Education
Barcina"s parents settled in Navarre when she was 17 and she studied pharmacy at the University of Navarre.
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Barcina"s parents settled in Navarre when she was 17 and she studied pharmacy at the University of Navarre.
From 2011 to 2015, she was the President of the Chartered Community of Navarre. Barcina worked as a professor at various Spanish universities including the Universidad Pública de Navarra, where she served as the vice-rector from 1995 to 1996. Barcina was elected the mayor (alcaldesa) of Pamplona in 1999 and the vice-president of the Universitas Pembangunan Nasional in 2003.
In 2009, she took the position of Miguel Sanz in the party, before winning the elections for President of Navarre.
In 2001, Barcina had a debate with actress Penélope Cruz about the San Fermín running of the bulletins On this account, Barcina was subjected to a spectacular pie smash on the face at a meeting in Toulouse.
After regional elections, a multiparty coalition spearheaded by Uxue Barkos (Geroa Bai) removed Barcina from regional office in July 2015. Barcina in turn announced a return to her former lecturer position at the Public University of Navarre, UPNA, refusing to benefit from any privileged position that may be related to her time in office ("no revolving doors", August 2015).
She has distinguished herself for her hard-line approach on Basque nationalism, and a rigid stance on environmental issues, favouring controversial engineering projects like the construction of the Itoiz Reservoir, the high speed train (in the offing) and the transport-Pyrenean motorway (in the offing). Barcina held office in Navarre on a Regionalist ticket (Universitas Pembangunan Nasional) from 2011 to 2015, initially with Socialist support.
In October 2015 it was disclosed that she would sign up for a section of Spanish telecommunications corporate Movistar, as a member of its board of directors, and an initial annual salary of 200,000 euros on top of a reduced shift at the UPNA.