- Carmen Montón
Carmen Montón Giménez (
Burjassot ,Spain , 9 March 1976) is a Spanish politician who belongs to the governingPSOE .Married, Montón studied medicine and became involved in the youth wing of the PSOE. She entered active politics in 1999 when she was elected a councillor for her home town of Burjassot to the immediate north-west of Valencia city. She resigned from the council in 2004 when she was elected to the national parliament as a deputy for Valencia, being re-elected in 2008.
Her activity in Congress in her first year was centred on legislative preparation for laws legalising marriage between two people of the same gender. [http://www.levante-emv.com/secciones/noticia.jsp?pRef=2833_5_118533__Opinion-diputada-Carmen-Monton] She has also spoken in favour of efforts to reduce domestic violence and the creation of a telephone line to help males of a violent disposition. [http://www.lacerca.com/noticias/psoe_carmen_monton_cree_creacion_telefono_hombres_medida_oportuna_prevencion_violencia_genero-20064-1.html]
External links
* [http://www.congreso.es/portal/page/portal/Congreso/Congreso/Diputados/DipCircuns/ComAutVal?_piref73_1333408_73_1333405_1333405.next_page=/wc/fichaDiputado&idDiputado=236 Biography at Spanish Congress website]
* [http://www.masciudadania.es/cmonton/ Personal blog]References
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