José Ramón Bauzá

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José Ramón Bauzá
Member of the European Parliament
for Spain
Assumed office
2 July 2019
Spanish Senator
designated by the Parliament of the Balearic Islands
In office
9 July 2015 – 23 January 2019
President of the Government of the Balearic Islands
In office
18 June 2011 – 2 July 2015
MonarchsJuan Carlos I
Felipe VI
Preceded byFrancesc Antich
Succeeded byFrancina Armengol
Member of the
Parliament of the Balearic Islands
In office
18 June 2015 – 8 July 2015
In office
7 June 2011 – 31 March 2015
In office
8 February 2011 – 29 March 2011
ConstituencyMallorca
President of the
People's Party of the Balearic Islands
In office
11 September 2009 – 23 July 2015
Preceded byRosa Estaràs
Succeeded byMiquel Vidal
Mayor of Marratxí
In office
11 June 2005[1] – 11 June 2011
Preceded byMiquel Bestard
Succeeded byTomeu Oliver
Personal details
Born
José Ramón Bauzá Díaz

(1970-11-16) 16 November 1970 (age 53)
Madrid, Spain
Political partyPeople's Party (1996–2019)
Citizens (since 2019)

José Ramón Bauzá Díaz (Spanish pronunciation: [xoseraˈmom bawˈθa]; born 16 November 1970) is a Spanish politician and the president of the Autonomous Community of the Balearic Islands from 2011 to 2015.[2][3] Born to a Majorcan father and a mother native to Madrid, he is licensed as a pharmacist by the Complutense University of Madrid. He owns his own pharmacy in his hometown of Marratxí.

Political career[edit]

In the People´s Party

  • 1995-1999: Councillor in the opposition of Marrachí City Council.
  • 2001-2003: deputy mayor for Town Planning and Health in the City Council of Marrachí.
  • 2005-2011: Mayor of Marrachí.
  • 2007-2009: vice-president of the Partido Popular of Baleares.
  • 2009-2015: president of the Partido Popular of the Balearic Islands.
  • 2011-2015: president of the Balearic Islands.
  • 2015-2019: senator appointed by the Balearic Islands Parliament.

In Citizens[4][5]

Controversy[edit]

According to Politico Europe, Bauzá did not disclose that he held shares in the startup Gas2Move when he joined the European Parliament in 2019.[6]

In 2023, Bauzá was investigated by parliamentary authorities over allegations of workplace harassment.[7]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "José Ramón Bauzá, elegido en pleno extraordinario nuevo alcalde de Marratxí". Última Hora (in Spanish). 12 June 2005. Retrieved 11 March 2021.
  2. ^ José Ramón Bauzá own website Archived 2011-06-23 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ "The Government". Archived from the original on 2011-06-14. Retrieved 2011-06-24. Taking over of the new Government of the Balearic Islands at the Balearic Islands online gazette (www.caib.es)
  4. ^ "Bauzá deja el PP por "sembrar nacionalismo" en Baleares". ElPeriodico. 23 January 2019.
  5. ^ "El expresidente popular de Baleares José Ramón Bauzá ficha por Ciudadanos". Huffpost.
  6. ^ Sarah Wheaton, Mari Eccles and Giovanna Coi (21 June 2023), Portrait of an MEP’s jet-set life in the gray zone Politico Europe.
  7. ^ Barbara Moens and Eddy Wax (2 June 2023), Inside Europe’s Parliament of bullies Politico Europe.