Monica Garcia Gomez
Mónica García Gómez was appointed Spain’s minister of health in November 2023. She holds a medical degree from the Complutense University of Madrid, with a specialty in anaesthesiology and resuscitation, and a master’s in clinical management from the National School of Health. She has represented the Más Madrid party in the Madrid Assembly since 2015, and ran in the 2021 and 2023 regional elections for the Madrid presidency. During the Covid-19 pandemic, she combined her work at the 12 de Octubre Hospital with her work as an elected official.