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{{short description|Spanish politician (born 1971)}}
{{short description|Spanish politician (born 1971)}}
{{family name hatnote|Armengol|Socias|lang=Spanish}}
{{family name hatnote|Armengol|Socias|lang=Spanish}}
{{expand Spanish|date=February 2018|Francina Armengol}}
{{expand Spanish|date=February 2018|topic=bio}}
{{use dmy dates|date=August 2023}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Francina Armengol
| name = Francina Armengol
| honorific_prefix = [[The Most Excellent]]
| honorific_suffix = [[Congress of Deputies|MP]]
| image = Francina Armengol 2021.jpg
| image = Francina Armengol 2021.jpg
| office = [[President of the Government of the Balearic Islands]]
| office = [[President of the Congress of Deputies]]
| monarch = [[Felipe VI of Spain|Felipe VI]]
| monarch = [[Felipe VI]]
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| term_start = 17 August 2023
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| deputy = {{Unbulleted list|[[Biel Barceló]] (2015–2017)|[[Bel Busquets]] (2017–2019)|[[Juan Pedro Yllanes]] (since 2019)}}
| term_start = 2 July 2015
| term_end =
| term_end = 20 June 2023
| predecessor = [[Meritxell Batet]]
| predecessor = [[José Ramón Bauzà]]
| successor =
| successor = [[Mae de la Concha]] (acting)<br/>[[Marga Prohens]]
| office2 = [[President of the Government of the Balearic Islands]]
| office1 = Secretary-general of the<br/>[[Socialist Party of the Balearic Islands]]
| monarch2 = [[Felipe VI of Spain|Felipe VI]]
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| deputy2 = {{Unbulleted list|[[Biel Barceló]] (2015–2017)|[[Bel Busquets]] (2017–2019)|[[Juan Pedro Yllanes]] {{nobr|(2019–2023)}}}}
| term_start1 = 26 February 2012
| term_end1 =
| term_start2 = 2 July 2015
| predecessor1 = [[Francesc Antich]]
| term_end2 = 20 June 2023
| successor1 =
| predecessor2 = [[José Ramón Bauzà]]
| successor2 = [[Marga Prohens]]<br/>{{small|Acting: [[Mae de la Concha]]<br/>}}
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| office2 = President of the Island Council of [[Mallorca]]
| office3 = Secretary-general of the<br/>[[Socialist Party of the Balearic Islands]]
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| deputy2 = {{Unbulleted list|[[Antoni Pascual]] (2007–2010)|[[Antoni Alemany]] (2010–2011)}}
| term_start2 = 7 July 2007
| term_start3 = 26 February 2012
| term_end2 = 25 June 2011
| term_end3 =
| predecessor2 = [[Maria Antònia Munar]]
| predecessor3 = [[Francesc Antich]]
| successor2 = [[Maria Salom]]
| successor3 =
| office3 = Member of the<br/>[[Parliament of the Balearic Islands]]
| office4 = President of the Island Council of [[Mallorca]]
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| deputy4 = {{Unbulleted list|[[Antoni Pascual]] (2007–2010)|[[Antoni Alemany]] (2010–2011)}}
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| term_start3 = 20 June 2019
| term_end3 = 16 August 2023
| term_start4 = 7 July 2007
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| term_end4 = 25 June 2011
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| constituency3 = [[Mallorca (Parliament of the Balearic Islands constituency)|Mallorca]]
| predecessor4 = [[Maria Antònia Munar]]
| successor4 = [[Maria Salom]]
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| office5 = [[Member of the Congress of Deputies]]
| term_start5 = 17 August 2023
| constituency5 = [[Balearic Islands (Congress of Deputies constituency)|Balearic Islands]]
| office6 = Member of the<br/>[[Parliament of the Balearic Islands]]
| term_start6 = 12 June 1999
| term_end6 = 24 July 2023
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| constituency6 = [[Mallorca (Parliament of the Balearic Islands constituency)|Mallorca]]
| birth_name = Francesca Lluch Armengol Socias
| birth_name = Francesca Lluch Armengol Socias
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1971|8|11|df=y}}
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1971|8|11|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Inca, Spain|Inca]] ([[Balearic Islands]]), Spain
| birth_place = [[Inca, Spain|Inca]], [[Mallorca]] ([[Balearic Islands]]), Spain
| death_date =
| death_date =
| death_place =
| death_place =
| party = [[Socialist Party of the Balearic Islands]]
| party = [[Socialist Party of the Balearic Islands]]
| spouse =
| spouse =
| children =
| children = 2
| alma_mater = [[University of Barcelona]]
| alma_mater = [[University of Barcelona]]
| religion =
| religion =
| parents =
| parents =
| constituency4 = [[Balearic Islands]]
| caption = Official portrait, 2021
| office4 = Member of the [[Congress of Deputies]]
| otherparty = [[Spanish Socialist Workers' Party]]
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| term_start4 = 17 August 2023
}}
}}
'''Francesca Lluch Armengol Socias''', known as '''Francina Armengol''' ({{IPA-ca|fɾənˈsinə əɾməŋˈgɔl soˈsiəs|lang}}; born 11 August 1971), is a Spanish politician from the [[Socialist Party of the Balearic Islands]]. She has been the [[president of the Balearic Islands]] since 2015, and also the first woman to ever hold the office.<ref>{{cite news |date=17 June 2015 |url=http://www.diariodemallorca.es/mallorca/2015/06/17/perfil--armengol-presidenta/1032280.html |title=Armengol, primera presidenta del Govern en la historia de Baleares |language=es |work=Diario de Mallorca |location=Palma |accessdate=3 February 2018}}</ref>
'''Francesca Lluc Armengol Socias''', known as '''Francina Armengol Socias''' ({{IPA-ca|fɾənˈsinə əɾməŋˈgɔl soˈsiəs|lang}}; born 11 August 1971), is a Spanish politician from the [[Socialist Party of the Balearic Islands]]. She currently serves as [[president of the Congress of Deputies]] since [[2023 Cortes Generales internal elections|2023]] and as [[member of the Congress of Deputies]] from the [[Balearic Islands (Congress of Deputies constituency)|Balearic Islands]] since 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rodríguez |first=Miguel Ángel |date=2023-08-17 |title=Francina Armengol, elegida nueva presidenta del Congreso con los votos de ERC y Junts |url=https://www.elperiodico.com/es/politica/20230817/francina-armengol-elegida-presidenta-congreso-mesa-91041474 |access-date=2023-08-17 |website=elperiodico |language=es |archive-date=17 August 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230817092438/https://www.elperiodico.com/es/politica/20230817/francina-armengol-elegida-presidenta-congreso-mesa-91041474 |url-status=live }}</ref>


