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Astrid Pérez

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Astrid Pérez
President of the Parliament of the Canary Islands
Assumed office
June 2023
Member of the Parliament of the Canary Islands for Lanzarote
Assumed office
2011
Mayor of Arrecife
In office
2019–2023
Member of the Cabildo de Lanzarote [es]
President of the People's Party of Lanzarote
In office
29 November 2008 – ?
Personal details
Born (1969-10-19) 19 October 1969 (age 55)
Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Spain
Political partyPeople's Party
Alma mater
Occupation
  • Politician
  • lawyer

Astrid María Pérez Batista (born 19 October 1969) is a Spanish People's Party politician who is president of the Parliament of the Canary Islands since 2023. She was also mayor of Arrecife between 2019 and 2023 and a councilor of the Cabildo de Lanzarote [es], as well as a former managing director of Los Centros de Arte, Cultura y Turismo (CACT).

Biography

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Astrid María Pérez Batista[1] was born on 19 October 1969 in Las Palmas.[2] She was educated at the University of Granada (where she obtained her law degree) and the School of Legal Practice.[1] She started practicing law in 1996, doing so until 2011, and she was managing director of the Los Centros de Arte, Cultura y Turismo (CACT) from 2009 until 2011.[2] Her political career began when she was elected to Cabildo de Lanzarote [es], where she was first (2011) and second vice-president (2009-2011), as well as councillor for finance (2003-2005) and for tourism and the CACT (2011).[2] She was elected president of the People's Party of Lanzarote on 29 November 2008.[3]

Pérez was elected to the Parliament of the Canary Islands in the 2011 Canarian regional election for Lanzarote.[4] She was subsequently re-elected to the same constituency in the 2015, 2019, and 2023 elections.[5][6][7] In June 2023, she was elected president of the Parliament of the Canary Islands.[2]

In 2019, she was elected mayor of the Arrecife City Council as part of a coalition between the PP, New Canaries and Spanish Socialist Workers' Party.[8] She was re-elected in the 2023 Spanish local elections, as part of a coalition with the Canarian Coalition,[9] but stepped down the same year.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Astrid María Pérez Batista". Parlamento de Canarias (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 September 2024.
  2. ^ a b c d e "Astrid Pérez (PP), elegida presidenta del Parlamento de Canarias". El Diario (in Spanish). Europa Press. 27 June 2023. Retrieved 7 September 2024.
  3. ^ "PP Lanzarote.- Ástrid Pérez se convierte en la nueva presidenta del PP de Lanzarote con el 87,8% de los votos". Europa Press (in Spanish). 29 November 2008. Retrieved 7 September 2024.
  4. ^ "Elecciones 2011". Parliament of the Canary Islands (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 September 2024.
  5. ^ "Elecciones 2015". Parliament of the Canary Islands (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 September 2024.
  6. ^ "Elecciones 2019". Parliament of the Canary Islands (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 September 2024.
  7. ^ "Elecciones 2023". Parliament of the Canary Islands (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 September 2024.
  8. ^ "Astrid Pérez se convierte en alcaldesa: "Vamos a reconstruir Arrecife"". Diario de Lanzarote (in Spanish). 15 June 2019. Retrieved 7 September 2024.
  9. ^ Merino Fernández, David (17 June 2023). "Astrid Pérez, investida de nuevo alcaldesa de Arrecife". La Voz de Lanzarote (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 September 2024.