Diana Morant

Diana Morant Ripoll (; born 25 June 1980) is a Spanish politician who has been Minister of Science and Innovation since 12 July 2021. She has been Secretary-General of the Socialist Party of the Valencian Country since 2024 and Mayor of Gandia (Valencia) from June 2015 until July 2021. She was also member of the Corts Valencianes, the regional assembly of the Valencia region, from July 2015 to May 2017.

Career In October 2014, Morant took part in the PSPV's selection process for mayoral candidates. She was unopposed, so she was proclaimed the party's mayoral candidate for Gandia for the 2015 Spanish local elections. In the municipal elections of 2015, the People's Party won 12 seats in the council, the PSPV-PSOE 7, the coalition Més Gandia 5, and Citizens 1. Three weeks later, on 13 June 2015, at the plenary session, Morant obtained the support of the councillors of the PSPV-PSOE, Més Gandia and the mayor of Citizens, thus becoming mayor of Gandia, thereby ending four years of PP government.

Morant resigned as mayor on 11 July 2021 after being nominated for the office of Minister of Science, Innovation and Universities by prime minister Pedro Sánchez.