Carlos Mazón

Carlos Arturo Mazón Guixot (born 8 April 1974) is a Spanish politician who served as president of the Valencian Government from 2023 to 2025.

He was elected president of the Provincial Deputation of the Province of Alicante in 2019 and has led the People's Party of the Valencian Community (PPCV) since 2021, leading them to victory in the 2023 Valencian regional election.

Mazón became president of the Valencian Government in July 2023 after forming a coalition with Vox. Twelve months later, he dismissed the Vox ministers in his government after a nationwide rupture between the parties, and continued in a minority government. He was president during the 2024 Spain floods, of which the worst damage was in the Valencian Community. Due to his alleged mismanagement of the crisis, along with unknown whereabouts during the first moments of it, he has faced repeated calls for resignation. Following months of protests and after receiving insults from the families of the victims during the 2025 state remembrance service, on 3 November 2025 he announced his resignation as president of the Valencian Community.

Early life

Born in Alicante, Mazón's father of the same name was a haemotologist, who had a street in the city named after him. His maternal grandfather, Alfonso Guixot Guixot, was a businessman involved in entertainment; he owned cinemas and a bullring, and was president of Hércules CF football club.

Mazón graduated in law from the University of Alicante, where he was a member of the student council as the leader of the union Programa 10. He was a member of the New Generations of the People's Party. When the PP entered government in the Valencian Community under Eduardo Zaplana after the 1999 elections, 25-year-old Mazón became director of the Valencian Youth Institute.