{{Short description|Spanish politician (born 1956)}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Micaela Navarro | image = Micaela Navarro 2014 (cropped).jpg | caption = Navarro in 2014 | office = [[Congress of Deputies|Second Vice President of the Congress of Deputies]] | term_start = 13 January 2016 | term_end = 21 May 2019 | predecessor = [[Javier Barrero]] | successor = [[Alfonso Rodríguez Gómez de Celis]] | office2 = President of the [[Spanish Socialist Workers' Party]] | term_start2 = 27 July 2014 | term_end2 = 28 September 2016 | predecessor2 = [[José Antonio Griñán]] | successor2 = [[Cristina Narbona]] | birth_name = Micaela Navarro Garzón | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1956|9|2|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Andújar]], [[Andalusia]], [[Francoist Spain|Spain]] | death_date = | death_place = | party = [[Spanish Socialist Workers' Party]] | occupation = Politician }} '''Micaela Navarro''' (born 2 September 1956) is a [[Spanish people|Spanish]] politician who was President of the [[Spanish Socialist Workers' Party]] since 2014 until 2016. She previously served in both the Senate and the Congress of Deputies of Spain representing Jaén.<ref>{{cite web|title=NAVARRO GARZÓN, MICAELA|language=es|website=Senado de España|url=https://www.senado.es/web/composicionorganizacion/senadores/composicionsenado/fichasenador/index.html?id1=10141&legis=14|access-date=25 September 2021}}</ref> She also was Counselor of Equality and Welfare of the Junta of [[Andalucía]] from 2004 to 2012.
==Early life and education== Navarro was born in [[Andújar]] where she attended school which was {{convert|12|km}} away from home. After leaving it at the age of 12 and working in the fields for 13 years, she pursued her enrollment into a {{Ill|Graduado social|es}} where, following passing of the entrance exams she got in.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://elpais.com/diario/1999/12/27/andalucia/946250527_850215.html|author=Constenla, Tereixa |author-link=:es:Tereixa Constenla|title=Micaela Navarro Por lo áspero, a las estrellas|newspaper=[[El País (Spain)|El País]]|language=es|date=26 December 1999|access-date=25 September 2021}}</ref> She attended the [[University of Granada]] and the [[University of Jaén]] respectively.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.elplural.com/autonomias/andalucia/micaela-navarro-la-andaluza-elegida-por-rubalcaba_67458102|title=Micaela Navarro, la andaluza elegida por Rubalcaba|website=[[El Plural]]|language=es|date=27 June 2011|access-date=25 September 2021}}</ref>
==Career== Navarro started her career as childcare provider.<ref name=Razón>{{cite news|url=https://www.larazon.es/espana/una-experta-en-temas-sociales-y-de-igualdad-que-ha-pasado-por-todas-las-administraciones-LY7001872/|title=Una experta en temas sociales y de igualdad que ha pasado por todas las administraciones|trans-title=An expert in social and equality issues who has gone through all administrations|newspaper=[[La Razón (Madrid)|La Razón]]|language=es|date=25 July 2014|access-date=25 September 2021}}</ref>
She joined politics in the '80s in her hometown Andújar where she was a women's movement leader. Following a successful movement for women's rights in Spain, she became a Councilor for Women and Social Affairs on which she served between 1991 and 1995. She joined a political race, representing [[Spanish Socialist Workers' Party of Andalusia]] for a post in the [[Congress of Deputies]] in [[1996 Andalusian regional election|1996]]. As the result of the election, Navarro presided over Justice Commission and also was a Joint Congress-Senate Commission on Women's Rights' spokeswoman until 2000. During those years, she was appointed as a Senator of Andalusia and served as a Deputy of its [[Parliament of Andalusia|Parliament]].<ref name=Razón/>
From 1997 to 2000 she served as a Secretary for Women's Participation and from 2000 to 2004 has been a Secretary for Equality. As of September 2009, Navarro is [[Spanish Socialist Workers' Party]]'s Provincial Executive in Jaén.<ref name=Razón/>
