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The lawyer and politician Oscar Puente (55), PSOE deputy in the current legislature, has held the position of transport minister. Before, it was also mayor of Valladolid over almost a decade (2015-2024) and general secretary from the same city representing the party led by Pedro Sanchezwhom he replaced with his presentation during the failed investiture of Alberto Núñez-Feijóo.
One more handling controversial of his profile on social networks have recently placed the Minister in the spotlight. Without going any further, last weekend he responded through his X account (formerly Twitter) to an accusation by the journalist Vito Quileswhom he addressed as “sack of shit” to reproach him for disseminating the license plate of a police vehicle.
Political career
Puente graduated in Right from the University of Valladolid in 1993, and served as political lawyer from 1995 to 2005. A year before, in 2004, after several years as militant Socialist began his political career within the party of which he is still a part. His first steps were like deputy secretary general of the Provincial Executive, thus being number two of the Municipal Socialist Group headed by Soraya Rodriguezwhom he would end up replacing in 2008.
The following year, he was elected as general secretary of the local socialist group and, already in 2010, obtained the necessary support to become mayoral candidate from Valladolid. His promotion would have to wait after the bad results (the worst in the history of the PSOE in the town of Pucelana) obtained in the 2011 municipal elections. However, in the next call, in 2015, after negotiating with several parties, he managed to reverse the situation and establish yourself as mayora position that it would retain until 2023 thanks to the party’s first electoral victory in Valladolid (2019) since 1987. However, in the last votes (2023), despite being the most voted force, it could not face the coalition PP-Voxwhich obtained the absolute majority necessary to regain the mayor’s office.
Already in its most recent stage, the pucelano was designated head of list of the PSOE for the Valladolid constituency, thus achieving his position as deputy in the general elections of July 2023. Later, after 16 years in office, Puente resigned from his position as councilor to make the leap to the front of the Ministry of Transportin November 2023.
Successful career as an actor
Beyond his journey in the political sphere, Puente has also developed an artistic career through his passion for theater. Since his time in university classrooms, in the early 90s, the now minister entered the world of interpretation, entering the Theater Classroomwhere he obtained his training as actor. He success He did not wait long, as he had not even finished his degree when he began touring the country with a theater company, reports the media ‘Tikitakas’.
Later, in 1994, he would be part of the cast of ‘The Miser’a work with great media impact that reached the Príncipe de Gran Via and Maravillas, and which the same Puente classified as “hit of the year” in an interview for ‘El Norte de Castilla’. She also acted in the emblematic Almagro Comedy Corralin Ciudad Real, and crossed the Pyrenees to export his art to the theaters Paris.
Throughout his career, shaped by the hand of the director Juan Antonio Quintanathe former mayor of Pucelano shared a cast with actors of the caliber of Eva Hache either Diego Martin. At the age of 31, he put aside his life as an actor to dedicate himself to another of his great passions, politics.
How much does Óscar Puente earn?
According to Newtral, Puente currently has a salary for his seat as a deputy and another for his position as Minister of Transport and Sustainable Mobility. In the case of the first, being part of the chamber has a gross annual salary of 28,257.74 euros (2,018.41 euros per month), to which others must be added 2,018.41 euros in diets. Much higher is the figure he receives as Minister, which amounts to 79,415.16 gross euros per year (6,617.93 gross euros per month).
Thus, the combination of both salaries results in a total of 107,672.90 euros annual.
Family life
Beyond his political career, the Pucelano has been part of other areas such as interpretation. Personally, Puente was married to the magistrate Laura Soriawith whom he has two daughters in common. One of them, Carmen, seems to have inherited the artistic side of the former actor. To his 14 yearsthe young woman participated in 2021 in the famous program ‘The voice Kids’, where she performed ‘Love is a losing game’, by Amy Winehouse, under the watchful eye of her father, who witnessed the performance live backstage. Your ‘coach’ chosen to form a team? Nothing more and nothing less than the Almerian David Bisbal.
