Mireia Sanmartín, the first woman to serve as a judge at the Water Tribunal

The daughter and granddaughter of farmers, Mireia Sanmartín holds the position of deputy syndic after being elected at the last General Assembly.

It took place yesterday, Thursday, October 30, during the regular weekly session of the Water Tribunal. In the absence of the syndic of the Quart irrigation canal, Mireia Sanmartín is the first woman to occupy one of the seats in the ‘corralet’.

Sanmartín was elected by the General Assembly, fulfilling the dual requirement of being a landowner and a resident of Quart de Poblet. Currently, she balances her agricultural duties as deputy syndic with her professional life. For her, “agriculture is a passion; I love being in the fields and being able to work with my hands, outdoors, spending time with my father,” she says.

Sanmartín highlights the great work done by the syndic of the Quart irrigation canal, José Espinós, from whom she says she is learning a great deal, as well as from her other colleagues. She holds the position with particular enthusiasm, given that her father, Pascual Sanmartín, served as deputy syndic during the previous biennium. She does not rule out the possibility of becoming a syndic in future biennia; however, she states, “for now, as deputy syndic, I have much to learn from my colleagues and from the institution itself.”

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