==Political career==
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She tested positive for [[COVID-19]] on 20 December 2021.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-12-20 |title=Francina Armengol da positivo en Covid-19: 'Gracias a estar vacunada sólo tengo síntomas leves' |url=https://www.elespanol.com/espana/politica/20211220/francina-armengol-positivo-covid-19-gracias-vacunada-sintomas/636186411_0.html |access-date=2023-08-16 |website=El Español |language=es}}</ref>
Armengol served as [[president of the Balearic Islands]] between 2015 and 2023, and also the first woman to ever hold the office.<ref>{{cite news |date=17 June 2015 |url=http://www.diariodemallorca.es/mallorca/2015/06/17/perfil--armengol-presidenta/1032280.html |title=Armengol, primera presidenta del Govern en la historia de Baleares |language=es |work=Diario de Mallorca |location=Palma |accessdate=3 February 2018 |archive-date=21 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190421083507/https://www.diariodemallorca.es/mallorca/2015/06/17/perfil--armengol-presidenta/1032280.html |url-status=live }}</ref> She ruled in coalition with the left-wing [[Podemos (Spanish political party)|Podemos]] and the regional Catalanist party Mes per Mallorca as well as external support from the regionalist and Catalanist Mes per Menorca Party.<ref>Inti Landauro (17 August 2023), [https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/spains-socialist-house-speaker-candidate-wins-support-catalan-groups-2023-08-17/ Spanish Socialists' candidate elected speaker with support of Catalan groups] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230818082001/https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/spains-socialist-house-speaker-candidate-wins-support-catalan-groups-2023-08-17/ |date=18 August 2023 }} ''[[Reuters]]''.</ref>

In the [[2023 Spanish general election]] Armengol was elected to the [[15th Congress of Deputies]] representing the [[Balearic Islands (Congress of Deputies constituency)|Balearic Islands]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-08-16 |title=Ex-Balearic president set to become the next speaker of Spain's parliament |url=https://www.majorcadailybulletin.com/news/local/2023/08/16/116097/mallorca-politics-francina-armengol-likely-speaker-spain-congress.html |access-date=2023-08-16 |website=Majorca Daily Bulletin |language=en |archive-date=16 August 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230816223347/https://www.majorcadailybulletin.com/news/local/2023/08/16/116097/mallorca-politics-francina-armengol-likely-speaker-spain-congress.html |url-status=live }}</ref> In August 2023, the Socialists had Armengol appointed speaker or [[President of the Congress of Deputies|president of the Congress of Deputies]] with support from Catalan pro-independence parties.<ref>Inti Landauro (17 August 2023), [https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/spains-socialist-house-speaker-candidate-wins-support-catalan-groups-2023-08-17/ Spanish Socialists' candidate elected speaker with support of Catalan groups] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230818082001/https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/spains-socialist-house-speaker-candidate-wins-support-catalan-groups-2023-08-17/ |date=18 August 2023 }} ''[[Reuters]]''.</ref>

