Camino Limia
María del Camino Limia (born 1983 or 1984)[1] is a Spanish farmer and politician. She was chosen by Vox to be Minister of Forest Management and the Rural World in the Government of Extremadura in 2023.
Biography
[edit]Born in Zamora, Castile and León, Limia graduated with a law degree from the University of Salamanca.[2] She worked in urban planning and environmental regulations for the Junta of Castile and León before moving to Extremadura to work as a cattle broker. She, her partner Joaquín and his brother operate a farm in the town of Medellín that they took over from the latter two's father. From 2014 to 2016, she managed a slaughterhouse in Olivenza. As of December 2022, she had 4,200 Merino sheep.[1]
From December 2021, Limia attracted an online audience for her criticism of the national Minister of Consumer Affairs, Alberto Garzón, who had publicly said that Spanish meat was poor and came from mistreated animals. She was interviewed on television channels such as LaSexta discussing the matter.[1][3]
Limia set up the Asociación Mundial de Ganadería Sostenible (World Association of Sustainable Farming). The organisation endorses the Agenda 2030, a United Nations initiative on sustainability that is strongly opposed by her party, Vox.[4]
After the 2023 Extremaduran regional election, the People's Party and Vox formed a government with María Guardiola as president. Vox was given one ministry, the Minister of Forest Management and the Rural World, for which Limia was appointed.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Vigario, David (22 July 2023). "Camino Limia, la influencer del campo que se enfrentó a Garzón dará la cara por Vox" [Camino Limia, the rural influencer who took on Garzón will stand up for Vox]. El Mundo (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 August 2023.
- ^ Vinagre, Celestino J. (20 July 2023). "Camino Limia: la abogada convertida a ganadera que pone Vox en el Consejo de Gobierno" [Camino Limia: the lawyer turned farmer who Vox put in a Government Ministry]. Hoy (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 August 2023.
- ^ Macías, Julián (16 January 2022). "La victoria de Alberto Garzón contra las macrogranjas en tres actos: la mentira, la verdad y el ridículo" [Alberto Garzón's victory against large farms in three acts: the lie, the truth and the ridicule]. Público (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 August 2023.
- ^ Manchado, Santiago (20 July 2023). "La ONG ganadera que preside la consejera de Vox en Extremadura asume la Agenda 2030, aborrecida por la ultraderecha" [The farming NGO presided by Vox's minister in Extremadura endorses the Agenda 2030, abhorred by the far right]. elDiario.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 August 2023.
- ^ "Vox ficha como consejera en Extremadura a María del Camino Limia, la ganadera que se enfrentó a Alberto Garzón" [Vox signs as a minister in Extremadura Maía del Camino Limia, the farmer who took on Alberto Garzón] (in Spanish). LaSexta. 19 July 2023. Retrieved 2 August 2023.