The president of the Generalitat Valenciana, Carlos Mazón, has dismissed Nuria Montes as Minister of Innovation, Industry, Commerce and Tourism within the framework of the government crisis that is being finalized to face the reconstruction after the catastrophic DANA in Valencia.
The current president of the Valencian Association of Footwear Entrepreneurs (AVECAL), Marian Canowill take over his position, with the same powers as until now, as confirmed this Monday by the Generalitat in a statement.
Montes’ departure had been taken for granted for days. His lack of empathy In statements addressed to the victims of the tragedy, for which she had to apologize, they placed her in the spotlight. «Here bodies will not be delivered to families, relatives will not be allowed access to the area where we have all the deceased in custody, so they have to wait for the call from the court and the delivery of the relevant documentation. . The best place for families to wait for news from their relatives is at their homes,” he pointed out at the doors of the Feria Valencia morgue.
She was also targeted by the testimony of an official from her Department who, after losing her husband and daughter in the flood, accused her of not having called her to offer her condolences until a week later. Nuria Montes’ team defended that they had not been aware of what happened until the day before that communication.
In a press release, the Generalitat highlights, among the initiatives carried out by the former councilor, the approval of the decree law on tourist housing, the definitive unblocking of the ITV reversal process or the reactivation of Ciudad de la Luz as a hub to attract investments and film shoots.
His dismissal is the second major change within the Consell that has been announced in the last few hours. This Sunday afternoon, the regional Executive confirmed that the vice president Susana Camarero He replaced Ruth Merino, head of the Treasury, as his spokesperson.
Strong woman in the Valencian industry
Marian Cano She has a degree in Law from the Complutense University of Madrid, has a postgraduate degree in Commercial Management and Marketing from the ESIC and is currently the executive president of the Valencian footwear association since 2015. She is also the sister of the mayor of La Nucía, the popular Bernabe Cano.
Her relationship with the sector began in 2010 when she was appointed general secretary of the Elche Footwear Industrialists Association (AICE). In 2020, she assumed the interim presidency of the Federation of Spanish Footwear Industries (FICE), which she held until 2022. Currently, she holds the position of general secretary of FICE (Federation of Spanish Footwear Industries). In 2023 she was appointed member of the Executive Committee of the Alicante Chamber.
Among other representative bodies, he is also part of the Executive Committee of the Valencian Community Business Confederation (CEV), Plenary Session of the Social Dialogue Table of the Generalitat, member of the Valencian Industry and Economic Sectors Observatory, General Assembly of the Spanish Confederation of Business Organizations (CEOE) and Assembly of the Spanish Confederation of Small and Medium Enterprises (Cepyme).
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