Cristina Cifuentes (1 July 1964-) was the President of the Community of Madrid from 25 June 2015 to 25 April 2018, succeeding Ignacio Gonzalez and preceding Angel Garrido. She was a member of the conservative People's Party.
Biography[]
Cristina Cifuentes was born in Madrid, Spain on 1 July 1964, and she served as a government delegate in Madrid from 2012 to 2015, when she was elected President of the Community of Madrid. In 2018, she was plagued with corruption scandals, as it was revealed that she may have fradulently obtained her Master's Degree from King Juan Carlos University, and that she had been detained in a supermarket for shoplifting. On 25 April 2018, she announced her resignation, effective immediately. On 2 September 2019, the Audiencia Nacional charged her and fellow PP politicians Esperanza Aguirre and Ignacio Gonzalez Gonzalez with corruption.