Àngels Chacón Explained

Maria Àngels Chacón i Feixas (born 1968) is a Spanish politician from Catalonia who served as Minister of Enterprise and Knowledge of the Catalan government.

Early life

Chacón was born in 1968 in Igualada, Catalonia.^{[1] [2]} She has a degree in law from the University of Barcelona and is a specialist in international trade.^{[1] [3]}

Career

Chacón has worked as export director for several companies in the paper sector.^{[1] [3]} She was commercial director for Juan Romaní Esteve and was in charge of export for Manipulados del Noya.^[1] She was general-secretary of the Anoia Business Union, an organisation that represents 850 partners and 2,400 companies, from 2008 to 2011.^{[1] [3]}

Chacón was co-ordination of the Urbact 3D Cities (economic growth and innovation in health) and Urbact Retailink (economic growth and commercial strategy innovation in medium-sized cities) projects and has been co-director of the 4D Health Patient Safety Simulation Innovation Center since 2009.^{[4] [5] [6]} In June 2017 she was appointed director-general of industry in the Generalitat de Catalunya's Department of Business and Knowledge.^{[1] [3]}

Chacón contested the 2011 local elections as an independent Convergence and Union (CiU) electoral alliance candidate in Igualada and was elected.^{[7] [8]} After the election she was appointed second deputy mayor in charge of economy, trade and tourism.^{[3] [4]} She was re-elected at the 2015 local elections.^{[9] [10]} After the election she was appointed first deputy mayor in charge of economy, knowledge, internationalisation and interior.^{[3] [11]} She joined the Catalan European Democratic Party (PDeCAT) after it was formed.^[5]

On 19 May 2018 newly elected President of Catalonia Quim Torra nominated a new government in which Elsa Artadi was to be Minister of Enterprise and Knowledge.^{[12] [13] [14]} However, the Spanish government condemned the inclusion of jailed/exiled politicians in the government as provocative and refused to approve Torra's appointments or to revoke direct rule.^{[15] [16] [17]} Faced with this opposition Torra announced a new government on 29 May 2018 without the jailed/exiled politicians.^{[18] [19]} Chacón was to be Minister of Enterprise and Knowledge in the new government.^{[20] [21] [22]} She was sworn in on 2 June 2018 at the Palau de la Generalitat de Catalunya.^{[23] [24] [25]}

Electoral history

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Constituency	scope=col	Party	scope=col	Alliance	scope=col	No.	scope=col	Result
				3	Elected
				3	Elected

Notes and References

1. News: Perfil: Àngels Chacón, la fins ara directora general d'Indústria es posa al capdavant d'Empresa i Coneixement . 9 June 2018 . . . 29 May 2018 . Barcelona, Spain . Catalan.
2. News: Vergés, Chacón, Calvet i Borràs: així són els nous consellers del Govern . 9 June 2018 . . 29 May 2018 . Madrid, Spain . Catalan.
3. News: Nomenen Àngels Chacón nova directora general d'Indústria . 9 June 2018 . . . 14 June 2017 . Girona, Spain . Catalan.
4. News: Àngels Chacón, una especialista en comercio exterior para dirigir Empresa i Coneixement . 9 June 2018 . . . 29 May 2018 . Barcelona, Spain . Spanish.
5. News: Vicens . L. . Mascaró . A. . Toro . M. . Tedó . X. . Aquests són els 13 consellers del Govern de Quim Torra . 9 June 2018 . . 29 May 2018 . Barcelona, Spain . Catalan.
6. News: Àngels Chacón, de regidora de Comerç i directora d'Indústria a consellera d'empresa . 9 June 2018 . Aldia.cat . . 29 May 2018 . Catalan.
7. Web site: Administració Electoral: Junta Electoral de Zona d'Igualada . Butlletí Oficial de la Província de Barcelona . 20 April 2011 . 31 . 9 June 2018 . . Barcelona, Spain . Catalan.
8. Web site: Consulta de Resultados Electorales: Municipales / Mayo 2011 - Mun. Igualada. Ministry of the Interior. 9 June 2018. Madrid, Spain. Spanish.
9. Web site: Administració Electoral: Junta Electoral de Zona d'Igualada . Butlletí Oficial de la Província de Barcelona . 22 April 2015 . 18 . 9 June 2018 . . Barcelona, Spain . Catalan.
10. Web site: Consulta de Resultados Electorales: Municipales / Mayo 2015 - Mun. Igualada. Ministry of the Interior. 9 June 2018. Madrid, Spain. Spanish.
11. News: Àngels Chacón, nova directora general d'Indústria del Govern . 9 June 2018 . . . 13 June 2017 . Catalan.
12. News: Torra nominates new government including jailed and exiled officials. 19 May 2018. Catalan News Agency. 19 May 2018. Barcelona, Spain.
13. News: Torra nombra en su Govern a Aragonès, Artadi, Turull, Rull, Comín, Puig y Maragall. 19 May 2018. La Vanguardia. 19 May 2018. Barcelona, Spain. Spanish.
14. News: Puente. Arturo. Torra nombra a los encarcelados Turull y Rull consellers de su nuevo Govern. 19 May 2018. eldiario.es. 19 May 2018. Madrid, Spain. Spanish.
15. News: Stothard. Michael. Rajoy wins opposition support to keep direct rule over Catalonia. 29 May 2018. Financial Times. 20 May 2018. London, U.K..
16. News: Spanish PM Mariano Rajoy urges Catalonia to form 'viable' government. 29 May 2018. The New Indian Express. Press Trust of India. 21 May 2018. Chennai, India.
17. News: Day. Paul. Spain to maintain control of Catalonia - El Pais. https://web.archive.org/web/20180520110154/https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-spain-politics-catalonia/spain-to-maintain-control-of-catalonia-el-pais-idUKKCN1IL0DG. dead. 20 May 2018. 29 May 2018. Reuters. 20 May 2018. London, U.K..
18. News: Torra proposes new nominations to overcome Spain's block on forming government. 29 May 2018. Catalan News Agency. 29 May 2018. Barcelona, Spain.
19. News: Torra unblocks new Catalan government, replacing ministers in exile and prison with new names. 29 May 2018. El Nacional. EFE. 29 May 2018. Barcelona, Spain.
20. Web site: El nou executiu tindrà 13 departaments. Generalitat de Catalunya. 29 May 2018. Barcelona, Spain. Catalan. 29 May 2018.
21. News: Torra sustituye a los cuatro consellers vetados para desbloquear el Govern. 29 May 2018. La Vanguardia. 29 May 2018. Barcelona, Spain. Spanish.
22. News: Torra nomena nou govern per superar el bloqueig. 29 May 2018. El Punt. 29 May 2018. Girona, Spain. Catalan.
23. News: Catalan government takes office in emotional event, lifting direct rule. 3 June 2018. Catalan News Agency. 2 June 2018. Barcelona, Spain.
24. News: Villalonga. Carles. El nuevo Govern de Torra toma posesión en un acto reivindicativo y escenifica el fin del 155. 3 June 2018. La Vanguardia. 2 June 2018. Barcelona, Spain. Spanish.
25. News: Los consellers toman posesión y prometen "lealtad" a Quim Torra . 3 June 2018 . . . 2 June 2018 . Spanish.