Isabel Díaz Ayuso

Isabel Natividad Díaz Ayuso (Spanish pronunciation: [isaˈβel ˈdi.aθ aˈʝuso]; born 17 October 1978) is a Spanish politician who has served as the president of the Community of Madrid since 2019. She is also the president of the People's Party of the Community of Madrid since 2022.

A member of the People's Party, and the vice-secretary of communication and spokeswoman of the party's Madrilenian branch, she was the regional candidate for president of the Community of Madrid ahead of the 2019 Madrilenian autonomous election. Although her party lost the autonomous elections for the first time since May 1991, she was later elected president by the Assembly of Madrid. Her administration represented several firsts: it was the first time that the region was run by a coalition government—formed by Ayuso's own conservative People's Party (PP) and Citizens—and it was the first time that Vox propped up an autonomous executive in Madrid. Under her leadership, the regional branch of the People's Party has obtained both its worst result (in 2019) and its best result ever (in 2021) in number of votes.

Personal life

Born on 17 October 1978 in Madrid in the Chamberí district, her parents were involved in the trade of medical and orthopaedic goods. She has a degree in journalism from the Complutense University of Madrid (UCM) and a master's degree in Political Communication and Protocol.

Her partner between 2016 and 2020 was the hairdresser Jairo Alonso. Her current partner is Alberto González Amador.

Ayuso was baptized as a Catholic but became irreligious at age nine after her grandfather's death. During the COVID-19 pandemic, she returned to the Catholic faith, stressing the importance of seeing people pray for her well-being.