Rocío Monasterio

Short description: Spanish politician

Rocío Monasterio

Monasterio in 2019

Member of the Assembly of Madrid

Incumbent

Assumed office
11 June 2019
Personal details
Born|

Rocío Monasterio San Martín

(1974-02-04) February 4, 1974 (age 52)
Political party| Vox
Children| 4
Alma mater| Higher Technical School of Architecture of Madrid
Occupation| Politician and architect

Rocío Monasterio San Martín (born 1974) is an architect, businesswoman and Spanish politician. The leader of the Madrid branch of the Spanish political party Vox,[1] she serves as a member of the 11th term of the Assembly of Madrid.

## Contents

* 1 Biography
* 2 Professional career
* 3 Political career
* 4 References

## Biography

Born in 1974 her birthplace is equally reported to be either Cuba or Madrid.[2][3][4] Her parents were the owners of the Central de Azúcar del Golfo in the caribbean island.[5][n. 1] Her father opened the first KFC in Spain.[5]

Monasterio reportedly began studies in architecture at the Higher Technical School of Architecture of Madrid (ETSAM) in 1992.[8] Although she appears to have been a good student, it took her some years to submit the final project for her degree, years in which she was already working in the field of architecture. On May 15, 2001, Monasterio married real estate developer Iván Espinosa de los Monteros.[9][10][11] Monasterio (still without architect degree) and her architecture firm focused on acquiring properties and turning them into high-end lofts.[12][11]

She earned her degree as architect in 2009 (the same year she joined the Colegio Oficial de Arquitectos de Madrid (es)). This circumstance has led to the questioning of several plans and building certifications, she reportedly signed in the capacity of "facultative director" at least as back in time as 2003. The projects include partial demolitions for which she implicitly claimed to have the professional qualification which is condicio sine qua non to sign them off.[13] [14][n. 2]

## Professional career

Monasterio studied architecture at the Technical University of Madrid, and specialized in Urban Environments. In 1997 she received a prize from Otis International for her design of 3000 homes in Hong Kong.[16] In 2000, Monasterio founded her architecture firm called Rocío Monasterio and Associates.[17][18]

Monasterio at a Vox presentation in Vistalegre.

## Political career

Rocío Monasterio joined Vox in 2014. Currently she is the president of VOX Madrid.[19]

Monasterio is the president of Vox Madrid, and the vice-secretary of Social Matters of the party.[7][20][21][22]

Monasterio (on right) at a HazteOir demostration

Monasterio is against abortion.[23][24] In a march on April 15, 2018, she affirmed that her party, Vox, stands for the rights of the unborn. Monasterio is opposed to radical feminism stating that it tends to demonize the traditional family.[25][26] In December 2018, Monasterio stated that her life has been threatened and that she's been physically assaulted, spit on, and insulted as well as hit by rocks by "feminists".[27] Monasterio wants to replace Violence Against Women laws with Violence Against Family, to protect not only women who are victims of violence but any family member who may be a victim of family violence.[28][29] Monasterio is a speaker for HazteOir (English: Make Yourself Heard), having supported the latter group's polemical bus sporting a message that denied the existence of transexuality in children.[30][31]

Monasterio is against the practice of surrogacy and talking to children about choices in sexual orientation such as zoophilia.[32] She stated she'd move the Madrid Gay Pride Parade, the largest in Europe, from the city centre to the Casa de Campo park,[33] and that marriage is between a man and a woman, that other unions are civil unions, not marriages.[34] She was one of the promoters of a requirement before the Spanish Ombudsman filed in November 2016 criticising that the regional government of Madrid had banned conversion therapies to "cure gays", asking for a repeal initiative to be formulated before the Constitutional Court.[35] Monasterio is a climate change denier,[36] would like to deport all illegal immigrants and believes criminals should receive life in prison.[37][38] Monasterio condemns the Cuban government of Raúl and Fidel, and successor, Miguel Díaz-Canel.[39]

