Adrián Barbón

Spanish politician

The Most Excellent
Adrián Barbón
9th President of the Principality of Asturias
Incumbent
Assumed office
16 July 2019
MonarchFelipe VI
Preceded byJavier Fernández
Secretary-General of the Asturian Socialist Federation
Incumbent
Assumed office
17 September 2019
Preceded byJavier Fernández
Member of the Congress of Deputies
In office
29 September 2015 – 27 October 2015
ConstituencyAsturias
Mayor of Laviana
In office
30 September 2008 – 9 October 2017
Member of the General Junta of the Principality of Asturias
Incumbent
Assumed office
24 June 2019
ConstituencyCentral Asturias
Personal details
Born (1979-01-04) 4 January 1979 (age 45)
Laviana, Asturias, Spain
Political partyPSOE
Alma materUniversity of Oviedo

Adrián Barbón Rodríguez (born 4 January 1979) is a Spanish politician. He is the secretary general of the Asturian Socialist Federation, the regional socialist party affiliated with the national Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) and the current President of the Principality of Asturias.

Personal life

Adrián Barbón was born 4 January 1979, in the municipality of Laviana, in the heart of mining region of Asturias. He received his primary education in San José School, located in the neighbouring town of Sotrondio, that closed in 2019 as a consequence of the decline in population in the region.[1] He finished secondary education in IES David Vázquez Martínez, in his hometown of Pola de Laviana.[2] Adrián Barbón graduated in law from the University of Oviedo.

Political career

After serving as mayor of Laviana since 2008 to 2017, Barbón assumed the general secretariat of the Asturian Socialist Federation on 17 September 2017. Two years later, after winning the 2019 Asturian regional election, he was named President of the Principality of Asturias.[3]

On 17 December 2021, he was diagnosed with COVID-19, being hospitalized and with his vice-president Juan Cofiño replacing him as interim President.[4]

References

  1. ^ "«Las cuencas necesitan un plan especial para que no se cierren más colegios»". El Comercio (in Spanish). 29 June 2019. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
  2. ^ D, L. M. (18 January 2021). "Clases a 4 bajo cero: los alumnos del IES de Pola de Laviana protestan hoy". La Nueva España (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 March 2022.
  3. ^ "Adrián Barbón, elegido presidente de Asturias en segunda votación con el respaldo de PSOE e IU" (in Spanish). El Mundo. 15 July 2019.
  4. ^ elDiario.es (17 December 2021). "Ingresan por COVID al presidente de Asturias, Adrián Barbón". ElDiario.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 18 December 2021.
Political offices
Preceded by
Marciano Barreñada Bazán
 Mayor of Laviana
2008–2017 		Succeeded by
Julio García Rodríguez
Preceded by
Javier Fernández
 President of the Principality of Asturias
2019–present 		Succeeded by
Incumbent
Party political offices
Preceded by
Javier Fernández
 Secretary-General of the Asturian Socialist Federation
2017–present 		Succeeded by
Incumbent