Carolina Punset
| Carolina Punset MEP | |
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| Member of the European Parliament | |
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Assumed office 3 February 2016 | |
| Preceded by | Juan Carlos Girauta |
| Constituency | Spain |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
5 January 1971 (age 45) Washington, D.C., United States |
| Nationality | Spanish |
| Political party | Citizens |
| Occupation | Politician |
Carolina Punset (born 5 January 1971) is a Spanish politician, lawyer and forensic handwriting expert. Punset has a post-graduate certificate in international development cooperation and non-governmental organisations.
Aside from her work as a lawyer and forensic handwriting expert, Carolina Punset has also developed her professional expertise in the field of non-governmental organisations such as ‘Proyecto Hombre’ (reintegration of drug addicts into society), Médecins sans Frontières/Doctors without Borders, the City of Joy Foundation in India, and others.
In 2007 she headed a local Green party in Altea, Alicante called ‘Ciudadanos Independientes por Altea’ [Independent Citizens for Altea] or CIPAL.[1] She was Altea Town Councillor for urban planning, agriculture, health and public participation (Altea Town Council).[2]
In September 2013 she joined the political association ‘Movimiento Ciudadanos’, which is the association which gave rise to the national spread of the political party ‘Ciudadanos’. In the 2014 European elections, Carolina Punset won the primary elections and third place on the party lists. In February 2016 she succeeded Juan Carlos Girauta, who is now Ciudadanos’ spokesperson in the lower house of the Spanish Parliament; as Member of the European Parliament (MEP).
Prior to that, Carolina Punset was a Member of the Valencian Regional Parliament and autonomous community spokesperson for ‘Ciudadanos’, a post she had held since the municipal and autonomous community elections in May 2015, having won the party’s primary.
Carolina Punset is a member of the National Executive of ‘Ciudadanos’, responsible for the environmental agenda. In 2012, she stood as an independent Europe Écologie Les Verts candidate[3] in the 5th constituency (French citizens resident in Spain, Portugal, Andorra and Monaco) in France’s legislative elections. She is the author of a book published in 2013: ‘No importa de dónde vienes, sino adónde vas’ [Where you are going matters, not where you come from], in which she layed out her basic ideology as an ecologist.
Prizes
- 2011 Food and Agriculture Research and Technological Development Prize of the Valencian Regional Government for the ‘Residuo Cero’[4] [Zero Waste] project she undertook together with the Altea Farm Cooperative[5] as Town Councillor for Agriculture[6]
- Sustainable Municipality Prize of the Alicante Provincial Council for the Huertos Urbanos Ecológicos[7] [Organic Urban Gardens] project she undertook as Town Councillor for Agriculture.[8]
- 2009 José Navarro Foundation Green Prizes as a person in a position of public responsibility for her contribution to ecology and smart food.
External links
www.carolinapunset.com
References
- ↑ "Cipal - Ciudadanos Independientes Por Altea". Cipal (in Spanish). Retrieved 2016-03-14.
- ↑ "Noticias Urbanismo - Web Municipal del Ayuntamiento de Altea". www.altea.es. Retrieved 2016-03-14.
- ↑ "Désignation des candidat-e-s EELV dans les 11 circonscriptions des français-e-s établi-e-s hors de France". Europe Écologie Les Verts. Retrieved 2016-03-14.
- ↑ "Web Municipal del Ayuntamiento de Altea". www.altea.es. Retrieved 2016-03-14.
- ↑ País, Ediciones El (2010-01-19). "Latifundio ecológico en Altea". EL PAÍS (in Spanish). Retrieved 2016-03-14.
- ↑ "Crop protection". croprotection.webs.upv.es. Retrieved 2016-03-14.
- ↑ INFORMACION. "Benidorm, noticias de Benidorm y Marina Baixa en INFORMACIÓN - Hemeroteca 12-04-2007". www.diarioinformacion.com. Retrieved 2016-03-14.
- ↑ "Fundación Biodiversidad". Fundación Biodiversidad. Retrieved 2016-03-14.