Isabel Díaz Ayuso
Isabel Natividad Díaz Ayuso (Spanish pronunciation: [isaˈβel ˈdi.aθ aˈʝuso]; born 17 October 1978) is a Spanish politician and journalist serving as the president of the Community of Madrid since 2019. She is the president of the People's Party of the Community of Madrid.
The Most Excellent Isabel Díaz Ayuso | |
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Isabel Díaz Ayuso in 2019 | |
| President of the Community of Madrid | |
| Assumed office 19 August 2019 | |
| Vice President | Ignacio Aguado (2019−2021) Enrique Ossorio (2022–present) |
| Preceded by | Ángel Garrido (acting, Pedro Rollán Ojeda) |
| President of the People's Party of the Community of Madrid | |
| Assumed office 21 May 2022 | |
| Secretary-General | Alfonso Serrano |
| Preceded by | Cristina Cifuentes (acting, Pío García-Escudero) |
| Deputy Councillor of the Presidency and Justice of the Community of Madrid | |
| In office 26 September 2017 – 22 May 2018 | |
| President | Cristina Cifuentes |
| Preceded by | Enrique Ruiz Escudero |
| Succeeded by | José Enrique Núñez Guijarro |
| Member of the Assembly of Madrid | |
| Assumed office 11 June 2019 | |
| In office 15 July 2011 – 26 September 2017 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 17 October 1978 Madrid, Spain |
| Political party | PP (2005–present) |
| Spouse(s) |
Sergio Hernández
(m. 2008; div. 2011) |
| Domestic partner | Alberto González (2021–present) |
| Alma mater | Complutense University of Madrid |
| Signature | |
A member of the People's Party, and the vice-secretary of communication and spokeswoman of the party's Madrilenian branch, she was the regional candidate for president of the Community of Madrid ahead of the 2019 Madrilenian autonomous election. Although her party lost the autonomous elections for the first time since May 1991, she was later elected president by the Assembly of Madrid. Her administration represented several firsts: it was the first time that the region was run by a coalition government—formed by Ayuso's own conservative People's Party (PP) and Citizens—and it was the first time that Vox propped up an autonomous executive in Madrid.