## References

Informational notes

1. ↑ According to the sources placing her birthplace in Cuba, she lived in Cuba as a child, but was relocated to Spain with her parents.[6][7]
2. ↑ Clients of the architectural firm headed by Monasterio who happen to have bought or dwelled into these irregular lofts include fellow member of the Assembly of Madrid Ignacio Aguado and actor Arturo Valls (es).[15]

Citations

1. ↑ Domínguez, Íñigo; Quesada, Juan Diego (31 October 2019). "The leader of the Madrid branch of Spain’s far-right party Vox, Rocío Monasterio". El País. https://elpais.com/elpais/2019/10/31/inenglish/1572510378_810536.html. Retrieved 24 November 2019. ""The leader of the Madrid branch of Spain’s far-right party Vox, Rocío Monasterio,"".
2. ↑ Cedeira, Brais (16 June 2019). "El enigma Rocío Monasterio: la nieta del latifundista que manda en Vox con sonrisa impasible". El Español. https://www.elespanol.com/reportajes/20190616/enigma-rocio-monasterio-latifundista-vox-sonrisa-impasible/404709657_0.html. Retrieved 2 November 2019.
3. ↑ Madrid, J. (28 October 2018). "Madre de cuatro hijos y arquitecta: Rocío Monasterio, la voz femenina de Vox". El Confidencial. https://www.vanitatis.elconfidencial.com/famosos/2019-10-28/rocio-monasterio-vox-madre-cuatro-hijos-arquitecta-123_1682610/.
4. ↑ Solanilla, Pau (8 September 2019). "Vox, el alumno aventajado de la tecnopolítica en España". El País. http://agendapublica.elpais.com/vox-el-alumno-aventajado-de-la-tecnopolitica-en-espana/.
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Gasparyan, Suren (April 19, 2019). "La nieta del hombre que trajo a España el KFC, 'lideresa' de Vox" (in es). El Plural. https://www.elplural.com/politica/la-nieta-del-hombre-que-trajo-a-espana-el-kfc-lideresa-de-vox_210856102. Retrieved June 27, 2019.
6. ↑ "▶️ VIDEO: La cubano-española Rocío Monasterio es entrevistada por María Elvira Salazar" (in es). 2016-12-12. https://www.cibercuba.com/videos/noticias/2016-12-12-u129488-cubano-espanola-rocio-monasterio-entrevistada-maria-elvira.
7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 "Rocío Monasterio – Noticias, reportajes, vídeos y fotografías" (in es). https://www.libertaddigital.com/personajes/rocio-monasterio/.
8. ↑ Domínguez, Íñigo; Peinado, Fernando (1 November 2019). "Rocío Monasterio falseó en su currículum la fecha en la que terminó arquitectura". El País. https://elpais.com/ccaa/2019/10/31/madrid/1572541930_983208.html. Retrieved 2 November 2019.
9. ↑ "Cuatro hijos, casoplón en Madrid y casados con bendición papal: así es la pareja en la cima de Vox" (in es). March 29, 2019. https://www.lavanguardia.com/politica/20190329/461327383132/vox-ivan-espinosa-rocio-monasterio.html.
10. ↑ "¿Quién es Iván Espinosa de los Monteros de Vox?" (in es). January 1, 2019. https://www.20minutos.es/noticia/3533207/0/quien-es-ivan-espinosa-de-los-monteros-vox-empresario/.
11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 "El noble Iván, portavoz de Vox" (in es). Crónica Global. January 15, 2019. https://cronicaglobal.elespanol.com/en-voz-baja/noble-ivan-portavoz-vox_214122_102.html. Retrieved June 27, 2019.
