchez following the 2023 Spanish general election.
Biography
Born on 16 January 1974 in Madrid, she got a licentiate degree in Medicine and Surgery from the Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM), becoming a specialist in anesthesiology; García, who has developed her professional career as an anesthetist at Hospital 12 de Octubre in Madrid, took part as a spokesperson for the Association of Specialists of Madrid (AFEM) in the so-called mareas blancas ("white tides"), protests in defense of public health services.
Included as candidate number 26 on the Podemos list for the 2015 Madrid Assembly election led by José Manuel López, she was elected deputy of the 10th term of the regional legislature, joining the Parliamentary Group of Podemos Community of Madrid. At that time, she narrowly entered the Assembly (26th out of 27 elected legislators of Podemos); she conditioned the assumption of the seat to being able to continue exercising her medical profession part-time. In December 2017, by virtue of a reshuffle of the parliamentary group, García became the president of the parliamentary group replacing Marco Candela. At that time, she also joined the Coordination Council of Podemos Comunidad de Madrid.
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