Who's who in the PSOE's interim leadership? One name appears in the UCO report.
Sánchez names continuity names to replace Cerdán until the July federal committee meeting.
BarcelonaPedro Sánchez, within the framework of the PSOE leadership meeting, announced a reshuffle to temporarily fill the vacancy left by Santos Cerdán as the organization secretary. However, the scope of the changes is currently limited, as he has opted for a continuity solution: Sánchez has proposed that four people temporarily assume the position of organization secretary until July 5, when the party holds a federal committee meeting. The interim team will be: Cristina Narbona, Montse Mínguez, Borja Cabezón, and Ana Fuentes. which appears in the UCO reportWe'll tell you who they are.
Ana María Fuentes
Managing Director of the PSOE
She is the only one not to be a member of the Federal Executive Committee, the party's governing body. After serving as director of the party's Regulatory Compliance Office, she was appointed managing director of the political organization in October 2021. She had previously been a member of Congress for Málaga between 2004 and 2011 and a member of the Andalusian parliament. Sánchez's proposal to appoint her to assume Cerdán's duties.On a technical level, he clarified during his appearance at Ferraz—has sparked controversy, as Fuentes appears in the UCO report published last Thursday. In messages exchanged in March 2022 between Koldo and Javier Herrero, Director General of Highways, Ábalos's former advisor warned Herrero that the party's management, which Fuentes assumed, was asking him to give them his phone number.
Cristina Narbona
President of the PSOE
She was appointed party president in 2017 at the party's 39th Federal Congress and reappointed in October 2021. She began her career in institutional politics in 1982, when she was appointed Deputy Minister of Economy of the Andalusian Regional Government. She also served as Minister of Housing in Felipe González's last government. During Zapatero's first government, from 2004 to 2008, she headed the Ministry of the Environment, and during the Socialists' second term in office during the first decade of the 20th century, she became Spain's ambassador to the OECD.
Montse Mínguez
Secretary of Labor, Social Economy and Self-Employment of the PSOE
She is a member of the PSC (Spanish Socialist Workers' Party) and was Deputy Mayor of Lleida City Council from 2007 to 2019, when she ran on the PSC's list in the Lleida district in the general elections and was elected. Since then, she has held a seat in the Congress of Deputies, and since August 2023, she has been the Secretary General of the parliamentary group in this chamber.
Borja Cabezón
Secretary of Democratic Action and Transparency of the PSOE
He is currently CEO of the National Innovation Company (ENISA), a commercial company under the Ministry of Industry, Trade, and Tourism dedicated to financing business projects. From June 2018 to April 2019, he was Director General of National Affairs in the Office of the President of the Spanish Government. After 11 months as a member of the Madrid Assembly, he assumed responsibilities in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in March 2022. He was appointed ambassador to the special mission for COVID-19 and global health.