12. ↑ Salido Cobo, Jorge (May 2, 2008) (in spanish). De taller mecánico a loft oficina. https://www.elmundo.es/elmundo/2008/04/29/suvivienda/1209487215.html. Retrieved June 27, 2019.
13. ↑ "Monasterio niega cometer irregularidades: «No recuerdo si en 2003 era arquitecta»". ABC. 28 October 2019. https://www.abc.es/espana/madrid/abci-monasterio-niega-cometer-irregularidades-no-recuerdo-si-2003-arquitecta-201910281419_noticia.html. Retrieved 1 November 2019.
14. ↑ Caballero, Fátima (28 October 2019). "Rocío Monasterio, además de planos, firmó presupuestos y certificaciones de obra como arquitecta sin tener el título". eldiario.es. https://www.eldiario.es/madrid/Rocio-Monasterio-certificaciones-presupuestos-arquitecta_0_957504926.html. Retrieved 1 November 2019.
15. ↑ "Arturo Valls, nuevo afectado por el escándalo inmobiliario de Rocío Monasterio". Madridiario. 21 November 2019. https://www.madridiario.es/arturo-valls-victima-de-rocio-monasterio.
16. ↑ Ávila, Tribuna de (September 27, 2012). "Rocío Monasterio impartirá en Ávila la charla 'Un proyecto para España. España en positivo'" (in es). http://www.tribunaavila.com/noticias/rocio-monasterio-impartira-en-avila-la-charla-un-proyecto-para-espana-espana-en-positivo/.
17. ↑ "Cuatro hijos, casoplón en Madrid y casados con bendición papal: así es la pareja en la cima de Vox". March 29, 2019. https://www.lavanguardia.com/politica/20190329/461327383132/vox-ivan-espinosa-rocio-monasterio.html.
18. ↑ "¿Quién es Iván Espinosa de los Monteros de Vox?" (in es). January 10, 2019. https://www.20minutos.es/noticia/3533207/0/quien-es-ivan-espinosa-de-los-monteros-vox-empresario/.
19. ↑ "VOX España: Comité Ejecutivo Nacional". https://www.voxespana.es/comite-ejecutivo-nacional-cen.
20. ↑ "Ortega Smith será el candidato de Vox al Ayuntamiento de Madrid y Rocío Monasterio a la Comunidad" (in es). April 18, 2019. https://www.20minutos.es/noticia/3619153/0/ortega-smith-sera-canditato-vox-ayuntamiento-madrid-rocio-monasterio-comunidad-madrid/.
21. ↑ "Vox elige a Rocío Monasterio para la Comunidad de Madrid y a Ortega Smith para el Ayuntamiento" (in es). 2019-04-18. https://www.elmundo.es/madrid/2019/04/18/5cb89a07fc6c83ba718b46b1.html.
22. ↑ "Vox: Rocío Monasterio será la candidata a la Comunidad de Madrid y Ortega Smith al Ayuntamiento" (in es). April 18, 2019. https://www.elindependiente.com/politica/2019/04/18/vox-elige-rocio-monasterio-la-comunidad-madrid-ortega-smith-ayuntamiento/.
23. ↑ "VOX participa en la marcha en defensa de la vida 2018 VOX Partido Político España". https://www.voxespana.es/vox-participa-en-la-marcha-en-defensa-de-la-vida-2018.
24. ↑ "Los jóvenes toman el testigo en defensa de la vida" (in es). 2018-04-13. https://www.abc.es/sociedad/abci-jovenes-toman-testigo-defensa-vida-201804131933_noticia.html.
25. ↑ Segovia Vara, Marina; Fernández Pasalodos, Arnau (April 18, 2019). "Ha vuelto la Antiespaña. Vox y su violencia discursiva" (in es). El Salto (diario). https://www.elsaltodiario.com/historia/ha-vuelto-la-antiespana-vox-y-su-violencia-discursiva. Retrieved June 27, 2019.
26. ↑ "La musa de Vox contra las 'feminazis'" (in es). 2019-01-06. https://www.elmundo.es/cronica/2019/01/06/5c2f9122fdddffd09b8b469a.html.
