Nadia Calviño marries her daughter to a woman she met in Brussels with Marlaska and Carlos Guest body

Several ministers of the Government of Pedro Sanchez accompanied this Saturday to Nadia Calvino On a very special day for President of the European Investment BankThe former number 2 of the Executive gathered her family, friends and colleagues in Mérida at her daughter’s wedding, Alina Manrique by Lara Calvinowho celebrated his wedding with his girlfriend, a woman he met in Brussels. The event took place in Lavadero de Lana, a renovated former industrial centre ten minutes from Mérida, as reported by the newspaper Hoy.

Calviño’s successor and current Minister of Economy, Carlos Body and the Minister of the Interior, Fernando Grande-Marlaska They arrived at around 7:30 pm for the ceremony, which was held at the same place as the reception and party. However, the President of the Government was not present, although the local press claims that he was expected to attend.

Security measures were tightened both in the vicinity and inside the wedding venue. Nadia Calviño was not seen, but the bride was, and at around eight in the evening she walked to the altar on the arm of her father, the husband of the former vice president, Ignacio Manrique de Lara. The guests enjoyed a dinner served outdoors and an orchestra. The celebration lasted well into the early hours. The bride is not only the daughter of Nadia Calviño but also the granddaughter of José María Calviño, the father of the former minister, who was the first general director of RTVE in the socialist era, between December 1982 and October 1986, predecessor of Pilar Miró.

Both the former economic vice president and her father are Galician, but the best man, that is, the bride’s father, Manrique de Lara Fernández, has a house in the municipality and owns land in the area. The family spends part of the summer in one of them. It is common to see the former minister at the Mérida Classical Theatre Festival every summer. The night before her daughter’s wedding she went to see Ifrigeniaa play starring María Garralón and Juanjo Artero. The president of the European Bank and former vice president of the Government of Spain has not missed at least one performance a year for several summers. In 2019, the year in which the festival was awarded the Medal of Extremadura, she went to see the unforgettable actress Concha Velasco live. Year after year, Calviño supports the festival, which this summer of 2024 ends with Ifriginia on Sunday night. After enjoying the play, the economist greeted the actors and was interested in the staging of the Greek tragedy. She also appears with Juanjo Artero, Alberto Barahona and María Garralón in several images released by the organization of the event.

Calvió has been in the area for some time, perhaps preparing her daughter’s wedding. On August 18, the president of the European Investment Bank announced her attendance at Alfredo Rodríguez’s Cuban jazz concert in Sancti Petri, while on the evening of the 10th she attended the concert by the Extremaduran group Estopa in the same town in Cádiz. She also went to see the comedy Las Nubes, starring Pepe Viyuela, at the Roman Theatre last year.

Fantastic concert of @estopaoficialcelebrating its 25-year career in the incomparable setting of the port of #SanctiPetri.

Lots of art, great atmosphere… and the surprise of @_danielmartin_ going up on stage to sing #EnergySource????.@CMF_SanctiPetri#MagicalMoments pic.twitter.com/pu1qLDckf7

— Nadia Calviño (@NadiaCalvino) August 10, 2024