Mónica García

Mónica García Gómez (born 16 January 1974) is a Spanish anesthesiologist and politician, current coordinator and spokesperson of the political party Más Madrid in the Madrilenian Assembly. She was an elected deputy during the X legislature of the Madrilenian Assembly under the Spanish political party Podemos, and is currently a deputy during the XI legislature as part of Más Madrid. Since 2015, García has combined her political work with her job at health care, with a 50% reduction in working hours.[1]

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is García and the second or maternal family name is Gómez.
Mónica García Gómez
Member of the Assembly of Madrid
Assumed office
9 June 2015
Personal details
Born
Mónica García Gómez

(1974-01-16) 16 January 1974
Madrid, Spain
Political partyPodemos (Until 2019)
Más Madrid (Since 2019)
Alma materComplutense University of Madrid

Biography

Born on 16 January 1974 in Madrid, she got a licentiate degree in Medicine and Surgery from the Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM), becoming an specialist in anesthesiology; she later earned a PhD in Medical and Public Management from the Escuela Nacional de Sanidad and Instituto de Salud Carlos III.[2][3] García, who has developed his professional career as an anesthetist at Hospital 12 de Octubre in Madrid,[4] took part as a spokesperson for the Association of Specialists of Madrid (AFEM) in the so-called mareas blancas ("white tides"), protests in defense of public health services.[5][6]

Included as candidate number 26 on the Podemos list for the 2015 Madrid Assembly election led by José Manuel López,[7] she was elected deputy of the 10th term of the regional legislature, joining the Parliamentary Group of Podemos Community of Madrid. At that time, she narrowly entered the Assembly (26th out of 27 elected legislators of Podemos); she conditioned the assumption of the seat to being able to continue exercising her medical profession part-time. In December 2017, by virtue of a reshuffle of the parliamentary group, García became the president of the parliamentary group replacing Marco Candela.[8] At that time, she also joined the Coordination Council of Podemos Comunidad de Madrid.[9]

Ascribed to the Podemos' faction led by Íñigo Errejón,[10] she joined the latter's list for the Más Madrid primaries in order to draw up the list for the 2019 Madrilenian regional elections in March 2019,[11] and thus she renewed her seat at the May 2019 regional election.

On 10 July 2020, the membership of Más Madrid endorsed Mónica García's list to coordinate the executive board of Más Madrid, with Pablo Gómez Perpinyà and Manuela Bergerot as additional co-coordinators, effectively becoming the visible head of the party in the Assembly of Madrid.[12]

COVID-19 pandemic

As a doctor, she was at the frontline during the COVID-19 pandemic in Spain, working at her hospital treating coronavirus patients in the intensive care unit (UCI). She has starred the main clashes with the regional government in what is her second term.[13] She asked the central government to intervene in Madrid in October following the new rise of cases,[14] and her interventions in the Madrid Assembly receive great media coverage for her harshness against the government of the region.[15][16][17][18]

Personal life

García is married and has three children.[19]

References
  1. "La doctora que pasa las tardes en la UCI y se ha convertido en la oposición real a Ayuso". El Confidencial (in Spanish). 2020-10-04. Retrieved 2020-10-11.
  2. Hernández, Nuria (16 October 2020). "Mónica García, la médico que veraneaba en autocaravana y da la batalla a Ayuso en Madrid". Vanity Fair.
  3. "Errejón causa un nuevo agujero a Podemos con sus fichajes". cronicamadrid.com. Retrieved 2020-10-11.
  4. "La reforma del Hospital 12 de Octubre quedará en manos del próximo Gobierno regional | Madrid". elmundo.es. Retrieved 2020-10-11.
  5. "La política no es mi terreno".
  6. "La 'Marea Blanca' de la sanidad protesta en el centro de Madrid contra la privatización". cuatro (in Spanish). 2013-01-07. Retrieved 2020-10-11.
  7. (PDF). 2015-06-13 https://web.archive.org/web/20150613211446/http://www.madrid.es/UnidadesDescentralizadas/UDCEstadistica/TramitesMunicipales/Especialinformativomayo2015/Candidaturas%20Elecciones%20Asamblea%20de%20Madrid%202015.pdf.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-06-13. Retrieved 2020-10-11. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  8. "Espinar da más peso a los errejonistas en la Ejecutiva y el grupo parlamentario de cara a 2019". ELMUNDO (in Spanish). 2017-12-22. Retrieved 2020-10-11.
  9. "Mónica García y Julio Rodríguez, en el consejo de coordinación de Podemos | www.diariovasco.com". 2019-03-30. Archived from the original on 2019-03-30. Retrieved 2020-10-11.
  10. "El 'errejonismo' vuelve a la primera fila". Madridiario. 2018-01-16. Retrieved 2019-03-30.
  11. "Errejón ficha a varios diputados de Podemos para su lista por Madrid". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). 2019-03-01. Retrieved 2020-10-11.
  12. Press, Europa (2020-07-10). "Mónica García liderará la dirección de Más Madrid en la Comunidad tras el respaldo de los afiliados". www.europapress.es. Retrieved 2020-10-11.
  13. "La doctora que pasa las tardes en la UCI y se ha convertido en la oposición real a Ayuso". El Confidencial (in Spanish). 2020-10-04. Retrieved 2020-10-11.
  14. Caballero, Fátima (2020-09-26). "Mónica García: "El Gobierno de Sánchez tiene que asumir el control de Madrid"". ElDiario.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-10-11.
  15. "El aplaudido repaso de Mónica García, diputada en Madrid, a la "esperpéntica" actuación del consejero de Sanidad de Ayuso". Público (in Spanish). 11 October 2020. Retrieved 2020-10-11.
  16. "Mónica García: "El Gobierno de Madrid ha elegido ser virus"". El HuffPost (in Spanish). 2020-10-06. Retrieved 2020-10-11.
  17. "Mónica García (Más Madrid): "Las UCI de Madrid están colapsadas, no hay camas para otras patologías"". Antena3 (in Spanish). 2020-10-09. Retrieved 2020-10-11.
  18. "La indignación de Mónica García (Más Madrid) con el Gobierno regional: "Deberían ir a un hospital para ver de qué va esta pandemia"". LaSexta (in Spanish). 2020-10-02. Retrieved 2020-10-11.
  19. "La doctora que pasa las tardes en la UCI y se ha convertido en la oposición real a Ayuso". El Confidencial (in Spanish). 2020-10-04. Retrieved 2020-10-11.
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