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Alba García Martín

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In this Basque name, the first surname is García and the second is Martín.

Alba García Martín
Alba García Martín in 2024
General Coordinator of Sumar Mugimendua
Incumbent
Assumed office
30 November 2024
Preceded byOffice established
Personal details
Born
Alba María García Martín

(1988-10-22) 22 October 1988 (age 36)
Bilbao (Basque Country)
Spain
Political partySumar Mugimendua (since 2024)
Other political
affiliations		Podemos Euskadi (2021–2024)
Alma materUniversity of Deusto
OccupationPsychologist • Anti-racism activist • Politician

Alba María García Martín (born in Bilbao on 22 October 1988) is a Spanish psychologist, anti-racism activist, and politician.[1][2][3] She is the current general coordinator of the Sumar Mugimendua political party.[4][5]

She was the coordinator of SOS Racism in Biscay. She is part of the Big Road association for community development in Senegal.[6] She was an institutional action technician for Podemos Euskadi (2021–2024),[7] and in 2023 began her political career with the Podemos Euskadi party.[8]

In 2024, she was proposed by the party Sumar Mugimendua to lead the Sumar Euskadi coalition in the Basque Country, as a Lehendakari (head of government) candidate in the 2024 Basque regional election.[1][2][9] She did not obtain a seat as a deputy in the Basque Parliament.

On 30 November 2024, García was elected as general coordinator (general secretary) of the Sumar Mugimendua political party.[4][5]

Biography

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Born in Bilbao (Biscay). She got a licenciate degree in psychology in the University of Deusto (2006–2011).[10] In the last year of her degree, she was selected by the Bizkaia Talent agency for the Talentia program (2010–2011), since then being part of the Talentia Network.[11][12] Later, she completed a master's degree in psychology of social intervention at the University of Deusto.[10]

She specializes in social intervention. She worked for three years at the Lagun Artean shelter with different groups.[10] Then she worked for around ten years at the Telefónica Association of Retired Persons as a psychologist.[10] She was the coordinator of SOS Racismo in Biscay, as an expert in anti-racism. and social intervention.[13][14]

In 2020, she founded the Big Road Elkartea association, an association for community development in Senegal-Euskadi.[15][6][16] She also participates in feminist activism. She is a member of the feminist organization feministAlde![17] She also collaborates as an opinion columnist with various media, including among others El Correo,[18] Deia,[19] elDiario.es,[20][21] El Salto,[22] and Naiz.[23]

In 2021, she began working for the political party Podemos Euskadi in the Institutional Action secretary as an institutional action technician and as a coordinator of institutional action, electoral campaigns, and electoral program, being part of the team of technicians of the party.[7][24][25] As a worker for the Podemos Euskadi party, she ran as a workers' delegate of the Basque Workers' Solidarity (ELA) union in the union elections.[26]

Political career

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Podemos Euskadi (2023)

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Women Meeting of Podemos Euskadi (Santurtzi, 2023).

In 2023, she took the step into politics, as a candidate, with the Podemos Euskadi political party. In the 2023 Spanish local elections, she was a candidate for council member of the Bilbao City Council, for the Elkarrekin Bilbao electoral alliance (Podemos Euskadi, Ezker Anitza, Equo Berdeak and Green Aliance), with Ana Viñals as a candidate for mayor of Bilbao.[27][28][29][8]

In the 2023 Basque foral elections, she was a candidate for deputy of the General Assembly of Biscay (regional parliament of Biscay), for the Bilbao constituency, for the Elkarrekin Bizkaia electoral alliance (Podemos Euskadi, Ezker Anitza, Equo Berdeak and Green Aliance), with Eneritz de Madariaga as candidate for General Deputy of Biscay (head of government).[30][31][8][32] Although she did not obtain a seat as a deputy of the regional Parliament.

