{{short description|Spanish politician (born 1970)}} {{family name hatnote|Moreno|Bonilla|lang=Spanish}} {{expand Spanish|topic=bio|fa=yes|date=February 2015}} {{use dmy dates|date=August 2023}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Juanma Moreno | honorific_prefix = [[The Most Excellent]] | honorific_suffix = [[Parliament of Andalusia|MP]] [[Order of Isabella the Catholic|OIC]] | image = Juanma Moreno B. (cropped).jpg | caption = Moreno in 2022 | office = 6th [[President of the Regional Government of Andalusia|President of the Autonomous Government of Andalusia]] | monarch = [[Felipe VI of Spain|Felipe VI]] | deputy = [[Juan Marín (Spanish politician)|Juan Marín]] (2019–2022) | term_start = 18 January 2019 | term_end = | predecessor = [[Susana Díaz]] | successor = | office2 = First Vice President of the [[European Committee of the Regions]] | president2 = [[Kata Tüttő]] | term_start2 = 19 February 2025 | term_end2 = | predecessor2 = [[Apostolos Tzitzikostas]] | successor2 = | office3 = President of the [[People's Party (Spain)|People's Party of Andalusia]] | term_start3 = 1 March 2014 | term_end3 = | predecessor3 = [[Juan Ignacio Zoido]] | successor3 = | office4 = Member of the [[Congress of Deputies]] | term_start4 = 12 March 2000 | term_end4 = 2 April 2004 | constituency4 = [[Cantabria]] | term_start5 = 1 March 2007 | term_end5 = 13 December 2011 | constituency5 = [[Málaga]] | office6 = Member of the [[Spanish Senate|Senate]] | term_start6 = 3 June 2014 | term_end6 = 27 September 2017 | appointer6 = [[Parliament of Andalusia]] | office7 = Member of the [[Parliament of Andalusia]] | term_start7 = 16 April 2015 | constituency7 = [[Málaga]] | term_start8 = 3 March 1996 | term_end8 = 12 March 2000 | constituency8 = [[Málaga]] | birth_name = Juan Manuel Moreno Bonilla | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1970|5|1|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Barcelona]], [[Catalonia]], Spain | death_date = | death_place = | party = [[People's Party (Spain)|People's Party]] | spouse = | children = 3 | alma_mater = [[Universidad Camilo José Cela|Camilo José Cela University]] }} '''Juan Manuel "Juanma" Moreno Bonilla''' (born 1 May 1970) is a Spanish [[politician]] and president of the Andalusian branch of the [[People's Party (Spain)|People's Party]]. Since 18 January 2019, he has been the [[President of the Regional Government of Andalusia|President of the Government of Andalusia]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://elcorreoweb.es/andalucia/el-candidato-a-la-alcaldia-de-sevilla-sera-quien-mas-garantias-nos-de-XC3466671|title=El candidato a la alcaldía de Sevilla será quien más garantías nos dé|last=Cabello|first=Alberto|date=23 October 2017|work=[[El Correo]]|language=Spanish|accessdate=7 November 2017}}</ref> He represented the [[Cantabria (Congress of Deputies constituency)|Cantabria constituency]] in the [[Congress of Deputies (Spain)|Spanish Congress of Deputies]] from 2000 to 2004 and the [[Málaga (Congress of Deputies constituency)|Málaga constituency]] from 2007 to 2011. He has also been a member of the [[Senate of Spain]] and [[Parliament of Andalusia]]. Under his leadership, the regional branch of the People's Party has obtained both its worst result (in [[2018 Andalusian regional election|2018]]) and its best result ever (in [[2022 Andalusian regional election|2022]]) in percentage points. Since 19 February 2025, he has been the First Vice President of the [[European Committee of the Regions]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://cor.europa.eu/es/noticias/kata-tutto-y-juanma-moreno-presidiran-el-comite-europeo-de-las-regiones-durante-los-proximos-cinco|title=Kata Tüttő y Juanma Moreno presidirán el Comité Europeo de las Regiones durante los próximos cinco años|date=19 February 2025|work=[[European Committee of the Regions]]|language=Spanish|accessdate=10 November 2025}}</ref>
