Gema Igual

Gema Igual Ortiz (born 10 September 1973)[1] is a Spanish politician of the People's Party (PP).

[2] Her older brother José Manuel is also a People's Party politician, mayor of Arnuero since 1999 and member of the Parliament of Cantabria from 2003 to 2019.

[4][5] After leaving university, Igual relocated to Madrid, where she worked for eight years at a travel agency and then returned to Cantabria to lead its Association of Young Businesspeople.

In 2003, she was elected to the city council on a list led by mayor Gonzalo Piñeiro [es], and was put in charge of tourism and festivities by his administration.

[7] In the 2019 Spanish local elections, her party fell to 10 out of 27 seats and governed as a minority with the two councillors from Citizens.