Sumar Mugimendua (2024)

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In 2024, García was proposed by the Sumar Mugimendua political party to head the Sumar Euskadi electoral alliance in Euskadi (alliance created by the three Basque political parties Sumar Mugimendua, Ezker Anitza, and Equo Berdeak), as a Lendakari (president of the government) candidate in the 2024 Basque regional election.[3][33][24] For that, she stopped being a member of the Podemos Euskadi party and she began as a member of the party Sumar Mugimendua to lead the Sumar Euskadi electoral alliance.[24] However she did not obtain a seat as a deputy in the Basque Parliament.[34]

On 30 November 2024, García was elected as general coordinator (general secretary) of the Sumar Mugimendua political party, at the party's founding assembly held on that date in Bilbao.[35][4][36][5] The general coordination of the party was constituted as collegiate with three "co-leaders", who are García, Lander Martínez and Edurne García,[37] but in which García herself would have a "prominent role" as leader.[38]

Personal life

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She resides in Bilbao. She declares herself a feminist and anti-racist.[27]

References

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  1. ^ a b C, P. (9 January 2024). "Sumar propone como candidata a lehendakari a la psicóloga Alba García Martín". El País (in Spanish). Retrieved 13 January 2024.
  2. ^ a b "Sumar propone a la activista antirracista Alba García como candidata a lehendakari en las elecciones vascas". www.publico.es. 9 January 2024. Retrieved 13 January 2024.
  3. ^ a b "Sumar propone a Alba García Martín como candidata a lehendakari". EITB (in Spanish). 9 January 2024. Retrieved 13 January 2024.
  4. ^ a b c Euskadi, elDiario es (30 November 2024). "Alba García Martín, elegida coordinadora general de Sumar Mugimendua con un 85% de apoyo". ElDiario.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 1 December 2024.
  5. ^ a b c EP, NTM / (30 November 2024). "Alba García, elegida para liderar Sumar Euskadi en su Asamblea Fundacional". Deia (in Spanish). Retrieved 1 December 2024.
  6. ^ a b "Que No Caiga y no cae, sigue adelante". EITB (in Spanish). 23 October 2021. Retrieved 13 January 2024.
  7. ^ a b Andueza, Alberto Ortiz, Iker Rioja (9 January 2024). "Sumar propone a la activista antirracista Alba García Martín como candidata a lehendakari de la coalición en Euskadi". elDiario.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 13 January 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  8. ^ a b c "Elkarrekin Podemos aspira a lograr una Euskadi "más habitable, democrática y justa para todas"". Europa Press. 22 April 2023. Retrieved 13 January 2024.
  9. ^ "Sumar propone a Alba García como candidata a lehendakari ante la "sorpresa" de Podemos". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). 10 January 2024. Retrieved 13 January 2024.
  10. ^ a b c d "Sumar propone a la psicóloga Alba García como candidata a lehendakari". Redacción Médica (in Spanish). Retrieved 13 January 2024.
  11. ^ "Who is Alba García, Sumar candidate for President for the elections in the Basque Country". Diario ABC (in Spanish). 16 April 2024. Retrieved 29 August 2024.
  12. ^ Pardo, Miguel A. (5 December 2013). "Bizkaia teje su red de talentos". Deia (in Spanish). Retrieved 13 January 2024.
  13. ^ "Festival CompARTE Antirracismo". EITB (in Spanish). 21 November 2020. Retrieved 13 January 2024.
  14. ^ "Racismo en confinamiento: más discursos de odio y más visibles". The Objective (in Spanish). 22 April 2020. Retrieved 13 January 2024.
