Cuca Gamarra

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Gamarra and the second or maternal family name is Ruiz-Clavijo.

Concepción "Cuca" Gamarra Ruiz-Clavijo (born 23 December 1974) is a Spanish politician who is Secretary-General of the People's Party.

Cuca Gamarra MP
Gamarra in 2023
Secretary-General of the People's Party
Incumbent
Assumed office 2 April 2022
President	Alberto Núñez Feijóo
Preceded by	Teodoro García Egea
Spokesperson of the Popular Group in the Congress of Deputies
Incumbent
Assumed office 21 August 2020
Preceded by	Cayetana Álvarez de Toledo
Member of the Congress of Deputies
Incumbent
Assumed office 21 May 2019
Constituency	La Rioja
Mayor of Logroño
In office 11 June 2011 – 15 June 2019
Preceded by	Tomás Santos
Succeeded by	Pablo Hermoso de Mendoza
Member of the Logroño City Council
In office 14 June 2003 – 15 June 2019
Personal details
Born	Concepción Gamarra Ruiz-Clavijo (1974-12-23) 23 December 1974 (age 50) Logroño, La Rioja, Spain
Political party	People's Party

Biography

Born on 23 December 1974 in Logroño she earned a licentiate degree in Economic Law from the University of Deusto.^[1] Elected as municipal councillor of Logroño, she served as deputy mayor from 2003 to 2007.^[1] She became Mayor of Logroño after the 2011 municipal election.^[1]

She was re-elected Mayor of Logroño for a second mandate in the 2015 municipal election.^[2]

She endorsed Soraya Sáenz de Santamaría vis-à-vis the process for the election of the new PP leader in 2018.^[3][4]

She ran as candidate to the Congress of Deputies in the PP at the April 2019 general election, and was elected deputy. She held her seat at the November 2019 general election.

In August 2020, Pablo Casado chose her as the new spokesperson of the PP's parliamentary group in the Congress of Deputies, replacing Cayetana Álvarez de Toledo.^[5]