Ximo Puig

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Puig and the second or maternal family name is Ferrer.

Joaquín Francisco Puig Ferrer (born 4 January 1959), known as Ximo Puig (Valencian: [ˈtʃimo ˈputʃ]), is a Spanish politician who served as President of the Valencian Government from 2015 to 2023. He was also the leader of the Socialist Party of the Valencian Country (PSPV-PSOE), the Valencian regional branch of the PSOE, from 2012 to 2024.

The Right Honourable Ximo Puig
President of the Valencian Government
In office 25 June 2015 – 13 July 2023
Monarch	Felipe VI
Preceded by	Alberto Fabra
Succeeded by	Carlos Mazón
Secretary-General of the Socialist Party of the Valencian Country
In office 30 March 2012 – 24 March 2024
Preceded by	Jorge Alarte
Succeeded by	Diana Morant
Member of the Congress of Deputies
In office 13 December 2011 – 3 June 2015
Constituency	Castellón
Member of the Corts Valencianes
Incumbent
Assumed office 11 June 2015
Constituency	Castellón
In office 13 July 1999 – 22 May 2011
Constituency	Castellón
In office 7 June 1983 – 17 April 1986
Constituency	Castellón
Member of the Senate
Incumbent
Assumed office 17 August 2023
Constituency	Corts Valencianes
Personal details
Born	Joaquín Francisco Puig Ferrer (1959-01-04) 4 January 1959 (age 66) Morella, Valencian Community, Spain
Political party	PSPV-PSOE
Children	2
Occupation	Journalist, politician
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Life and career

Puig was born in Morella, Castellón. A journalist by profession, he worked for local newspapers and for the Antena 3 radio station.^[1] He was elected to the Corts Valencianes, the Valencian regional parliament, in the first democratic elections in 1983.^[1] He resigned his seat in 1986, when he was appointed Director General of Institutional relations and information in the Valencian regional administration, serving until 1995.^[1]

In May 1995 he became mayor of his hometown of Morella, serving until 2012, when he resigned after becoming leader of the PSPV-PSOE.^[2] In the 2011 Spanish general election he was elected to the Congress of Deputies, representing Castellón Province.^[1] In Congress, he served as spokesman for the committee on industry, energy and tourism.^[1] In March 2014 Puig won the PSPV-PSOE primary to be the party's candidate for President of the Valencian Government in the 2015 regional elections. He received 68.8% of the votes in the primary.^[3]

On 25 June 2015, he was invested President of the Valencian Government with the favourable votes of PSPV-PSOE, Podemos and Compromís, succeeding Alberto Fabra and putting an end to two decades of PP governments in the region. He was re-elected for a second term, with the support of the same parties, on 13 June 2019.