27. ↑ Berberana, Elena (2018-12-08). "El acoso a Rocío Monasterio (Vox): "Las feministas me han amenazado de muerte"" (in es). https://www.libremercado.com/2018-12-08/el-acoso-a-rocio-monasterio-vox-las-feministas-me-han-amenazado-de-muerte-1276629455/.
28. ↑ Plaza, Ana Martín (January 9, 2019). "Los bulos y desinformaciones de Vox sobre la violencia machista y su mezcla con la violencia doméstica" (in es). http://www.rtve.es/noticias/20190109/bulos-desinformaciones-vox-sobre-violencia-machista-su-mezcla-violencia-domestica/1865821.shtml.
29. ↑ "Rocío Monasterio, una asturiana de Vox contra la ley de violencia de género" (in es). https://www.lne.es/vida-y-estilo/gente/2019/01/07/rocio-monasterio-asturiana-vox-ley/2406842.html.
30. ↑ Bastante, Jesús (December 7, 2018) (in es). Las conexiones de Vox con HazteOir, los 'kikos' y una docena de obispos españoles. https://www.eldiario.es/sociedad/conexiones-Vox-grupos-ultracatolicos_0_843766322.html. Retrieved June 27, 2019.
31. ↑ "Tensión y gritos en la Complutense tras la llegada del autobús tránsfobo" (in es). La Vanguardia. March 10, 2017. https://www.lavanguardia.com/politica/20170310/42754608176/complutense-tension-hazte-oir.html. Retrieved June 27, 2019.
32. ↑ "Far-right Vox challenges Spain's acceptance of LGBT rights". https://www.reuters.com/article/us-spain-politics-vox-lgbt-idUSKCN1SU1OC.
33. ↑ R. Domingo, Marta; G. Rivas, Tatiana (28 January 2019). "Rocío Monasterio: "Llevaría el Orgullo Gay y fiestas similares a la Casa de Campo"" (in es). ABC (Vocento). https://www.abc.es/espana/madrid/abci-rocio-monasterio-llevaria-orgullo-y-fiestas-similares-casa-campo-201901270112_noticia.html.
34. ↑ Esteban, Esther (1 March 2019). "Rocío Monasterio: "Vox es hoy fundamental para dar un giro a la política española y lo dará"" (in es). El Economista (Editorial Ecoprensa). https://www.eleconomista.es/politica/noticias/9732928/03/19/Rocio-Monasterio-Vox-es-hoy-fundamental-para-dar-un-giro-a-la-politica-espanola-y-lo-dara-.html.
35. ↑ Zulet, Íñigo (7 June 2019). "Rocío Monasterio pidió al Defensor del Pueblo que no se prohibieran terapias para 'curar' a los gays". El Español. https://www.elespanol.com/espana/politica/20190607/rocio-monasterio-defensor-pueblo-no-prohibieran-terapias/404210920_0.html. Retrieved 1 November 2019.
36. ↑ Tapia, Isidoro (20 February 2019). "Vox y su 'camelo climático'" (in es). El Confidencial (Titania Compañía Editorial, S.L.). https://blogs.elconfidencial.com/espana/tribuna/2019-02-20/vox-cambio-climatico-camelo-trump-efecto-invernadero_1835138/.
37. ↑ Alvarado, Fernando (14 June 2019). "Las palabras de Rocío Monasterio sobre inmigración que no van a causar indiferencia" (in es). COPE (Radio Popular S.A.). https://www.cope.es/actualidad/espana/noticias/las-palabras-rocio-monasterio-sobre-inmigracion-que-van-causar-indiferencia-20190614_436563.
38. ↑ Negre, Javier (6 January 2019). "La musa de Vox contra las 'feminazis'" (in es). El Mundo (Unidad Editorial Información General, S.L.U.). https://www.elmundo.es/cronica/2019/01/06/5c2f9122fdddffd09b8b469a.html.
39. ↑ "Rocío Monasterio: así es y así piensa la candidata de Vox para Madrid" (in es). https://www.diariocritico.com/asi-piensa-rocio-monasterio-candidata-vox-madrid.

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