The president of the Generalitat Valenciana, Carlos Mazón, dismissed Nuria Montes as Minister of Innovation, Industry, Trade and Tourism in the context of the government crisis which is being finalized to face the reconstruction after the catastrophic DANA in Valencia.
The current president of the Valencian Association of Footwear Entrepreneurs (AVECAL), Mariano Canowill resume his functions, with the same powers as until now, as confirmed this Monday by the Generalitat in a press release.
Montes’ departure had been taken for granted for days. Her lack of empathy In statements addressed to the victims of the tragedy, for which she had to apologize, they put her in the spotlight. “Here the bodies will not be released to the families, the relatives will not be able to access the area where we are holding all the deceased, so they have to wait for the court to call and the delivery of relevant documents. The best place where families can wait for news of their loved ones is at home,” he stressed at the doors of the Feria Valencia morgue.
She was also targeted by the testimony of an official from his ministry who, after losing her husband and daughter in the floods, accused him of not having called her to offer his condolences until a week later . Nuria Montes’ team defended that they were not aware of what had happened until the day before this 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 accommodation, the definitive unblocking of the process of overthrowing ITV or the reactivation of Ciudad de la Luz as a pole of attraction. investments and film shootings.
His dismissal is the second major change announced within the Consell in recent hours. This Sunday afternoon, the Regional Executive confirmed that the vice-president Susana Camarero He replaced Treasury Director Ruth Merino as spokesperson.
Strong woman of Valencian industry
Mariano Cano She graduated in Law from the Complutense University of Madrid, holds a Postgraduate Degree in Commercial Management and Marketing from ESIC and is currently Executive President of the Valencian Shoe 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 Association of Footwear Industrialists of Elche (AICE). In 2020, she assumed the interim presidency of the Federation of Spanish Footwear Industries (FICE), which she holds until 2022. Currently, she serves as Secretary General of FICE (Federation of Spanish Footwear Industries). shoe). In 2023, she was appointed member of the Executive Committee of the Chamber of Alicante.
Among other representative bodies, he is also part of the Executive Committee of the Valencian Business Confederation (CEV), of the plenary session of the Social Dialogue Table of the Generalitat, member of the Valencian Observatory of Industry and Economic Sectors , of the General Assembly of the Spanish Confederation. of Professional Organizations (CEOE) and Assembly of the Spanish Confederation of Small and Medium Enterprises (Cepyme).
