Luis María Beamonte
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Luis María Beamonte Mesa (born 10 September 1963) is a Spanish People's Party politician, elected to the Congress of Deputies in 2023. He was a member of the Cortes of Aragon (2011; 2015–2023), where he led his party from 2019 to 2021. He was previously the mayor of Tarazona (2007–2019) and president of the provincial deputation of the Province of Zaragoza (2011–2015).
Biography
[edit]Born in Tudela, Navarre, Beamonte studied Law at the University of Zaragoza from 1982 to 1989, but did not finish his course until 2017, when his degree was awarded by King Juan Carlos University in Madrid.[1] Elected a city councillor in Tarazona in the Province of Zaragoza in 2003, he became mayor four years later and president of the province's branch of the People's Party (PP) in 2008. In 2011, after winning a second term as mayor, he was also invested as president of the provincial deputation with support from the Aragonese Party (PAR), ending 12 years of Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) governance.[2]
Beamonte was also elected to the Cortes of Aragon in the 2011 elections, but resigned in August of the same year to concentrate on his other offices.[3] In June 2015, he earned a third term as mayor, with the PP taking 10 of 17 seats in the city hall.[4] Later the same month, he lost his provincial office to the PSOE's Juan Antonio Sánchez Quero, the mayor of Tobed.[5]
In March 2017, Beamonte was elected president of the People's Party of Aragon, with 97.8% of the votes.[6] In December 2018, he was named the party's lead candidate for the 2019 Aragonese regional election.[7] The party came second, and would have formed a majority if it formed a pact with Citizens, Vox and the PAR.[8] This did not come to be, as incumbent president Javier Lambán's PSOE formed a government with Podemos, the Chunta Aragonesista and the PAR.[9] In the same year, he did not run for re-election as mayor of Tarazona.[10]
In October 2021, Beamonte said that he would not run again for leader of the regional PP, endorsing the mayor of Zaragoza, Jorge Azcón to replace him in December.[11] Beamonte was replaced as PP spokesperson in the Cortes of Aragon by Mar Vaquero in January 2022.[12]
In the 2023 Spanish general election, Beamonte led the PP list in the Zaragoza constituency.[13] His party took seven of the thirteen seats.[14]
References
[edit]- ^ Domínguez, Iñigo (11 May 2019). "La carrera secreta del líder del PP de Aragón en la Rey Juan Carlos" [The secret course of the leader of the Aragon PP at King Juan Carlos University]. El País (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 October 2021.
- ^ "Luis María Beamonte: "Me cansa la cantinela del Cuarto Espacio. La Diputación de Zaragoza es mucho más"" [Luis María Beamonte: "I'm tired of the cliché of the Fourth Authority. The Deputation of Zaragoza is much more]. 20 minutos (in Spanish). Europa Press. 22 October 2011. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
- ^ "Luis María Beamonte presenta su dimisión como diputado del PP en las Cortes de Aragón" [Luis María Beamonte presents his resignation as PP deputy in the Cortes of Aragon] (in Spanish). Europa Press. 4 August 2011. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
- ^ "Beamonte repite como alcalde con diez ediles" [Beamonte mayor again with ten seats]. El Periódico de Aragón (in Spanish). 13 June 2015. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
- ^ "El PSOE recupera la DPZ con Sánchez Quero, que la quiere hacer "imprescindible"" [PSOE recovers the Provincial Deputation of Zaragoza with Sánchez Quero, who wants to make it "indispensable"]. Heraldo de Aragón (in Spanish). 25 June 2015. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
- ^ Velasco, Javier L. (26 March 2017). "Beamonte abre una nueva etapa en el PP con el reto de "ganar y gobernar" en Aragón" [Beamonte opens a new era in the PP with the goal of "winning and governing" in Aragon]. Heraldo de Aragón (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 October 2021.
- ^ "Luis Maria Beamonte, presentado como candidato del PP a presidir el Gobierno aragones" [Luis María Beamonte, presented as PP candidate for the Aragonese Government] (in Spanish). Eco de Teruel. 7 December 2018. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
- ^ Becedas, Mario (27 May 2019). "El PSOE de Lambán se impone en Aragón, pero la derecha podría arrebatarle el poder con pactos" [Lambán's PSOE imposes itself in Aragon, but the right could snatch power from them with pacts]. El Economista (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 October 2021.
- ^ Pérez, Roberto (31 July 2019). "El socialista Lambán, investido presidente de Aragón tras repartir el Gobierno con Podemos, PAR y Chunta" [Socialist Lambán, invested as president of Aragon after forming a Government with Podemos, PAR and Chunta]. ABC (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 October 2021.
- ^ "Beamonte dejará la alcaldía de Tarazona tras 12 años" [Beamonte will leave the mayoralty of Tarazona after 12 years]. El Periódico de Aragón (in Spanish). EFE. 31 March 2019. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
- ^ Fuentes, Mónica (29 October 2021). "Beamonte renuncia a la reelección y allana a Azcón el camino para liderar el PP-Aragón" [Beamonte declines to run for re-election and paves the way for Azcón to lead the PP in Aragon]. Heraldo de Aragón (in Spanish). Retrieved 13 July 2024.
- ^ Carnicero, Laura (13 January 2022). "Mar Vaquero, nueva portavoz parlamentaria del PP en la era Azcón" [Mar Vaquero, new PP parliamentary spokesperson in the Azcón era]. El Periódico de Aragón (in Spanish). Retrieved 13 July 2024.
- ^ "Listas del PP en Aragón para las elecciones generales 2023: los candidatos por Zaragoza, Huesca y Teruel" [PP lists in Aragon for the 2023 general elections: candidates for Zaragzoa, Huesca and Teruel]. Heraldo de Aragón (in Spanish). 11 July 2023. Retrieved 13 July 2024.
- ^ Rodríguez, Mapi (17 August 2023). "Estos son los 13 nuevos diputados por Aragón que se han estrenado el Congreso" [These are the 13 new deputies for Aragon who have debuted in Congress]. Heraldo de Aragón (in Spanish). Retrieved 13 July 2024.