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Updated Tuesday, March 5, 2024-12:17

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Her name is once again in the news due to the Koldo Case, for which she is now being investigated.

Francina Armengol (52) has entered

the crosshairs of the European Public Prosecutor's Office.

She has been accused of alleged crimes of misappropriation of public funds, prevarication and influence peddling for the contracts that the

Health Service of the Balearic Islands

signed with the company Soluciones de Gestión SL.

The socialist was president of the Balearic Community when she established a relationship with the company managed by the investigated

Víctor de Aldama, partner of Koldo García

and investigated in the first major corruption plot linked to the government of Pedro Sánchez.

The current president of the Congress of Deputies could be affected by this cause of

buying and selling defective masks

during the pandemic.

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'Koldo Case'.

The PP insists on demanding Armengol's "resignation": "His problem is not us, it is the European Prosecutor's Office"

  • Editor: JUANMA LAMET Madrid

The PP insists on demanding Armengol's "resignation": "His problem is not us, it is the European Prosecutor's Office"

With a degree in Pharmacy, Armengol masters everything related to health issues thanks to her training and being the daughter of Jaume Armengol,

a pharmacist who was the socialist mayor

of the Majorcan city of Inca between 1991 and 1995. Born in that town in 1971, she worked in

his father's pharmacy until 1999

and completed a postgraduate degree in Dermopharmacy.

But from his father he inherited more the political vein than the medicinal one.

He began in the independence movement

during his university years, being part of the Bloc d' Estudiantes Independentistes of the University of Barcelona.

Over time, he became disenchanted with this ideology and decided

to join the Socialist Party

in the late 90s.

In this group he is climbing steps.

From being a councilor for Inca, she becomes

a representative for the Balearic Islands.

In 2015, she reaches her peak and she becomes the person chosen to

govern the Balearic Islands.

She remains in office until 2023 when she is chosen by Sánchez

as president of Congress.

Francina Armengol in 2024GTRES

With a salary of

214,000 euros gross per year,

Armengol has always led a discreet and apparently relaxed life.

He usually spends his summers in Aucanada, a beach paradise

located in the north of Mallorca,

where people from wealthy social classes usually have their second home.

This is the case of

his family, who owns a home near the sea there.

Currently single

, Armengol usually enjoys vacations with her two children

, young Sahrawis whom she sponsored years ago

and who are of legal age today.

In her free time, she likes to spend time with her

family, swim, paddle surf

and, above all, read.

She usually opts for female writers, although her favorite author is a man: Stefan Zweig.

Other controversies had shaken his idyllic and private life.

One of them was the real estate scandal of

Joan Nadal, a businessman who was her partner

for many years.

Armengol's signature appeared on a reservation document with an alleged advance of

"3,000 euros" for a luxury penthouse

in an exclusive building in the center of Palma.

A project

promoted by her then boyfriend, full of irregularities

and which they described as

"Armengol's palace."

Even though she never lived there.