Francina Armengol

Francesca Lluc Armengol Socias, known as Francina Armengol Socias (; born 11 August 1971), is a Spanish politician from the Socialist Party of the Balearic Islands. She currently serves as president of the Congress of Deputies since 2023 and as member of the Congress of Deputies from the Balearic Islands since 2023.

Early life Armengol was born on 11 August 1971 in Inca, Mallorca. She is the daughter of Juan Armengol, who was the mayor of Inca from 1991 to 1995. She studied pharmacy at the University of Barcelona and then completed a postgraduate degree in dermopharmacy and law studies at the Open University of Catalonia.

She first entered politics in 1997, as she was deputy secretary of the PSOE in Mallorca until 1998, and was afterward, from 1998 to 2000, councillor of Inca. During her time in parliament, she was a coordinator of the Parity Law and was, from 2007 to 2011, President of the Island Council of Mallorca. She ruled in coalition with the left-wing Podemos and the regional Catalanist party Mes per Mallorca as well as external support from the regionalist and Catalanist Mes per Menorca Party.

In the 2023 Spanish general election Armengol was elected to the 15th Congress of Deputies representing the Balearic Islands. In August 2023, the Socialists had Armengol appointed speaker or president of the Congress of Deputies with support from Catalan pro-independence parties.

Personal life Armengol tested positive for COVID-19 on 20 December 2021.