Leticia Díaz
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Leticia Díaz Rodríguez (born 1969)[1] is a Spanish politician. As a member of the People's Party (PP), she was a member of the Senate of Spain from 2010 to 2011, and a minister of the Government of Cantabria from 2011 to 2015. In 2023, she joined Vox, and led the party in that year's regional election, in which she was elected to the Parliament of Cantabria.
Born in Infiesto in Asturias, Díaz is the mother of three children. She graduated with a law degree and became a civil servant, and was the secretary general of the Ministry of Health, Consumer Affairs and Social Services of the Government of Cantabria between 1999 and 2003.[1]
Díaz was a supplementary name on the list of the People's Party (PP) in the Cantabria constituency of the Senate of Spain in the 2008 general election. In April 2010, party treasurer Luis Bárcenas resigned due to his implication in the Gürtel case, and Díaz was sworn in as his replacement.[2] Fourteen months later, she was named minister of the presidency and justice in the government of President of Cantabria Ignacio Diego.[3]
In January 2023, Vox announced Díaz as its lead candidate for the Cantabrian regional election in May, with her predecessor Cristóbal Palacio dropping to second on the list.[4] The party increased from two to four seats, and from fifth place to fourth.[5] While the results of other regional elections that year led to PP-Vox coalition governments, negotiations with the 15 PP deputies in the Parliament of Cantabria were unsuccessful in building a majority in the 35-seat legislature; María José Sáenz de Buruaga of the PP was elected regional president in a minority government due to the abstention of the eight deputies from the Regionalist Party of Cantabria (PRC).[6]
The four Vox deputies in the Parliament of Cantabria split into two cliques – Díaz and Natividad Pérez on one side and Palacio and Armando Blanco on the other – but did not formally split as they required at least three members to get the benefits of a parliamentary group. Palacio and Blanco made a police report of espionage, and Díaz was suspended from party membership for six months from September 2024 due to an accusation of workplace harassment from an employee.[7][8]
References
- 1 2 "Leticia Díaz, la alta funcionaria que vuelve a la política para luchar contra el regionalismo" [Leticia Díaz, the senior civil servant who returns to politics to fight against regionalism] (in Spanish). Onda Cero. 18 May 2023. Retrieved 7 April 2026.
- ↑ "Leticia Díaz toma hoy posesión como senadora en sustitución de Bárcenas" [Leticia Díaz takes office today as senator replacing Bárcenas] (in Spanish). Europa Press. 27 April 2010. Retrieved 7 April 2026.
- ↑ "Martínez Sieso tomará posesión mañana como presidente de la Autoridad Portuaria de Santander" [Martínez Sieso will take office tomorrow as president of the Port Authority of Santander]. 20 minutos (in Spanish). Europa Press. 3 August 2011. Retrieved 7 April 2026.
- ↑ Martínez, Daniel (18 January 2023). "Leticia Díaz será la candidata regional de Vox y Emilio del Valle peleará por Santander" [Leticia Díaz will be Vox's regional candidate and Emilio del Valle will fight for Santander]. El Diario Montañés (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 April 2026.
- ↑ Azkue, M. (29 May 2023). "Vox cree que corresponde al PP de Cantabria decidir si pactan o no" [Vox believes that it is the decision of the Cantabria PP whether to make a pact or not] (in Spanish). Cadena SER. Retrieved 7 April 2026.
- ↑ Alonso, Rubén (13 June 2023). "Vox afea al PP que le deje fuera del Gobierno en Cantabria: "Su acuerdo con el PRC es antidemocrático"" [Vox criticises PP for leaving them out of the Government of Cantabria: "Their agreement with the PRC is undemocratic"]. elDiario.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 April 2026.
- ↑ "Vox suspende seis meses de militancia a su portavoz parlamentaria en Cantabria por acoso laboral a una trabajadora" [Vox suspends its parliamentary spokesperson in Cantabria from membership for six months due to workplace harassment of an employee]. elDiario.es (in Spanish). 24 September 2024. Retrieved 7 April 2026.
- ↑ "Dos diputados de Vox denuncian espionaje en su grupo Parlamentario" [Two Vox deputies report espionage in their parliamentary group]. Diario de Cantabria (in Spanish). 29 June 2024. Retrieved 7 April 2026.