Valencia (EFE) , goes to the front line of politics in the coalition Executive between PP and Vox.
The highest representative of Vox in the Valencian government, where Santiago Abascal’s party occupies three seats, was born in Valencia in 1968 and before dedicating himself to a passion that came from his paternal grandfather, the right-handed Vicente Barrera Cambra, his family was committed to in which he studied and completed his law degree.
Therefore, he debuted as a bullfighter when he finished his studies, in August 1992, and in July 1993 he took the alternative at the San Jaime Fair, with a cloak embroidered with the image of the Virgen de los Desamparados and a first bull that he offered to the city of Valencia and its fans.
From then on he developed a career in which he stood out for his vertical and slow bullfighting, which led him to become the first Valencian bullfighter to exit through the Puerta del Príncipe de la Maestranza, and which allowed him to fight in bullrings in Ecuador, Peru , Venezuela, and Colombia.
He retired from the ring twelve years ago
He retired from the bullring twelve years ago, after which he received the High Distinction of the Generalitat in 2011 from the Council chaired by Alberto Fabra (PP) in recognition of his contribution to the survival and enjoyment of the bullfighting festival.
From that moment on, he began a professional career that has led him to manage companies linked to the agri-food industry in the restaurant and hospitality sector, as well as the real estate world, in line with the past of a paternal family in which there were important businessmen, like his grandfather, one of the most important textile pioneers in Ontinyent (Valencia) at the beginning of the last century.
After leaving the suit of lights, he was seen in acts of the PP, and in 2012 he was one of the public figures who went in person to congratulate the former president of the Generalitat Francisco Camps (PP) when he was acquitted by the Valencian Superior Court of Justice in the one known as the cause of the suits, in the framework of the Gürtel case.
Vox affiliate since 2018
In 2018, he joined Vox and became coordinator of the Ontinyent area, after which he appeared in the candidacy for the Valencia City Council in both the 2019 and 2023 municipal elections, although he did not obtain a councilor’s certificate in any of the elections. Two occasions.
After the regional elections on May 28, which the PP won and in which the 13 deputies that Vox achieved in Les Corts contributed to this decisive party to be able to evict the left of the Generalitat, he was one of the people appointed by Vox to negotiate a government pact.
In fact, his name was, after Carlos Mazón, the first name of the new Consell that was known, since in the 50-point government agreement that was signed on June 21, it was established that Vox would occupy a first vice-presidency with the powers of the Department of Culture, headed by Vicente Barrera Simó, in addition to the Departments of Agriculture and Justice.
According to the decree with the powers of the new Council, the new first vice-president of the Council will manage the powers in matters of culture, cultural promotion, cultural heritage and sport.