==Early life and education== Born in [[Barcelona]] (Catalonia) in 1970 as the second child of two Andalusian migrants (Juan Moreno & María Bonilla) originating from the town of [[Alhaurín el Grande]] in the [[Province of Málaga]], Juan Manuel Moreno was only three months old when his family returned to their homeland, where he spent his childhood.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://elpais.com/ccaa/2014/02/11/andalucia/1392118872_574700.html|title=Hijo de emigrantes y nieto de jornalero|last=Codina|first=Esperanza|date=2014-02-11|work=El País|access-date=2019-01-20|language=es|issn=1134-6582}}</ref> Moreno acquired his bachelor's degree in Protocol and Institutional Relations at [[Universidad Camilo José Cela|Camilo José Cela University]] (UCJC).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.20minutos.es/noticia/3479759/0/quien-es-juan-manuel-moreno-presidente-andalucia/|title=¿Quién es Juan Manuel Moreno Bonilla, el nuevo presidente de Andalucía?|work=20Minutos|date=2018-11-16|language=es|access-date=2019-01-20}}</ref>
==Political career== Moreno started his career in the realm of politics when he ran, as a 24-year-old, in the Malaga municipal elections in the list of the Partido Popular ([[People's Party (Spain)|People's Party]]), the main conservative party in Spain, being elected city councillor. He also held the position of President of the New Generations of the party and coordinated the party's regional politics alongside [[Javier Arenas (politician)|Javier Arenas]], who, as Moreno would from 2014 onwards, held the presidency of the party's Andalusian branch between 1993 and 1999.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.20minutos.es/noticia/3479759/0/quien-es-juan-manuel-moreno-presidente-andalucia/|title=¿Quién es Juan Manuel Moreno Bonilla, el nuevo presidente de Andalucía?|work=20Minutos|date=2018-11-16|language=es|access-date=2019-01-20}}</ref>
=== Councillor, Málaga City Council (1995–1997) === In 1995, at the age of 25, he was elected Councillor for Youth and Sport of the Málaga city government, with Celia Villalobos as Mayor,<ref>{{Cite web|title=Moreno Bonilla, el 'tapado' de... Twitter|url=https://www.elmundo.es/andalucia/2014/02/11/52fa0b6522601d83018b4579.html|date=2014-02-11|website=EL MUNDO|language=es|access-date=2020-05-13}}</ref> as well as President of the Municipal Board of the district of Campanillas and Puerto de la Torre.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Moreno Bonilla, el 'tapado' de... Twitter|url=https://www.elmundo.es/andalucia/2014/02/11/52fa0b6522601d83018b4579.html|date=2014-02-11|website=ELMUNDO|language=es|access-date=2020-05-13}}</ref> A year later, he was already President of Nuevas Generaciones de Andalucía.
=== Regional deputy in the Parliament of Andalusia (1997–2000) === In 1997, at the age of 27, he was elected Member of Parliament for Malaga and spokesman for the Popular Parliamentary Group's Youth during the V Legislature of the Parliament of Andalusia. He was also elected president of New Generations at the national level and responsible for the party's Autonomous and Local Policy.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Codina|first=Esperanza|date=2014-02-11|title=Hijo de emigrantes y nieto de jornalero|language=es|work=El País|url=https://elpais.com/ccaa/2014/02/11/andalucia/1392118872_574700.html|access-date=2020-05-13|issn=1134-6582}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Un 'cocinero' en la calle Génova|url=https://www.diariosur.es/20080228/espana/cocinero-calle-genova-20080228.html|date=2008-02-28|website=Diario Sur|language=es-ES|access-date=2020-05-13}}</ref>
=== National Representative in Congress (2000–2011) === He was a national deputy in the Congress during the VII (for Cantabria), VIII, IX and X legislatures, acting as deputy spokesman of the Popular Group in the Science and Technology Commission and as secretary in the Social Affairs Commission.
