Marta Higueras

Marta María Higueras Garrobo (born 1964) is a Spanish criminal mediator, linked to the judicial sector from the start of her career.[1] From 2015 to 2019, she served as First Deputy Mayor of Madrid and a councillor in the Department of Equality, Social Rights and Employment.

Marta Higueras
On 7 November 2015
First Deputy Mayor of Madrid
In office
13 June 2015 – 15 June 2019
MayorManuela Carmena
Preceded byJosé Enrique Núñez Guijarro
Succeeded byBegoña Villacís
City councillor of Madrid
Assumed office
13 June 2015
Personal details
Born
Marta María Higueras Garrobo

1964 (age 58–59)
Madrid, Spain
CitizenshipSpanish
Occupation
  • Criminal mediator
  • politician

Biography

Born in Madrid in 1964, she worked as an official in the Juzgados de Plaza de Castilla de Madrid, later taking up the role in the General Council of the Judiciary as head of the Sección de Oficina Judicial for 5 years. In the Basque Country she was adviser for the Justicia con Inmaculada de Miguel and in August 2009 she was named the Director of Justice and Public Administration, a role she occupied during the socialist government of Patxi López,[2][3] until January 2013. She was also a member of the Commission on Infancy and Adolescence of the Basque Country.

Before working for the City Council of Madrid, she worked in the Tribunal de Cuentas, as secretary to Counsellor María Antonia Lozano after being proposed for the position by Izquierda Unida, for whom she was member of the Equality Commission from 2013-2015.

Ahora Madrid
Higueras in March 2017 next to Manuela Carmena.

In the municipal elections of May 2015, Higueras occupied 7th position on the list for Ahora Madrid for the City Council of Madrid.[4]

Some of the media consider Higueras to hold a position of confidence with Manuela Carmena in the City Council of Madrid.[5] She has known the judge since 1992 when they worked together in the Juzgados de Plaza Castilla and since then they have maintained a close relationship.[5] Since June 2015, she has been the deputy mayor for Madrid and a councillor in the Department of Equality, Social Rights and Employment and has carried out the tasks of Deputy Mayor.[6]

Personal life

In 2017, she publicly announced she is lesbian.[7]

References
  1. Gálvez, José María Jiménez (2015-06-11). "Quién es quién | Los 19 concejales de Manuela Carmena". El País (in Spanish). ISSN 1134-6582. Retrieved 2018-08-06.
  2. "Marta Higueras, alcaldesa de verano". abc (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2018-08-06.
  3. Vasco, Eusko Jaurlaritza - Gobierno. "Boletín Oficial del País Vasco". euskadi.eus (in Spanish). Retrieved 2018-08-06.
  4. EFE (10 June 2015). "La segunda de Carmena sería Marta Higueras y Rita Maestre (Podemos), portavoz". eldiario.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 6 August 2018.
  5. Bécares, Robert (17 June 2015). "Marta Higueras, la mano derecha de Manuela Carmena: 'En mi área me rodearé de funcionarios'". El Mundo (in Spanish). Unidad Editorial Información General S.L.U. Retrieved 6 August 2018.
  6. Hidalgo, Carlos (9 August 2015). "Marta Higueras, alcaldesa de verano". ABC (in Spanish). Vocento. Retrieved 6 August 2018.
  7. "Marta Higueras, número dos del Ayuntamiento de Madrid y "mano derecha" de Manuela Carmena, se visibiliza como lesbiana en los medios". dosmanzanas - La web de noticias LGTB (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2018-08-06.
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