Carmen Montón
Regional Minister of Public Health of Valencia | |
|---|---|
| In office 30 June 2015 – 6 June 2018 | |
| Preceded by | Manuel Llombart Fuentes |
| Succeeded by | Ana Barceló Chico |
| Member of the Congress of Deputies | |
| In office 2 April 2004 – 30 June 2015 | |
| Constituency | Valencia |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 9 March 1976 Burjassot, Spain |
| Political party | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party |
| Alma mater | University of Valencia |
Carmen Montón Giménez (born 9 March 1976) is a Spanish politician currently serving as Permanent Observer Ambassador of Spain to the Organization of American States.
A member of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE), she served as Minister of Health, Consumer Affairs and Social Welfare under Pedro Sánchez and as Head of the Department of Universal Health and Public Health of the Valencian government under Ximo Puig.
Biography and career
Politics in Valencia and Congress of Deputies
Born on 9 March 1976 in
Her activity in Congress in her first year was centred on legislative preparation for laws legalising marriage between two people of the same gender.[1] She has also spoken in favour of efforts to reduce domestic violence, including the creation of a telephone line to help males of a violent disposition,[1] and for new laws to allow pregnant deputies to cast votes from outside the Spanish Congress.[2]
Minister of Health and resignation
She was chosen by
As Minister of Health, Consumer Affairs and Social Welfare in 2018, her policies were based in recovering health and social rights. Some of the main ones are the recovery of the access for every women to assisted reproduction techniques in the public health system and the creation of the Observatory of Women's Health. In addition, she worked on the defense of children's rights as well as starting projects for the prevention and management of suicidal behaviors.
As head of Department of Universal Health and Public Health of the Valencian government from 2015 to 2018), her policies focused on public health, recovery of rights and management efficiency. Under her management, Ms. Montón reversed a privatised hospital to the public system, recovered universal health access and eliminated pharmaceutical and orthoprothesic copayments. Furthermore, she guaranteed the treatment for all the patients of hepatitis C and implemented policies that helped the Valencian transplant system to become the most successful in Spain. She improved the kidney failure care system as well as developing the plan to treat diabetes in the Valencian Community. She is responsible for the creation of the Emergency and Urgent care plan in rural and isolated areas.
Moreover, she created the First Plan of Equality in the Valencian public health system and was also the first one to create a suicide prevention protocol. Other of the policies that she put in place were the Plans for Efficiency Improvement, Organization of Human Resources and the Dignification of Health Structures.
In her short term as Health Minister, she managed to restore the right to
Permanent Observer to the OAS
In March 2020, the government appointed her as the new Permanent Observer Ambassador of Spain to the Organization of American States.[7]
References
- ^ a b c d e f Una valenciana feminista para evitar ‘casos Ponferrada’, El Pais, 21 March 2013
- ^ "A veces me he traído la niña al despacho", El Pais, 19 July 2011
- ^ Carmen Montón será la nueva ministra de Sanidad (in Spanish)
- ^ a b Real Decreto 357/2018, de 6 de junio, por el que se nombran Ministros del Gobierno (in Spanish)
- ^ Los 17 del "Consejo de Ministras y Ministros" de Sánchez prometen ante el Rey (in Spanish)
- ^ "Spain approves law that returns to free universal health care model". www.efe.com. Retrieved 2018-11-10.
- ^ "Sánchez envía a la exministra Carmen Montón a una embajada en Washington". EL PAÍS (in Spanish). 2020-03-10. Retrieved 2020-03-11.