Begoña Gómez
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| Born | María Begoña Gómez Fernández 1975 (age 48–49) Bilbao, Spain |
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María Begoña Gómez Fernández (born 1975) is a Spanish marketing expert and wife of Pedro Sánchez Pérez-Castejón, the Prime Minister of Spain.
Early life and education[edit]
Gómez was born in Bilbao. Her father is Sabiniano Gómez Serrano. She has one brother, Miguel Gómez Fernández. She spent most of her childhood in Valderas, León. Begoña Gómez obtained an unofficial marketing degree from the Higher School of Commercial Engineers, a private entity which operated as an academy, called M&B School of Marketing and Business, created in 1989, which merged into the ESEM corporation. She has indicated in her CV that she has a bachelor degree in marketing from ESIC University, a business school, and prestigious university, a fact which gained attention of the news media as early as 2018.[1]
Career[edit]
Gómez was director of business outsourcing in the Inmark Group until her husband became Prime Minister of Spain in 2018.[2] From 2018 to 2022, she was executive director of the Africa Center of the Institute of Enterprise.[3] Since 2020, she has been the extraordinary Chair of Competitive Social Transformation of the Complutense University of Madrid.[4]
On April 24, 2024, a judge opened an investigation into Gómez for possible influence trafficking and corruption following a complaint by Manos Limpias,[5] led by Miguel Bernad, formerly the secretary general of the far-right National Front.[6]
Personal life[edit]
She married Pedro Sánchez in 2006. They were married at the Hipódromo de la Zarzuela racecourse in Madrid, in a ceremony officiated by PSOE politician Trinidad Jiménez.[7] They have two daughters, Carlota Sánchez Gómez and Ainhoa Sánchez Gómez.[8]
Gómez and several government politicians were early positive cases in the COVID-19 pandemic in Spain, after they had attended an International Women's Day march on March 8, 2020. That event, and a rally by opposition party Vox, were criticized for going ahead while the virus was spreading.[9][10] On May 2, Sánchez confirmed Gómez's recovery.[11]
References[edit]
- ^ María Ruiz (2024-04-10). "Begoña Gómez vendió su licenciatura en Marketing como un título universitario, pero es de una academia". OK Diario (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-04-25.
- ^ "Begoña Gómez, esposa de Pedro Sánchez, investigada por presunto tráfico de influencias y corrupción" (in Spanish). 2024-04-24. Retrieved 2024-04-25.
- ^ Quintanilla, Berta F. (2024-04-24). "Estos han sido los trabajos de Begoña Gómez y su nivel de estudios". huffingtonpost (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-04-25.
- ^ "Máster de Transformación Social Competitiva: Los ODS como estrategia". Cátedra (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-04-25.
- ^ "Un juzgado de Madrid investiga a la mujer de Pedro Sánchez por tráfico de influencias y corrupción en los negocios" (in Spanish). 2024-04-24. Retrieved 2024-04-25.
- ^ Paul Kirby (2024-04-24). "Spain's PM Pedro Sánchez halts public duties as wife faces inquiry". BBC. Retrieved 2024-04-25.
- ^ Villar, Cote; Juárez, Ana S. (12 July 2014). "Trinidad Jiménez casó a Eduardo Madina y a Pedro Sánchez". El Mundo (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 May 2024.
- ^ Pedrejón, Isabel (24 April 2024). "Pedro Sánchez y Begoña Gómez, la historia de amor que empezó en una fiesta: "No sabes la tabarra que le di"". El Mundo (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 April 2024.
- ^ "Wife of Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez tests positive for the coronavirus". El País. 15 March 2020. Retrieved 2 May 2024.
- ^ García de Blas, Elsa (23 March 2020). "The Spanish politicians in coronavirus quarantine". El País. Retrieved 2 May 2024.
- ^ "Sánchez revela que su mujer ya está "recuperada" de la covid-19". Heraldo de Aragón. 2 May 2020. Retrieved 2 May 2024.