  15. ^ "Big Road Elkartea promueve alternativas para la infancia y la juventud en Senegal a través del fútbol". EITB (in Spanish). 28 September 2021. Retrieved 13 January 2024.
  16. ^ "'Ez dadila erori!', Euskadi eta Senegalen arteko proiektu solidarioa". Berria (in Basque). 17 September 2021. Retrieved 13 January 2024.
  17. ^ "A la huelga general feminista, compañera". www.elsaltodiario.com. Retrieved 13 January 2024.
  18. ^ "Artículos escritos por Alba Gacía Martín". El Correo (in Spanish). Retrieved 13 January 2024.
  19. ^ Martín, Alba García (3 September 2023). "Se os acabó el chollo". Deia (in Spanish). Retrieved 13 January 2024.
  20. ^ Martín, Alba García (29 August 2023). "Se os acabó el chollo". elDiario.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 13 January 2024.
  21. ^ Martín, Alba García (27 November 2018). "Quien se pica, ajos come". elDiario.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 13 January 2024.
  22. ^ "El Salto – Edición General". www.elsaltodiario.com. Retrieved 13 January 2024.
  23. ^ "naiz: – 1". www.naiz.eus (in Basque). 14 December 2020. Retrieved 13 January 2024.
  24. ^ a b c "Sumar 'roba' otro rostro de Podemos y propone a Alba García como candidata a las autonómicas". Crónica Vasca (in Spanish). 10 January 2024. Retrieved 13 January 2024.
  25. ^ "Podemos cree "desleal" que Sumar proponga a Alba García en vísperas de otra reunión 'a cuatro' para cerrar su coalición". ELMUNDO (in Spanish). 10 January 2024. Retrieved 13 January 2024.
  26. ^ Garmendia, Xabier (24 January 2024). "La candidata de Sumar se presentó a delegada de ELA en Podemos 11 días antes de su fichaje". El Correo (in Spanish). Retrieved 1 December 2024.
  27. ^ a b Bilbao, Sede. "Ana Viñals presenta un equipo para poner en marcha una nueva agenda ur". Ahal Dugu (in European Spanish). Retrieved 13 January 2024.
  28. ^ "Las candidaturas a la alcaldía de Bilbao en las elecciones municipales del 28-M". El Correo (in Spanish). 26 April 2023. Retrieved 13 January 2024.
  29. ^ Molano, Eva (26 April 2023). "De la Falange a la candidatura vecinal STOP: las 14 listas que concurrirán a las urnas en Bilbao". El Correo (in Spanish). Retrieved 13 January 2024.
  30. ^ Sáez, Olga (24 May 2023). "Eneritz De Madariaga: "Nuestra forma de gobernar es diferente, defendemos lo público"". Deia (in Spanish). Retrieved 13 January 2024.
  31. ^ "Eneritz de Madariaga, candidata de Elkarrekin Bizkaia, en RN – Radio Nervión" (in Spanish). 23 May 2023. Retrieved 13 January 2024.
  32. ^ "2023 Basque foral elections. General Assembly of Biscay. Bilbao constituency" (PDF) (in Spanish). p. 112.
  33. ^ Alfonso, Miguel Ángel (9 January 2024). "Sumar propone a Alba García para encabezar la coalición con Podemos e IU en las elecciones vascas". El Correo (in Spanish). Retrieved 13 January 2024.
  34. ^ "Por qué Alba García no entra en el Parlamento vasco si Sumar ha ganado un escaño en las elecciones". LaSexta (in Spanish). 21 April 2024. Retrieved 1 December 2024.
  35. ^ Hernández, Jesús J. (30 November 2024). "Alba García liderará Sumar con un 85% de los votos". El Correo (in Spanish). Retrieved 1 December 2024.
  36. ^ Press, Europa (30 November 2024). "Alba García liderará la Coordinación General de Sumar Mugimendua tras su Asamblea Fundacional". www.europapress.es. Retrieved 1 December 2024.
  37. ^ Andueza, Iker Rioja (29 November 2024). "Sumar y Podemos estrenan liderazgos en Euskadi y buscan resetearse tras el batacazo de las autonómicas". ElDiario.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 1 December 2024.
  38. ^ "Alba García liderará Sumar Mugimendua". EFE Noticias (in European Spanish). 30 November 2024. Retrieved 1 December 2024.
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