Gloria Rojas (politician)

Gloria Rojas Ruiz (born 1967 or 1968)[1][2] is a Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) politician. She has served as her party's leader in the Assembly of Melilla since 2015 and as its secretary-general in Melilla since 2017.

Biography

Born in Melilla, Rojas graduated in education sciences from the University of Granada, becoming a professor at its Melilla campus.[3] She became vice dean of the campus.[4]

The secretary general of the Melilla branch of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE), Dionisio Muñoz, chose Rojas as candidate for the Congress of Deputies in the single-seat Melilla constituency for the 2011 Spanish general election.[4] In May 2015, she led the party from two to three seats in the Melilla Assembly election.[2][5] In September 2017, she was elected secretary general of the party in the city.[6]

In the 2019 Melilla Assembly election, Rojas led the PSOE to third place with four seats.[7] The four PSOE members and the eight from the Coalition for Melilla (CpM) joined with the one deputy elected for Citizens (Cs), Eduardo de Castro, installing him as Mayor-President of Melilla to prevent a government of ten People's Party (PP) deputies and two from Vox.[8] Rojas was named vice president, and in October, tabled a motion to remove the Statue of Francisco Franco, the last remaining in public in Spain.[9] The motion was approved and the statue was removed in February 2021.[10]

In the 2023 Melilla Assembly election, Rojas's PSOE fell to three seats, amidst larger losses for the party around the country. The PP regained a majority in the Assembly of Melilla, under Juan José Imbroda.[11]

References
  1. Caballero, Álvaro (12 May 2023). "Quién es quién en las elecciones de Melilla: un histórico del PP, un capitán de mar y dos posibles primeras presidentas" [Who's who in the Melilla elections: a PP veteran, a sea captain and two possible first female presidents] (in Spanish). RTVE. Retrieved 6 June 2023.
  2. "Candidatos por Melilla" [Candidates for Melilla]. ABC (in Spanish). Retrieved 6 June 2023.
  3. "La vicepresidenta de Melilla Gloria Rojas es reelegida como secretaria general del PSOE melillense" [Vice President of Melilla Gloria Rojas is re-elected as secretary general of the Melilla PSOE] (in Spanish). Europa Press. 12 December 2021. Retrieved 6 June 2023.
  4. "La vicedecana del Campus de Melilla, Gloria Rojas, elegida candidata al Congreso por el PSOE de Melilla" [Vice Dean of the Melilla Campus, Gloria Rojas, chosen as PSOE candidate for Congress in Melilla] (in Spanish). Europa Press. 23 September 2023. Retrieved 6 June 2023.
  5. Sánchez, Paqui (27 May 2015). "Dimite el líder del PSOE en Melilla, uno de los 30 acusados de comprar votos en 2008" [PSOE leader in Melilla resigns, one of 30 accused of buying votes in 2008]. El Mundo (in Spanish). Retrieved 6 June 2023.
  6. "Gloria Rojas promete "proyecto e ilusión" tras su elección como nueva secretaria general del PSOE de Melilla" [Gloria Rojas promises "project and excitement" after her election as the new secretary general of the PSOE in Melilla] (in Spanish). Europa Press. 24 September 2017. Retrieved 6 June 2023.
  7. Costa, Tania (30 May 2023). "Industrial, Real, barrio Victoria y Alfonso XIII se vuelcan con el PP de Imbroda el 28M" [Industrial, Real, Barrio Victoria and Alfonso XIII turn to Imbroda's PP in the 28 May elections]. El Faro de Melilla (in Spanish). Retrieved 6 June 2023.
  8. "Imbroda se ausenta de la toma de posesión del nuevo presidente de Melilla" [Imbroda absent from the swearing-in of the new president of Melilla]. El País (in Spanish). 22 June 2019. Retrieved 6 June 2023.
  9. "El PSOE presentará una moción en Melilla para retirar la única estatua de Franco en la vía pública" [PSOE will present a motion in Melilla to remove the only public statue of Franco]. La Vanguardia (in Spanish). Europa Press. 24 October 2019. Retrieved 6 June 2023.
  10. "Melilla retira la última estatua de Franco que quedaba en España" [Melilla removes the last statue of Franco remaining in Spain]. Diario de Sevilla (in Spanish). 23 February 2021. Retrieved 6 June 2023.
  11. "Melilla merece mucho más de lo que tiene" [Melilla deserves a lot more than what it has]. El Faro de Melilla (in Spanish). 29 May 2023. Retrieved 6 June 2023.
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