Carolina Punset, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Carolina Punset

Valencian politician

Date of Birth: 05-Jan-1971

Place of Birth: Washington, D.C., District of Columbia, United States

Profession: lawyer, politician

Nationality: Spain

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

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About Carolina Punset

  • Carolina Punset (born 5 January 1971) is a Spanish politician, lawyer and forensic handwriting expert.
  • She served as a Member of the European Parliament from 2016 until 2019.
  • Punset has a post-graduate certificate in international development cooperation and non-governmental organisations. Aside from her work as a lawyer and forensic handwriting expert, Punset has also developed her professional expertise in the field of non-governmental organisations such as ‘Proyecto Hombre’ (reintegration of drug addicts into society), Médecins sans Frontières/Doctors without Borders, the City of Joy Foundation in India, and others. In 2007 she headed a local Green party in Altea, Alicante called ‘Ciudadanos Independientes por Altea’ [Independent Citizens for Altea] or CIPAL.
  • She was Altea Town Councillor for urban planning, agriculture, health and public participation (Altea Town Council).In September 2013 she joined the political association ‘Movimiento Ciudadanos’, which is the association which gave rise to the national spread of the political party ‘Ciudadanos’.
  • In the 2014 European elections, Carolina Punset won the primary elections and third place on the party lists.
  • In February 2016 she succeeded Juan Carlos Girauta, who is now Ciudadanos’ spokesperson in the lower house of the Spanish Parliament; as Member of the European Parliament (MEP). Prior to that, Carolina Punset was a Member of the Valencian Regional Parliament and autonomous community spokesperson for ‘Ciudadanos’, a post she had held since the municipal and autonomous community elections in May 2015, having won the party’s primary. Punset was a member of the National Executive of ‘Ciudadanos’, responsible for the environmental agenda. In 2012, she stood as an independent Europe Écologie Les Verts candidate in the 5th constituency (French citizens resident in Spain, Portugal, Andorra and Monaco) in France’s legislative elections. On 20 October 2018 she announced she was leaving 'Ciudadanos', criticising the leadership and citing a shift in the direction of the party.

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