María González Veracruz

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

María González Veracruz (born 11 July 1979) is a Spanish politician of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE). She was a deputy in the Regional Assembly of Murcia (2007–2011) and in the Congress of Deputies (2011–2019). In 2022 she was named Secretary of State for Telecommunications and in September 2024 she was named Secretary of State for Digitalisation and Artificial Intelligence.[1]

In October 2017, González Veracruz ran for secretary general of the Socialist Party of the Region of Murcia (PSRM). In the first round, she lost by 12 votes to mayor of Alhama de Murcia, Diego Conesa. In the run-off, she defeated him by 220 votes, due to receiving support from those who had previously backed eliminated candidate Francisco Lucas Ayala.[2]

González Veracruz's father, Rafael González Tovar, was secretary general of the PSRM. In 2014, she gave birth to her first child, whom she named Rafael after his grandfather.[3]

References

  1. ^ "María González Veracruz, nueva secretaria de Estado de Digitalización e Inteligencia Artificial" [María González Veracruz, new Secretary of State for Digitalisation and Artificial Intelligence] (in Spanish). Cadena SER. 23 September 2024. Retrieved 12 February 2026.
  2. ^ Mollejo, Julián (1 October 2017). "Diego Conesa se pone a la cabeza de los socialistas murcianos" [Diego Conesa put in charge of the Murcian Socialists]. La Verdad (Murcia) (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 February 2026.
  3. ^ "María González Veracruz da a luz a su primer hijo" [María González Veracruz gives birth to her first child]. La Verdad (Murcia) (in Spanish). 14 April 2014. Retrieved 12 February 2026.
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