== Personal life ==
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Armengol tested positive for [[COVID-19]] on 20 December 2021.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-12-20 |title=Francina Armengol da positivo en Covid-19: 'Gracias a estar vacunada sólo tengo síntomas leves' |url=https://www.elespanol.com/espana/politica/20211220/francina-armengol-positivo-covid-19-gracias-vacunada-sintomas/636186411_0.html |access-date=2023-08-16 |website=El Español |language=es |archive-date=22 December 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211222141154/https://www.elespanol.com/espana/politica/20211220/francina-armengol-positivo-covid-19-gracias-vacunada-sintomas/636186411_0.html |url-status=live }}</ref>


== References ==
== References ==
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Latest revision as of 01:18, 8 April 2024

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Armengol and the second or maternal family name is Socias.

The Most Excellent
Francina Armengol
MP
Official portrait, 2021
President of the Congress of Deputies
Assumed office
17 August 2023
MonarchFelipe VI
Preceded byMeritxell Batet
President of the Government of the Balearic Islands
In office
2 July 2015 – 20 June 2023
MonarchFelipe VI
Deputy
Preceded byJosé Ramón Bauzà
Succeeded byMarga Prohens
Acting: Mae de la Concha
Secretary-general of the
Socialist Party of the Balearic Islands
Assumed office
26 February 2012
Preceded byFrancesc Antich
President of the Island Council of Mallorca
In office
7 July 2007 – 25 June 2011
Deputy
Preceded byMaria Antònia Munar
Succeeded byMaria Salom
Member of the Congress of Deputies
Assumed office
17 August 2023
ConstituencyBalearic Islands
Member of the
Parliament of the Balearic Islands
In office
12 June 1999 – 24 July 2023
ConstituencyMallorca
Personal details
Born
Francesca Lluch Armengol Socias

(1971-08-11) 11 August 1971 (age 52)
Inca, Mallorca (Balearic Islands), Spain
Political partySocialist Party of the Balearic Islands
Other political
affiliations		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party
Children2
Alma materUniversity of Barcelona

Francesca Lluc Armengol Socias, known as Francina Armengol Socias (Catalan: [fɾənˈsinə əɾməŋˈgɔl soˈsiəs]; born 11 August 1971), is a Spanish politician from the Socialist Party of the Balearic Islands. She currently serves as president of the Congress of Deputies since 2023 and as member of the Congress of Deputies from the Balearic Islands since 2023.[1]

Political career[edit]

Armengol served as president of the Balearic Islands between 2015 and 2023, and also the first woman to ever hold the office.[2] She ruled in coalition with the left-wing Podemos and the regional Catalanist party Mes per Mallorca as well as external support from the regionalist and Catalanist Mes per Menorca Party.[3]

In the 2023 Spanish general election Armengol was elected to the 15th Congress of Deputies representing the Balearic Islands.[4] In August 2023, the Socialists had Armengol appointed speaker or president of the Congress of Deputies with support from Catalan pro-independence parties.[5]

Personal life[edit]

Armengol tested positive for COVID-19 on 20 December 2021.[6]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Rodríguez, Miguel Ángel (17 August 2023). "Francina Armengol, elegida nueva presidenta del Congreso con los votos de ERC y Junts". elperiodico (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 17 August 2023. Retrieved 17 August 2023.
  2. ^ "Armengol, primera presidenta del Govern en la historia de Baleares". Diario de Mallorca (in Spanish). Palma. 17 June 2015. Archived from the original on 21 April 2019. Retrieved 3 February 2018.
  3. ^ Inti Landauro (17 August 2023), Spanish Socialists' candidate elected speaker with support of Catalan groups Archived 18 August 2023 at the Wayback Machine Reuters.
  4. ^ "Ex-Balearic president set to become the next speaker of Spain's parliament". Majorca Daily Bulletin. 16 August 2023. Archived from the original on 16 August 2023. Retrieved 16 August 2023.
  5. ^ Inti Landauro (17 August 2023), Spanish Socialists' candidate elected speaker with support of Catalan groups Archived 18 August 2023 at the Wayback Machine Reuters.
  6. ^ "Francina Armengol da positivo en Covid-19: 'Gracias a estar vacunada sólo tengo síntomas leves'". El Español (in Spanish). 20 December 2021. Archived from the original on 22 December 2021. Retrieved 16 August 2023.
Political offices
Preceded by President of the Island Council of Mallorca
2007-2011 		Succeeded by
Preceded by President of the Balearic Islands
2015-2023 		Succeeded by
Party political offices
Preceded by Leader of the Socialist Group in the Parliament of the Balearic Islands
2004-2007 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Leader of the Socialist Group in the Parliament of the Balearic Islands
2011-2015 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Secretary-General of the Socialist Workers' Party of the Balearic Islands
2012-present 		Succeeded by
Incumbent


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