Mónica Oltra

Mónica Oltra Jarque  is a Spanish left-wing politician, and the ex-vice president, ex-spokesperson and ex-minister for Equality and Inclusive Policies of the Valencian government.

Born in Germany to a Spanish immigrants family, she returned to Spain in 1984 and shortly after joined the Communist Party of Spain.

Mónica Oltra has served as one of the main leaders of the political party Valencian People's Initiative (IdPV) and of Coalició Compromís (Commitment Coalition), a coalition which she has represented in the Valencian parliament, representing the province of Valencia since 2007 until her resignation in 2022. She holds a bachelor's degree in Law from the University of Valencia. Alongside being a politician, she also works as a lawyer.

In June 2022 she was accused by the Supreme Court of Justice of Valencian Community in the crime of covering up the case of sexual abuse by her ex-husband of a 14 years old minor under guardianship. Despite the pressure, she initially refused to resign her position of the vice-president of Valencian government. However, after PSOE-Valencia threatened to break the governing Botanic coalition, she resigned on June 21. In June 2023, the judicial police released a report that allegedly supports Oltra's version that no cover-up had occurred, though the court is still to pronounce on the matter.