Former Socialist Defense Minister Carme Chacon, 46, was found dead this Sunday at her home in Madrid, apparently due to congenital heart disease she suffered from, a sudden death that has left the political world dismayed.
Chacon, who was the youngest minister at the time and the first to access the Defense portfolio, suffered from a congenital disease known as the “upside down heart”, of which she herself had spoken at various medical events and conferences and which could have been the cause of his death. According to police sources, the body of the former minister was found in bed, at her home in Madrid, with no apparent signs of violence, so all l The first woman to be appointed Minister of Defense is found dead at her home in Madrid Due to the congenital heart disease that he suffered from, he suggests a death from natural causes.
Apparently, his family, who lives outside Madrid, had not heard from him since Saturday morning, so he had contacted a friend of his to come to his home, according to police sources.
Other sources point out that the former minister had arranged to have lunch with some friends and that, as she did not attend the appointment, one of her friends approached the house.
In any case, since no one answered the knocks on the door, the friend notified the emergency services at 6:25 p.m., so that they could force their way into the house, where they already found her dead. “Captain, command firm. Say with me: long live Spain and long live the King”, was the first order she gave as soon as she took possession of the Defense portfolio on April 14, 2008. She was the first woman to access the position in history from Spain and also made him seven months pregnant.
In his inaugural speech, he assured that the fact that a woman was in charge of Defense was proof of the “integration and identification” between society and the Armed Forces and promised to have an Army “well prepared to fulfill its constitutional function.
To do so, he surrounded himself with a progressive military dome, and placed Julio Rodriguez at the forefront, as Chief of Defense Staff, who ended up being part of the Podemos candidacy in 2015.
His image reviewing the troops pregnant with seven months of his only son broke molds at the time. In his three years at the Defense front, Afghanistan was the country he visited on the most occasions, between 15 and 20 times, either to encourage the troops or to pick up soldiers killed in attacks, since it was a particularly mournful period.
Consternation and disbelief were evident in most of the messages received through social networks.
Alfredo Perez Rubalcaba, who was his partner in the Government of Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero and later a rival in the Federal Congress of Seville in 2012 to lead the PSOE, declared himself “desolate” and sent a hug to his family.
The three candidates for the May primaries to lead the PSOE suspended their pre-campaign events and both Susana Diaz, Pedro Sanchez and Patxi Lopez showed their pain through Twitter.
Other socialists very close to her, like the Basque Eduardo Madina, who said he was “speechless”, also wanted to express their sadness and send messages of comfort to his family.
But Chacon’s death has also had an impact on politicians from other parties, such as the Prime Minister, Mariano Rajoy, who conveyed his condolences to the family, friends and colleagues of the former minister, “a great politician with a sense of state.”
The mayor of Madrid, Manuela Carmena, expressed her dismay. “Dismayed by the death of Carme Chacon. My deepest condolences to the family, friends and colleagues of the PSOE,” Carmena said through Twitter.
Last night, the Kings sent a telegram of condolences to the president of the manager of the PSOE, Javier Fernandez, for the death of Chacon, of whom they assure that they will never forget “his commitment and service to Spain”, especially in his time as Minister of Defense .
PSC militant, Carme Chacon, born in Esplugues de Llobregat (Barcelona) in 1971, resigned last year to enter the electoral lists for the elections of June 26, 2016 and abandoned the deputy act to join a law firm in Madrid. She was a councilor in her hometown before making the leap to national politics, in 2000, as a deputy for Barcelona. From 2004 to 2007, she was the first vice president of Congress, until Rodriguez Zapatero appointed her Minister of Housing in 2007, a position she held until 2008, when she was appointed Defense Minister, the first woman to head this portfolio.

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