1. Diana Morant has been Secretary-General of the Socialist Party of the Valencian Country since 2024 and Mayor of Gandia from June 2015 until July 2021.
11 Facts About Diana Morant
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Diana Morant was member of the Corts Valencianes, the regional assembly of the Valencia region, from July 2015 to May 2017.
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Diana Morant started her political career in the Spanish Socialist Workers Party on 11 June 2011.
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Diana Morant was born in Gandia, Spain, on June 25 1980, the elder of two sisters.
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Diana Morant studied at Abat Sola Middle School in Gandia and, later, she attended Maria Enriquez High School in Gandia.
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Diana Morant studied Telecommunications Engineering at the Polytechnic University of Valencia, graduating in 2007.
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Diana Morant occupied the 5th position on the electoral roll.
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In October 2014, Diana Morant took part in the PSPV's selection process for mayoral candidates.
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Diana Morant was unopposed, so she was proclaimed the socialist party's mayoral candidate for the city of Gandia for the 2015 Spanish local elections.
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Three weeks later, on 13 June 2015, at the plenary session, Diana Morant obtained the support of the councillors of the PSPV-PSOE, Mes Gandia and the mayor of Ciudadanos, thus becoming mayor of Gandia, thereby ending four years of PP government.
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Diana Morant resigned as mayor on 11 July 2021 after being nominated for the office of Minister of Science, Innovation and Universities by prime minister Pedro Sanchez.