Borja Fanjul
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Francisco de Borja Fanjul Fernández-Pita[1] (born 19 December 1975)[2] is a Spanish People's Party (PP) politician. He served in the Assembly of Madrid from 2011 to 2015 and Madrid City Council from 2015 to 2016 and again since 2019.
Biography[edit]
Fanjul's grandfather Juan Manuel Fanjul and great-grandfather Joaquín Fanjul took part in a failed attempt to spread the Spanish coup of July 1936 to Madrid. Joaquín Fanjul was executed by the Second Spanish Republic, while Juan Manuel Fanjul survived and served in the Cortes Españolas of Francoist Spain.[3]
Fanjul has used a wheelchair since the age of 20, when he drove past a red traffic light after a night of drinking and was struck by another car.[4] He graduated with a law degree from the Complutense University of Madrid, followed by a master's degree in portfolio management from the Instituto Estudios Bursátiles and another one on the legal aspects of disability from the University of Castilla–La Mancha.[5]
From 2008 to 2011, Fanjul worked as an assistant to Francisco Vañó, a paraplegic member of the Congress of Deputies. In December 2011, Fanjul entered the Assembly of Madrid after María Luz Bajo Prieto was elected to Congress.[6] He was 18th on the PP list for the 2015 Madrid City Council election,[7] and was elected. He left Madrid City Council in November 2016 when he was made director general of Policies of Support for Disability.[8]
In the 2019 Madrid City Council election, José Luis Martínez-Almeida placed Fanjul sixth on the PP list.[9] After being installed as mayor of Madrid, Almeida named Fanjul his second deputy mayor.[10]
References[edit]
- ^ "Francisco de Borja Fanjul Fernández-Pita" (in Spanish). Madrid City Council. Retrieved 23 April 2024.
- ^ "Carmen Balfagón sustituye a César Antón en el Imserso" [Carmen Balfagón replaces César Antón in IMSERSO]. Diario de León (in Spanish). 26 November 2016. Retrieved 23 April 2024.
- ^ Casado, Diego (26 December 2023). "Borja Fanjul, el árbitro de Almeida cuestionado por no expulsar a Ortega Smith tras su agresión a Rubiño" [Borja Fanjul, Almeida's referee questioned for not expelling Ortega Smith after his assault on Rubiño]. elDiario.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 April 2024.
- ^ "Un diputado madrileño del PP con discapacidad dice que la Ley de Dependencia "se aprobó con prisas y sin presupuesto"" [A PP deputy in Madrid with disability says that the Dependency Law "was approved in a hurry and without a budget"] (in Spanish). Servimedia. 28 July 2013. Retrieved 23 April 2024.
- ^ "Borja Fanjul (PP) deja de presidir el distrito de Usera para centrarse en la Presidencia del Pleno y Puente de Vallecas" [Borja Fanjul (PP) leaves presidency of the district of User to focus on Presidency of the Plenary and Puente de Vallecas] (in Spanish). Europa Press. 24 July 2019. Retrieved 23 April 2024.
- ^ "Toma posesión en la Asamblea de Madrid el primer diputado tetrapléjico" [First tetraplegic deputy in the Assembly of Madrid takes office] (in Spanish). Servimedia. 15 December 2011. Retrieved 23 April 2024.
- ^ "Aguirre se rodea de su núcleo duro más político para su lista electoral" [Aguirre surrounds herself with her most political inner circle for her electoral list circle]. El Mundo (in Spanish). EFE. 14 April 2015. Retrieved 23 April 2024.
- ^ "Carman Balfagón, directora general del IMSERSO" [Carmen Balfagón, director general of IMSERSO]. El Mundo (in Spanish). EFE. 25 November 2016. Retrieved 23 April 2024.
- ^ Lantigua, I. F. (17 April 2019). "Lista del PP al Ayuntamiento de Madrid: la mitad con menos de 45 años y sin Percival Manglano ni Pedro Corral" [PP list for Madrid City Council: half aged under 45 and with neither Percival Manglano nor Pedro Corral]. El Mundo (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 April 2024.
- ^ López Macías, Javier (15 September 2019). "Borja Fanjul y Silvia Saavedra ganan poder y serán tenientes de alcalde" [Borja Fanjul and Silvia Saavedra win power and will be deputy mayors] (in Spanish). Madridiario. Retrieved 23 April 2024.