Macarena Olona

Macarena Olona Choclán (born 14 May 1979) is a Spanish politician and state attorney, member of the Congress of Deputies between 2019 and 2022 for Vox,[1][2] before being allegedly involved in an internal feud that led to her expulsion from the party.[3]

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Olona and the second or maternal family name is Choclán.
Macarena Olona
Macarena Olona in April 2021
Member of the Congress of Deputies
In office
21 May 2019 – 1 July 2022
ConstituencyGranada
Member of the Parliament of Andalusia
In office
14 July 2022 – 31 July 2022
Personal details
Born (1979-05-14) 14 May 1979
Alicante, Valencian Community, Spain
Political partyVox (2019–2022) Caminando Juntos (since 2023)
Children1
Alma materUniversity of Alicante

Born in Alicante, Olona graduated in Laws for the University of Alicante in 2003 with extraordinary prize and entered the State Lawyers Corps in 2009.[4] Between 2013 and 2018, she was chief lawyer of the state of the Basque Country.[5] Transferred to the Sociedad Estatal de Participaciones Industriales as general secretary in August 2017, the following year she collaborated in uncovering the Mercasa case that involved PP and PSOE in the payment of millionaire bites and cost overruns of more than 300% in foreign contracts.[6]

In the April 2019 Spanish general election, she was elected Deputy and then re-elected in the November 2019 Spanish general election, representing in both cases the Province of Granada.[7] She is known for her virulent criticism of the government of Pedro Sánchez, accusing it of "genocide" for its management of the COVID-19 pandemic in the country or of wanting to impose the Venezuelan "Chavist model" in Spain. She favors establishing a government of "national salvation" involving the army.[8] She is opposed to laws on LGBT or gender violence.[9]

On 12 March 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic in Spain, it was confirmed she had tested positive for SARS-CoV-2.[10]

In 2022, she was appointed by Vox as the presidential candidate for the 2022 Andalusian regional election.[11] Even though the party won 2 seats and 100,000 votes, it lost 400,000 compared to the party's result in the November 2019 Spanish general election. Days after the constitution of the 12th Parliament of Andalusia on 14 July 2022, her retirement from politics "due to health issues" was announced.[12][13]

Granddaughter of businessman Felipe Choclán, she was one of the richest members of Congress.[14]

In 2023, she announced the founding of a new political party, Caminando Juntos (Walking Together), which she would lead in the upcoming general elections in Spain scheduled for 23 July that year.[15]

References
  1. Macarena Olona da el salto a la política con Vox tras defender al Estado durante cinco años en el País Vasco (in Spanish)
  2. Agustín Rosety y Macarena Olona, diputados andaluces de Vox, serán portavoces parlamentarios de Defensa e Interior (in Spanish)
  3. Prieto, Carlos (2022-09-23). ""Olona puede cargarse Vox": el verano aciago de Abascal que acabó en divorcio". El Confidencial (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-09-25.
  4. Macarena Olona, la revelación de los ultras (in Spanish)
  5. Macarena Olona: “En el País Vasco me llamaban facha por defender la bandera y ahora vuelven a hacerlo» (in Spanish)
  6. Vox ficha a la Abogada del Estado que cesó el Gobierno por investigar irregularidades del PSOE en Mercasa (in Spanish)
  7. Olona Choclán, Macarena (in Spanish)
  8. "Macarena Olona, la verdad de la tiradora de Vox: La dulce pastorcilla convertida en látigo ultra". 18 April 2020.
  9. "Macarena Olona, la verdad de la tiradora de Vox: La dulce pastorcilla convertida en látigo ultra". 18 April 2020.
  10. "Santiago Abascal y Macarena Olona también dan positivo en coronavirus". OK Diario. 2020-03-12.
  11. Cela, Daniel (2022-04-28). "Vox nombra a Macarena Olona candidata en Andalucía para gobernar la comunidad más poblada de España". ElDiario.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-05-05.
  12. "Así se constituye el nuevo parlamento de Andalucía". Andalucía Información. 19 July 2022.
  13. "Macarena Olona, de aspirar a la presidencia de la Junta de Andalucía a decir adiós a la política en un mes". eldiario.es. 29 July 2022.
  14. "Macarena Olona, la verdad de la tiradora de Vox: La dulce pastorcilla convertida en látigo ultra". 18 April 2020.
  15. "Macarena Olona registra un partido político para concurrir a las elecciones del 23-J". ELMUNDO (in Spanish). 2023-05-31. Retrieved 2023-06-04.
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