Andrea Levy (politician) Last updated June 15, 2025 Early and personal life Levy was born in Barcelona . She is of Jewish descent through her father, though she was not raised in the Jewish culture or religion. [ 2] She said of her surname "there are only more Cohens than Levys [in Judaism]. But [my family] are not practicing Jews". [ 3]
An only child from a middle-class family, Levy was schooled at the Lycée Français de Barcelone and did a semester at Saint Martin's School of Art in London ; she said she was inspired to join the latter institution by a reference to it in the Pulp song "Common People ". She then studied at the International School of Protocol in Barcelona, and obtained a law degree from the University of Barcelona . [ 1] She did an internship in the Ministry of Agriculture in the Generalitat de Catalunya under Socialist administration, and then joined the People's Party . [ 4]
In September 2019, Levy was the first serving politician to appear on Telecinco 's game show Pasapalabra . [ 5] After her sobriety had been put into doubt after slurring her words in several speeches, [ 6] she publicly announced in February 2021 that she has fibromyalgia in order to counter these accusations. [ 7]
Political career In 2011, Levy became the Vice Secretary of Communications for the New Generations of the People's Party in Catalonia and Vice Secretary of International Relations on a national basis for the group. [ 8] The following year, People's Party of Catalonia president Alicia Sánchez-Camacho brought her into the party's parliamentary group as Vice Secretary of Studies and Programmes. [ 4]
Levy (second from right) and mayor of Madrid José Luis Martínez-Almeida (second from left) in October 2019 The first election Levy ran in was the 2014 European Parliament election in Spain , being 39th on the PP's list. [ 9] She was number two in the PP's list in Barcelona behind Xavier García Albiol in the 2015 Catalan regional election . [ 10] In June 2015, PP leader and prime minister Mariano Rajoy named her Vice Secretary of Studies and Programmes; Pablo Casado , also in his early 30s, was brought in too. [ 11] A year later, she was one of the negotiators between the PP and Citizens , who formed a coalition government after the June 2016 elections . [ 12]
In 2018, Levy endorsed Casado as the PP's new leader after Rajoy was voted out of office. [ 13] Sixth on the PP's list in the Madrid constituency , she was elected to the Congress of Deputies in the April 2019 Spanish general election , but relinquished her seat to María del Mar Blanco to instead run for the City Council of Madrid . [ 14]
In the May 2019 elections , Levy was elected to the council in Spain's capital city as second on the PP's list behind incoming mayor José Luis Martínez-Almeida . [ 15] She was made the councillor in charge of culture, sport and tourism. [ 16] In July 2021, during her time in office, the city was made a UNESCO World Heritage Site . [ 17]
References 1 2 Ruiz Valdivia, Antonio (18 June 2015). "15 cosas que no sabías de Andrea Levy" [ 15 things you did not know about Andrea Levy] . HuffPost (in Spanish). Retrieved 21 March 2022 . ↑ Sánchez Juárez, Ana (23 September 2015). "Los vips españoles que celebran la fiesta judía de Yom Kippur" [ The Spanish VIPs who are celebrating the Jewish festival of Yom Kippur] . El Confidencial (in Spanish). Retrieved 21 March 2022 . ↑ Cuesta, Irma (4 April 2016). "Andrea Levy: «Me he vuelto adicta al trabajo»" [ Andrea Levy: "I've ended up addicted to working"] . El Norte de Castilla (in Spanish). Retrieved 21 March 2022 . 1 2 Espanyol, Montse (19 May 2012). "Andrea Levy: «Hubo dos indignados: los de los smartphones y los que votaron al PP»" [ Andrea Levy: "There were two types of indignados : those on their smartphones and those who voted PP"] . La Razón (in Spanish). Retrieved 21 March 2022 . ↑ "El debut de Andrea Levy en Pasapalabra" [ Andrea Levy's debut on Pasapalabra] . El Mundo (in Spanish). 10 September 2019. Retrieved 21 March 2022 . ↑ "El atropellado y viral discurso de Andrea Levy: "Fuerzas y 'cuerpas' de seguridad" " [ Andrea Levy's hurried and viral speech: "Security forces and 'badies'"] . El Mundo (in Spanish). Retrieved 19 November 2023 . ↑ Cantera, S. (25 February 2021). "Andrea Levy anuncia que sufre fibromialgia después de recibir burlas por trabarse en un discurso" [ Andrea Levy announces that she suffers from fibromyalgia after being mocked for slurring in a speech] . El Correo (in Spanish). Retrieved 21 March 2022 . ↑ Salmón, Álex (18 June 2015). "Andrea Levy, una apuesta por el criterio propio" [ Andrea Levy, a bet on her own criteria] . El Mundo (in Spanish). Retrieved 21 March 2022 . ↑ "El PPC incluye Andrea Levy Soler en la lista para las europeas" [ PPC includes Andrea Levy Soler in list for the European elections] (in Spanish). E-Noticies. 10 April 2014. Retrieved 21 March 2022 . ↑ Robles, Gemma; Julve, Rafa (28 July 2015). "Albiol será el cabeza de lista del PP catalán para el 27-S" [ Albiol will lead the Catalan PP's list for the 27 September election] . El Periódico de Catalunya (in Spanish). Retrieved 21 March 2022 . ↑ "Pablo Casado, Javier Maroto, Andrea Levy y Maíllo, nuevos vicesecretarios del PP" (in Spanish). Europa Press . 18 June 2015. Retrieved 21 March 2022 . ↑ "Los negociadores de PP y Ciudadanos y los temas que tratarán" [ The PP and Citizens' negotiators and what they will discuss] (in Spanish). Europa Press. 19 August 2016. Retrieved 21 March 2022 . ↑ "Andrea Levy manifiesta su apoyo a la candidatura de Casado por su "trabajo duro" " [ Andrea Levy manifests her support to Casado's candidacy for his "hard work"] . El Confidencial (in Spanish). 1 July 2018. Retrieved 21 March 2022 . ↑ "Carambola en el PP: Levy y Lacalle dejan paso a Marimar Blanco y Echániz" [ Chain reaction in the PP: Levy and Lacalle give way to Marimar Blanco and Echániz] (in Spanish). EFE. 16 May 2019. Retrieved 20 March 2022 . ↑ Villanueva, Marc (27 May 2019). "Madrid recibe así a Andrea Levy, catalana y nº 2 de la alcaldía: "Qué payasa" " [ Madrid welcomes Andrea Levy, Catalan and #2 for mayor like this: "What a clown"] . El Nacional (in Spanish). Retrieved 21 March 2022 . ↑ Lantigua, Isabel F.; Bécares, Roberto (16 June 2019). "Andrea Levy será la concejala de Cultura, Deporte y Turismo" [ Andrea Levy will be the councillor in charge of culture, sport and tourism] . El Mundo (in Spanish). Retrieved 21 March 2022 . ↑ Vaquero, María (25 July 2021). "¿Qué significa para Madrid el nuevo título de Patrimonio Mundial?" [ What does the new title of World Heritage mean for Madrid?] . El Mundo (in Spanish). Retrieved 21 March 2022 . This page is based on this
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