Astrid Pérez
Spanish politician (born 1969)
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Astrid María Pérez Batista (born 19 October 1969) is a Spanish People's Party politician who is president of the Parliament of the Canary Islands since 2023. She was also mayor of Arrecife between 2019 and 2023 and a councilor of the Cabildo de Lanzarote, as well as a former managing director of Los Centros de Arte, Cultura y Turismo (CACT).
Astrid Pérez | |
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Pérez in 2025 | |
| President of the Parliament of the Canary Islands | |
| Assumed office 27 June 2023 | |
| Preceded by | Gustavo Matos |
| Member of the Parliament of the Canary Islands | |
| Assumed office 22 May 2011 | |
| Constituency | Lanzarote |
| Mayor of Arrecife | |
| In office 15 June 2019 – 23 June 2023 | |
| Preceded by | Eva de Anta |
| Succeeded by | Yonathan de León |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 19 October 1969 |
| Party | People's Party |
| Children | 2 |
| University of Granada | |
| Occupation | Lawyer • Politician |
Biography
Astrid María Pérez Batista[1] was born on 19 October 1969 in Las Palmas.[2] She was educated at the University of Granada (where she obtained her law degree) and the School of Legal Practice.[1] She started practicing law in 1996, doing so until 2011, and she was managing director of the Los Centros de Arte, Cultura y Turismo (CACT) from 2009 until 2011.[2] Her political career began when she was elected to Cabildo de Lanzarote, where she was first (2011) and second vice-president (2009-2011), as well as councillor for finance (2003-2005) and for tourism and the CACT (2011).[2] She was elected president of the People's Party of Lanzarote on 29 November 2008.[3]
Pérez was elected to the Parliament of the Canary Islands in the 2011 Canarian regional election for Lanzarote.[4] She was subsequently re-elected to the same constituency in the 2015, 2019, and 2023 elections.[5][6][7] In June 2023, she was elected president of the Parliament of the Canary Islands.[2]
In 2019, she was elected mayor of the Arrecife City Council as part of a coalition between the PP, New Canaries and Spanish Socialist Workers' Party.[8] She was re-elected in the 2023 Spanish local elections, as part of a coalition with the Canarian Coalition,[9] but stepped down the same year.[2]