He obtained a degree in Protocol and Organization of Events from the Camilo José Cela University, as well as several of his own degrees (Higher University Degree in Protocol and Institutional Relations from the Camilo José Cela University, Master's Degree in Business Management and Administration from the Escuela Autónoma de Dirección de Empresas and the Leadership Program for Public Management from IESE Business School) and a prize (Golden master's degree from the Royal Forum for Senior Management).<ref>{{Cite web|title=El curioso currículum menguante de Moreno Bonilla, el futuro presidente del PP andaluz|url=https://www.eldiario.es/andalucia/misterioso-curriculum-Moreno-Bonilla_0_228527540.html|last=Hevia|first=Lucrecia|website=El Diario|date=13 February 2014 |language=es|access-date=2020-05-13}}</ref>
In September 2006, he married Granada-based political scientist Manuela Villena.<ref>{{Cite web|title=El malagueño cercano que ha conquistado Madrid|url=https://www.diariosur.es/v/20111110/elecciones/20n-2011/noticias/malagueno-cercano-conquistado-madrid-20111110.html|date=2011-11-10|website=Diario Sur|language=es-ES|access-date=2020-05-13}}</ref>
In the [[2018 Andalusian regional election|2018 Andalusian elections]], the People's Party list led by Moreno obtained a representation of 26 seats in the parliament, finishing second behind the Spanish Socialist Party ([[Spanish Socialist Workers' Party|PSOE]]), which had been the only party in the government of [[Andalusia]] since Spain became a democracy, obtaining 33 seats.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://sevilla.abc.es/elecciones/andalucia/resultados/|title=Resultados Elecciones Andaluzas 2D {{!}} Andalucía 2018|website=ABCdeSevilla.es|access-date=2019-01-20}}</ref> Despite the PP scoring one of its worst historical results in this autonomy, it was able to reach a government agreement with the liberal [[Citizens (Spanish political party)|Ciudadanos]] (Cs), which had obtained 21 seats, and secured the support of [[Vox (Spanish political party)|Vox]], the young far-right party that obtained 12 seats. This way, Moreno was elected president with the support of 59 of the 109 members in the Parliament of Andalusia.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lasprovincias.es/politica/investidura-juanma-moreno-andalucia-20190116100929-ntrc.html|title=El PP pone fin a 36 años de socialismo en Andalucía gracias a Vox|date=2019-01-17|website=Las Provincias|language=es|access-date=2019-01-20}}</ref> He thus became the first conservative president of Andalusia in Spain's four-decade-long democracy.<ref>Diego Torres (January 16, 2019), [https://www.politico.eu/article/5-takeaways-from-andalusia-government-change/ 5 takeaways from Andalusia’s government change] ''[[Politico Europe]]''.</ref>
Due to the rejection by Vox of the 2022 budget, Moreno called for snap elections. In the [[2022 Andalusian regional election|2022 autonomous elections]], PP got an absolute majority with 58 seats, stopping Vox and defeating PSOE in its former stronghold.
== References == {{Reflist}}
{{s-start}} {{s-off}} {{s-bef|before=[[Laura Seara]]}} {{s-ttl|title=[[Cabinet of Spain|Secretary of State for Social Services and Equality]]|years=2011–2014}} {{s-aft|after=[[Susana Camarero]]}} {{s-break}} {{s-bef|before=[[Susana Díaz]]}} {{s-ttl|title=[[President of the Regional Government of Andalusia]]|years=2019–present}} {{s-aft|after=Incumbent}} {{s-break}} {{s-ppo}} {{s-bef|before=[[Pedro Calvo Poch]]}} {{s-ttl|title=President of the [[New Generations of the People's Party (Spain)|New Generations of the People's Party]]|years=1997–2001}} {{s-aft|after=[[Carmen Fúnez de Gregorio]]}} {{s-break}} {{s-bef||before=[[Juan Ignacio Zoido]]}} {{s-ttl|title=President of the [[People's Party (Spain)|People's Party of Andalusia]]| years=2014–present}} {{s-aft|after=Incumbent}} {{s-end}}
{{Spanish Regional Presidents}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Moreno, Juanma}} [[Category:1970 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:People's Party (Spain) politicians]] [[Category:Members of the 7th Congress of Deputies (Spain)]] [[Category:Members of the 8th Congress of Deputies (Spain)]] [[Category:Members of the 9th Congress of Deputies (Spain)]] [[Category:Members of the 10th Congress of Deputies (Spain)]] [[Category:Politicians from Barcelona]] [[Category:Members of the Senate of Spain]] [[Category:Municipal councillors in the province of Málaga]] [[Category:Members of the 5th Parliament of Andalusia]] [[Category:Members of the 10th Parliament of Andalusia]] [[Category:Members of the 11th Parliament of Andalusia]] [[Category:Presidents of the Regional Government of Andalusia]]