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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.
Ximo Puig | |
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| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| Assumed office 17 August 2023 | |
| Constituency | Corts Valencianes |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Joaquín Francisco Puig Ferrer 4 January 1959 Morella, Valencian Community, Spain |
| Political party | PSPV-PSOE |
| Children | 2 |
| Occupation | Journalist, politician |
| Signature |  |
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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.
On 26 June 2023, his government lost a lucrative bid to host a Tesla Gigafactory in Valencia after their negotiations were leaked to the media while Puig denied it was him that leaked the details of the negotiations to the media.[4]
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