Isabel Díaz Ayuso

When the tax investigation into her partner Alberto González Amador became public, Ayuso claimed he was being persecuted, while her chief of staff Miguel Ángel Rodríguez circulated an account suggesting that prosecutors had offered a settlement before withdrawing it on orders from above. Messages and documents showed that the proposal to admit tax offences had actually come from González Amador's lawyer.

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Directly implicated

Documents from the investigation into Alberto González Amador revealed that he had invoiced approximately 4.4 million euros to Quirón between 2021 and 2023, the early years of his relationship with Ayuso. Quirón is also among the principal beneficiaries of contracts and payments from Madrid's healthcare system, fuelling debate about conflicts of interest and transparency.

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Associate

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Protagonist not prosecuted

Management of Madrid's care homes during the first COVID wave was marked by protocols restricting certain hospital transfers according to dependency or clinical criteria. A complaint against Ayuso alleging several offences in connection with 7,291 care-home deaths was dismissed by the Supreme Court in 2024 because it did not link specific deaths to specific decisions.

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Political responsibility

An emergency contract worth 1.5 million euros for masks awarded by the Community of Madrid to Priviet Sportive caused a crisis when it emerged that Tomás Díaz Ayuso, the president's brother, had received 55,850 euros plus VAT for his work on the transaction. Anti-corruption prosecutors and subsequently the European Public Prosecutor's Office investigated and closed their proceedings.

Role of the person profiled

Protagonist not prosecuted

The Isabel Zendal emergency hospital, an emblematic Ayuso project, accumulated contracts awarded under emergency procedures after opening. The Cámara de Cuentas de Madrid criticised a lack of diligence in using this procedure for certain services and supplies that could hardly be considered unforeseeable long after the pandemic began.

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Political responsibility

The reorganisation of Madrid's out-of-hospital emergency services triggered indefinite strikes in autumn 2022, resignations in primary healthcare management and strong criticism over centres opening without doctors physically present and relying on video consultations. On the first day of the new arrangements, the region recorded a high proportion of doctor absences.

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Political responsibility

The mask contract controversy led to open conflict between Ayuso and the PP's national leadership. Reports described attempts to obtain information about her brother and possible efforts to use municipal resources to investigate her. Ayuso publicly denounced an operation against her, while Pablo Casado criticised her for failing to clarify the contract.

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Direct responsibility

Ayuso's government promoted a reform of the Telemadrid law that shortened the director-general's term and altered governance mechanisms. The legislation passed with PP support and Vox abstaining. The opposition and professional organisations denounced an attempt to place public television under greater executive control.

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Political responsibility

Avalmadrid, a guarantee company supported by the Community of Madrid, had guaranteed a 400,000 euro loan to a company partly owned by Ayuso's father. Before the first payment default, Ayuso received by gift the bare ownership or a share of a family flat, a transaction subsequently examined in discussions about assets potentially available to satisfy the debt. Reports criticised Avalmadrid's controls and the expiry of certain recovery remedies.

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Directly implicated