Javier Guerrero (Spanish politician)
Francisco Javier Guerrero Gallego[1] is a Spanish doctor and politician. He was minister of health in Ceuta from 2019 to 2021. After leaving this office, he quit the People's Party and founded Avanza Ceuta.
Biography[edit]
Born in Ceuta, Guerrero was married and the father of three children as of June 2020. He graduated in medicine and surgery from the University of Granada.[2]
In 2019, Guerrero was named Minister of Health in the government of Mayor-President of Ceuta Juan Jesús Vivas of the People's Party (PP).[3] He resigned in January 2021 after a controversy over him receiving the COVID-19 vaccine before it was publicly available.[4] He said that he had been recommended to take the vaccine by others in his team, due to his frequent visits to hospitals and his heart condition, hypertension and diabetes.[5] He was also scrutinised during his ministry for continuing to practice medicine privately, and for a purchase of face masks at a far above average price.[3]
Guerrero initiated a bid for the presidency of the People's Party of Ceuta but soon withdrew,[3] instead announcing in May 2022 that he would form a new party for the Assembly of Ceuta elections in twelve months' time.[6] In June, Avanza Ceuta was launched; local newspaper El Pueblo de Ceuta placed it on the centre right.[7]
In January 2023, Guerrero was arrested and held on remand for alleged sexual abuse of unaccompanied migrant children in Ceuta.[8][9]
References[edit]
- ^ "Francisco Javier Guerrero Gallego" (in Spanish). Ceuta. Retrieved 22 February 2023.
- ^ "Francisco Javier Guerrero Gallego". La Verdad de Ceuta (in Spanish). 5 June 2020. Retrieved 22 February 2023.
- ^ a b c Sakona, Javier (11 January 2023). ""Un señor muy popular en Ceuta": radiografía del político detenido por abuso de menores y tramposo con las vacunas" ["A very popular chap in Ceuta": x-ray of the politician arrested for child abuse and who was a vaccine cheat]. El Confidencial (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 February 2023.
- ^ García de Blas, Elsa (26 January 2021). "Dimite el consejero de Sanidad de Ceuta por vacunarse de coronavirus fuera del protocolo" [Ceuta health minister resigns after vaccinating himself outside of protocol]. El País (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 February 2023.
- ^ "Javier Guerrero, consejero de Sanidad de Ceuta, responde a la polémica emocionado: "No quería vacunarme"" [Javier Guerrero, Ceuta health minister, responds emotionally to the controversy: "I didn't want to get vaccinated"] (in Spanish). Antena 3. 21 January 2021. Retrieved 22 February 2023.
- ^ Testa, Gonzalo (5 May 2022). "Guerrero y otros 24 exmilitantes del PP formarán un nuevo partido" [Guerrero and 34 other ex-PP members will form a new party]. El Faro de Ceuta (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 February 2023.
- ^ "Javier Guerrero trae "aire fresco" con su nuevo partido político, Ceuta Avanza" [Javier Guerrero brings "fresh air" with his new political party, Ceuta Avanza]. El Pueblo de Ceuta (in Spanish). 3 June 2022. Retrieved 22 February 2023.
- ^ "Prisión para Javier Guerrero, exconsejero de Sanidad de Ceuta, por abusos a menores" [Javier Guerrero, former Ceuta health minister, in prison for child abuse]. La Vanguardia (in Spanish). 13 January 2023. Retrieved 22 February 2023.
- ^ "Prisión provisional para un exconsejero de Ceuta por un supuesto delito de abusos sexuales a menores marroquíes" [Pre-trial detention for a former Ceuta minister for alleged crime of sexual abuse of Moroccan minors]. El País (in Spanish). 13 January 2023. Retrieved 22 February 2023.