Death of Montserrat Candini, who was mayor, deputy mayor and senator of Calella

Former Calella mayor (Maresme), former MP and former senator Montserrat Candini died on Friday at the age of 66 from cancer.

He was a member of CiU and PDeCAT and served as a memberMayor for 11 years (2011-2022). She came to the city council in 2003, initially as an opposition councillor, and from 2011, as mayor. She won every election she ran on the list.

Away from the municipal track, Kandini was also Member of Parliament with Junts pel Sí (2015-2017) or CiU Senate Spokesperson (2008-2015). Previously, he had started his political career as a Chief of Staff and Director General of a number of advisors From governments Jordi Pujol.

She was also a councillor for the Maresme Regional Council and vice-president of the Federation of Municipalities of Catalonia.

Cancer forced her to step down as mayor and she was succeeded by Mark Buch, who announced her death in a city council statement and recalled her “fight and dedication” and that she was the first female mayor of the city.

The Calella City Council sent its condolences to the family and friends and declared Sunday a day of mourning, so all public events scheduled there were suspended.

Condolences

And via the social networking site X (Twitter), the acting head of the state said, Peter AragonesHe expressed his condolences to family and friends, describing Candini as “a woman of strong convictions, committed to the city and the country.” Aragones said: “Thank you for the shared conversations, the complicity and the friendship. We will miss you.”

Condolences came from several political figures, including: David BonnevillePresident of PDeCAT; Ferran Bellformer Senator, former Congressman and former Mayor of Tortosa; Joan BaggieSenator for Junts; Noria BarlonMayor of Santa Coloma de Gramenet; I Xavier loveMayor of Pineda.