José Ramón Bauzá

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

José Ramón Bauzá MEP
Member of the European Parliament for Spain
Incumbent
Assumed office 2 July 2019
Spanish Senator designated by the Parliament of the Balearic Islands
In office 9 July 2015 – 23 January 2019
President of the Government of the Balearic Islands
In office 18 June 2011 – 2 July 2015
Monarchs	Juan Carlos I Felipe VI
Preceded by	Francesc Antich
Succeeded by	Francina Armengol
Member of the Parliament of the Balearic Islands
In office 18 June 2015 – 8 July 2015
In office 7 June 2011 – 31 March 2015
In office 8 February 2011 – 29 March 2011
Constituency	Mallorca
President of the People's Party of the Balearic Islands
In office 11 September 2009 – 23 July 2015
Preceded by	Rosa Estaràs
Succeeded by	Miquel Vidal
Mayor of Marratxí
In office 11 June 2005[1] – 11 June 2011
Preceded by	Miquel Bestard
Succeeded by	Tomeu Oliver
Personal details
Born	José Ramón Bauzá Díaz (1970-11-16) 16 November 1970 (age 54) Madrid, Spain
Political party	People's Party (1996–2019) Citizens (since 2019)

José Ramón Bauzá Díaz (Spanish pronunciation: [xoseraˈmom bawˈθa]; born 16 November 1970) is a Spanish politician and the president of the Autonomous Community of the Balearic Islands from 2011 to 2015.^[2][3] Born to a Majorcan father and a mother native to Madrid, he is licensed as a pharmacist by the Complutense University of Madrid. He owns his own pharmacy in his hometown of Marratxí.

Political career

In the People´s Party

• 1995-1999: Councillor in the opposition of Marrachí City Council.
• 2001-2003: deputy mayor for Town Planning and Health in the City Council of Marrachí.
• 2005-2011: Mayor of Marrachí.
• 2007-2009: vice-president of the Partido Popular of Baleares.
• 2009-2015: president of the Partido Popular of the Balearic Islands.
• 2011-2015: president of the Balearic Islands.
• 2015-2019: senator appointed by the Balearic Islands Parliament.

In Citizens^[4][5]

• 2019-2024: Member of the European Parliament

Controversy

According to Politico Europe, Bauzá did not disclose that he held shares in the startup Gas2Move when he joined the European Parliament in 2019.^[6]

In 2023, Bauzá was investigated by parliamentary authorities over allegations of workplace harassment.^[7]

References

1. "José Ramón Bauzá, elegido en pleno extraordinario nuevo alcalde de Marratxí". Última Hora (in Spanish). 12 June 2005. Retrieved 11 March 2021.
2. José Ramón Bauzá own website Archived 2011-06-23 at the Wayback Machine
3. "The Government". Archived from the original on 2011-06-14. Retrieved 2011-06-24. Taking over of the new Government of the Balearic Islands at the Balearic Islands online gazette (www.caib.es)
4. "Bauzá deja el PP por "sembrar nacionalismo" en Baleares". ElPeriodico. 23 January 2019.
5. "El expresidente popular de Baleares José Ramón Bauzá ficha por Ciudadanos". Huffpost.
6. Sarah Wheaton, Mari Eccles and Giovanna Coi (21 June 2023), Portrait of an MEP’s jet-set life in the gray zone Politico Europe.
7. Barbara Moens and Eddy Wax (2 June 2023), Inside Europe’s Parliament of bullies Politico Europe.