Adrián Barbón

The Most Excellent
Adrián Barbón
The Most Excellent Adrián Barbón
9th President of the Principality of Asturias
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 16 July 2019
Monarch	Felipe VI
Vice President	Juan Cofiño; Gimena Llamedo
Preceded by	Javier Fernández
Secretary-General of the Asturian Socialist Federation
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 17 September 2019
Preceded by	Javier Fernández
Member of the Congress of Deputies
	In office; 29 September 2015 – 27 October 2015
Constituency	Asturias
Mayor of Laviana
	In office; 30 September 2008 – 9 October 2017
Member of the General Junta of the Principality of Asturias
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 24 June 2019
Constituency	Central District
Personal details
Born	4 January 1979 (age 45); Laviana, Asturias, Spain
Political party	PSOE
Alma mater	University of Oviedo

Adrián Barbón Rodríguez (born 4 January 1979) is a Spanish politician. He is the secretary general of the Asturian Socialist Federation, the regional socialist party affiliated with the national Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) and the current President of the Principality of Asturias.

Personal life

Adrián Barbón was born 4 January 1979, in the municipality of Laviana, in the heart of mining region of Asturias. He received his primary education in San José School, located in the neighbouring town of Sotrondio, that closed in 2019 as a consequence of the decline in population in the region.^[1] He finished secondary education in IES David Vázquez Martínez, in his hometown of Pola de Laviana.^[2] Adrián Barbón graduated in law from the University of Oviedo.

Political career

After serving as mayor of Laviana since 2008 to 2017, Barbón assumed the general secretariat of the Asturian Socialist Federation on 17 September 2017. Two years later, after winning the 2019 Asturian regional election, he was named President of the Principality of Asturias.^[3]

On 17 December 2021, he was diagnosed with COVID-19, being hospitalized and with his vice-president Juan Cofiño replacing him as interim President.^[4]

References

^ "«Las cuencas necesitan un plan especial para que no se cierren más colegios»". El Comercio (in Spanish). 29 June 2019. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
^ D, L. M. (18 January 2021). "Clases a 4 bajo cero: los alumnos del IES de Pola de Laviana protestan hoy". La Nueva España (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 March 2022.
^ "Adrián Barbón, elegido presidente de Asturias en segunda votación con el respaldo de PSOE e IU" (in Spanish). El Mundo. 15 July 2019.
^ elDiario.es (17 December 2021). "Ingresan por COVID al presidente de Asturias, Adrián Barbón". ElDiario.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 18 December 2021.

Political offices
Preceded by Marciano Barreñada Bazán	Mayor of Laviana 2008–2017	Succeeded by Julio García Rodríguez
Preceded by Javier Fernández	President of the Principality of Asturias 2019–present	Succeeded by Incumbent
Party political offices
Preceded by Javier Fernández	Secretary-General of the Asturian Socialist Federation 2017–present	Succeeded by Incumbent

[1] "«Las cuencas necesitan un plan especial para que no se cierren más colegios»". El Comercio (in Spanish). 29 June 2019. Retrieved 27 March 2022.

[2] D, L. M. (18 January 2021). "Clases a 4 bajo cero: los alumnos del IES de Pola de Laviana protestan hoy". La Nueva España (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 March 2022.

[3] "Adrián Barbón, elegido presidente de Asturias en segunda votación con el respaldo de PSOE e IU" (in Spanish). El Mundo. 15 July 2019.

[4] Diario.es (17 December 2021). "Ingresan por COVID al presidente de Asturias, Adrián Barbón". ElDiario.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 18 December 2021.

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