Between 2004 and 2012, she served as a counselor for Equality and Social Welfare under the presidencies of [[Manuel Chaves (politician)|Manuel Chaves]] and [[José Antonio Griñán]], who abandoned his post following the [[2012 Andalusian regional election]]s.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.libertaddigital.com/espana/2013-11-21/micaela-navarro-sera-la-nueva-presidenta-del-psoe-de-andalucia-1276504812/|date=21 November 2013|title=Micaela Navarro será la nueva presidenta del PSOE de Andalucía|trans-title=Micaela Navarro will be the new president of the PSOE of Andalusia|newspaper=[[Libertad Digital]]|access-date=25 September 2021}}</ref>
On 19 July 2010, Navarro attended along with [[Baltasar Garzón]] and [[Bibiana Aído]], the [[University of Jaén]]'s summer courses initiatives regarding [[violence against women]]. During her speech she read the law on protection of women's rights when it comes to gender violence, calling it a ""complex" norm that not only addresses "the causes of violence, but also the consequences"". She also added that an Andalusian minister has a right to act "in the most effective way", "because that can mean saving a life".<ref>{{cite news|date=19 July 2010|access-date=25 September 2021|url=https://www.periodistadigital.com/gente/sucesos/20100719/violencia-genero-micaela-navarro-bajar-guardia-violencia-genero-noticia-689400229112/|title=Violencia género. Micaela Navarro: "No se puede bajar la guardia" con la violencia de género|work=Periodista Digital}}</ref>
In February 2012, when two congressmen were in dispute over who will control the party, Navarro decided to go against her party's demands and voted for [[Alfredo Pérez Rubalcaba]] over [[Carme Chacón]]. In March 2012, while serving as Minister of Equality and Social Welfare of Andalusia, she aligned herself with [[Gaspar Zarrías]] after he replaced [[José Antonio Griñán]] in a race for the [[Regional Government of Andalusia]].<ref name=lainformacion>{{cite web|url=https://www.lainformacion.com/espana/micaela-navarro-feminista-y-sin-carrera-sera-la-nueva-presidenta-del-psoe_8ssF5nDjgqfyVCxjiMUlQ2/?autoref=true|title=Micaela Navarro, feminista y sin carrera, será la nueva presidenta del PSOE|date=25 July 2014 |access-date=25 September 2021}}</ref>
In September 2013, Navarro was appointed by [[Susana Díaz]] to serve as President of the [[Spanish Socialist Workers' Party of Andalusia]]. After serving as such for eight months, Navarro replaced [[Pedro Sánchez]] as President of the [[Spanish Socialist Workers' Party]] who at that time already occupied the post of secretary general.<ref name=lainformacion/>
On 1 May 2017, Navarro, as [[Vice President of the Congress of Deputies]] of the Kingdom of Spain, met with [[Eugene Czolij]] of the [[Ukrainian World Congress]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Ukrainian World Congress President Eugene Czolij met with High-Ranking Officials of Spain|url=https://www.ukrainianworldcongress.org/news-uwc/ukrainian-world-congress-president-eugene-czolij-met-with-high-ranking-officials-of-spain/|date=1 May 2017|access-date=25 September 2021}}</ref>
During the 2019 Congress of Deputies race, Navarro participated in a political debate against [[Pablo Montesinos]] for the Senate post which was shown on [[Cadena SER]].<ref>{{cite news|publisher=[[Cadena SER]]|date=17 April 2019|url=https://cadenaser.com/emisora/2019/04/17/radio_sevilla/1555493034_856328.html|title=Montesinos, Navarro, Garzón y Díaz debaten el lunes en la Cadena SER Andalucía|location=Seville|language=es|access-date=25 September 2021}}</ref> Navarro won the Senate with 976 votes (44.83%).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://resultados-elecciones.rtve.es/generales/2019/senado/jaen/arjonilla/|title=2019 Race|publisher=[[RTVE]]|access-date=25 September 2021}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
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