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Carlos Mazón
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Mazón in 2025
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| President of the Valencian Community | |
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Outgoing
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| Assumed office 13 July 2023 |
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| Monarch | Felipe VI |
| Preceded by | Ximo Puig |
| President of the People's Party of the Valencian Community | |
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Incumbent
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| Assumed office 3 July 2021 |
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| Preceded by | Isabel Bonig |
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Carlos Arturo Mazón Guixot
8 April 1974 Alicante, Spain |
| Political party | People's Party |
Carlos Arturo Mazón Guixot (born on 8 April 1974) is a Spanish politician from the People's Party (PP). He served as the President of the Valencian Community, a region in Spain, from July 2023 until his resignation on 3 November 2025. Before this, he led the People's Party of the Valencian Community (PPCV) starting in 2021 and was also the president of the Provincial Deputation of Province of Alicante from 2019.
Mazón's time as president included forming a government with the Vox party in 2023. A year later, he continued to lead a minority government after the Vox ministers left. He was the president during the serious 2024 Spain floods that greatly affected the Valencian Community. Following public concerns and protests about the handling of the floods, he announced his resignation.
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Growing Up and Early Education
Carlos Mazón was born in Alicante, Spain. His father was a doctor specializing in blood, called a haematologist, and even had a street named after him in Alicante. His maternal grandfather, Alfonso Guixot Guixot, was a businessman who owned cinemas and was involved in the Hércules CF football club.
Carlos Mazón studied law at the University of Alicante. While there, he was active in student politics, leading a student group called Programa 10. He also joined the New Generations of the People's Party, which is the youth branch of the PP political party. When he was 25, after the 1999 elections, he became the director of the Valencian Youth Institute.
Political Career
Starting in Politics
In 2003, Carlos Mazón became the head of the Department of Commerce and Consumption in the Valencian government. A few years later, he moved into politics in the Province of Alicante. He worked as a councillor (a local elected official) in Alicante city and in the town of Catral. He also became the director of the Chamber of Commerce, which helps businesses, and was a member of the Provincial Deputation.
In July 2019, Mazón was chosen as the President of the Provincial Deputation of Alicante. This meant he was in charge of managing the affairs of the Alicante province.
Leading the Valencian Community
In July 2021, Carlos Mazón became the leader of the People's Party in the Valencian Community. This made him a very important figure in regional politics.
In the 2023 Valencian regional election, his party won the most seats. To form a government, the People's Party teamed up with the Vox party. They created a government with ten ministers, with Mazón as the President. This government supported organizations that believe the Valencian language is distinct from Catalan.
In July 2024, President Mazón decided to remove the Vox ministers from his government. After this, he continued to lead a minority government. This means his party did not have enough seats to pass laws easily without support from other parties. This change happened after disagreements between the two parties at a national level.
The 2024 Spain Floods and Public Response
Carlos Mazón was the president when severe 2024 Spain floods hit the region in October 2024. The floods caused a lot of damage, especially in the Valencian Community.
He faced criticism regarding the government's preparation for such disasters. A previous plan for a Valencian Emergencies Unit, designed to coordinate disaster response, had been removed. The government explained this was done to save money and make things more efficient.
There were also questions about Mazón's actions during the first hours of the disaster. He had a long lunch on the afternoon the floods began, arriving at the emergency center later that evening.
Many people affected by the floods expressed their unhappiness with how the situation was managed. Mazón, along with Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez and King Felipe VI of Spain, encountered strong feelings from locals. Mazón stated that a national government body had given and then taken back a flood warning, which that body denied. He also mentioned that it was up to the armed forces to decide when to help, but the head of the Military Emergency Unit (UME) clarified that regional governments needed to ask for their support.
On 9 November 2024, a large protest took place in Valencia. Around 130,000 people gathered to ask for Mazón's resignation because of how the floods were handled.
On 3 November 2025, exactly one year after the floods, Mazón announced his resignation as president of the Valencian Community. He admitted that mistakes were made, including his schedule on the day the floods started. However, he stated that he did not act with bad intentions. Instead of new elections, the regional parliament (the Corts) would choose the next president.
Beyond Politics: Music and Hobbies
Outside of his political career, Carlos Mazón has a passion for music. He is a member of a four-person band called Marengo. This band even tried out to represent Spain in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011. In 2013, his band went on tour, performing in the Province of Alicante and the Region of Murcia.
See also
In Spanish: Carlos Mazón para niños
