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Jorge Azcón
Jorge Antonio Azcón Navarro (born 21 November 1973) is a Spanish politician, serving as the President of the Government of Aragon since 2023. He is the president of the People's Party of Aragon. He was also a city councillor (2000–2007; 2011–2023) and the mayor (2019–2023) of Zaragoza. Early and personal life Born in Zaragoza, Azcón is the youngest of five siblings. The eldest, Quino, was his hero and died of an illness. As of 2023, Azcón is married and has two children. His father Julio Azcón, Julio (1931–2022) played football for Real Zaragoza in the 1950s and later set up a construction business. Azcón graduated in Law from the University of Zaragoza, where he also obtained a master's degree in Urban Planning. He then worked for MRA, a business involved in subsidised housing. Political career Early local career (2000–2019) Azcón joined the People's Party (Spain), People's Party in 1993. He was the leader of the New Generations of the People's Party (Spain), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zaragoza
Zaragoza (), traditionally known in English as Saragossa ( ), is the capital city of the province of Zaragoza and of the autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Aragon, Spain. It lies by the Ebro river and its tributaries, the Huerva and the Gállego (river), Gállego, roughly in the centre of both Aragon and the Ebro basin. On 1 January 2021, the population of the municipality of Zaragoza was 675,301, (as of 2023, the Ranked lists of Spanish municipalities#By population, fourth or fifth most populous in Spain) on a land area of . It is the list of cities in the European Union by population within city limits, 26th most populous municipality in the European Union. The population of the metropolitan area was estimated in 2006 at 783,763 inhabitants. The municipalities of Spain, municipality is home to more than 50 percent of the Aragonese population. The city lies at an elevation of about height above mean sea level, above sea level. Zaragoza hosted Expo 2008 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Generations Of The People's Party (Spain)
New Generations of the People's Party (, NNGG) is the youth wing of the People's Party. It operates in all Spain and also has structures in other countries. They share the same ideological platform of the PP: a centre-right ideology and economic liberalism, according to their own organisation, reformist centre. Their main objective is to involve young people in politics through supporting the policies, principles and values of the party by developing the 48th article of the Spanish Constitution. It has more than 100,000 members throughout Spain, approximately 65% of young people involved in political organizations. History New Generations was created as ''New Generations of the Alianza Popular'' in 1978, supported by the former Alianza Popular, Secretaries, Jorge Verstrynge and Loyola de Palacio. Its first assembly took place on 17 and 18 April that year and Loyola was elected as the first Chairwoman. Later, in September 2006 during the 12th National Congress in Toledo, sh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Congress Of Deputies
The Congress of Deputies () is the lower house of the , Spain's legislative branch, the upper house being the Senate of Spain, Senate. The Congress meets in the Palacio de las Cortes, Madrid, Palace of the Parliament () in Madrid. Congress has 350 members elected from fifty-two Constituency, constituencies (the fifty Provinces of Spain, provinces and two Autonomous cities of Spain, autonomous cities) using closed list D'Hondt method, D'Hondt proportional representation. Deputies serve four-year terms. The presiding officer and speaker is the President of the Congress of Deputies, who is elected by the members at the first sitting of Congress after an election. The two principal bodies in Congress are Parliamentary group (Spain), parliamentary groups and committee, parliamentary committees (). All MPs are required to be members of a parliamentary group, the institutionalised form of political parties. Groups act with one voice represented by their spokesperson. In other words, th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
20 Minutos
''20 minutos'' is a Spanish free newspaper, with local editions in several Spanish cities, published by Multiprensa & Mas S.L. History Multiprensa & Mas S.L. was founded in Madrid in 1999. The founder of 20 minutos is José Antonio Martínez Soler. 20 minutos is published under an Attribution-ShareAlike Creative Commons licence, which entitles anyone to freely copy, distribute, display, make derivative works and commercial use of the work. Additionally, the newspaper can be downloaded from their site. on 20minutos.es Its majority stockholder is 20 Min Holding, a leader in free daily newspapers in ('' [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eloy Suárez
Eloy Vicente Suárez Lamata (born February 8, 1962) is a Spanish politician who currently serves as a deputy in the Congress of Deputies for Zaragoza and president of the Finance Committee. He was the spokesperson for the People's Party (PP) in the Zaragoza City Council from 2011 to 2016. Early life and aducation He is the son of the veterinarian of Alcubierre, where he lived until the age of eight. He was born in Tudela.He graduated in Law from the University of Zaragoza and holds specialization diplomas in accounting and auditing of public administrations, in agricultural law, and a specialization course in Leadership and Public Management from the IESE. Career In December 2010, he was chosen as the PP candidate for the mayoralty of the Zaragoza City Council. In the 2011 municipal elections on May 22, 2011, for the capital of Aragon, the People's Party won with 131,350 votes (41.26%) and obtained 15 councilors. Despite this victory, the PSOE, CHA, and IU formed a coali ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2011 Zaragoza City Council Election
This is the results breakdown of the 2011 Spanish local elections, local elections held in Aragon on 22 May 2011. The following tables show detailed results in the autonomous community's most populous municipalities, sorted alphabetically. Overall City control The following table lists party control in the most populous municipalities, including provincial capitals (shown in bold). Gains for a party are displayed with the cell's background shaded in that party's colour. Municipalities Calatayud :''Population: 21,717'' Huesca :''Population: 52,347'' Teruel :''Population: 35,241'' Zaragoza :''Population: 675,121'' See also *2011 Aragonese regional election References {{Aragonese elections Results breakdown of the 2011 Spanish local elections, Aragon Results breakdown of Spanish local elections in Aragon, 2011 2011 in Aragon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
El Periódico De Aragón
''El Periódico de Aragón'' is an Aragonese daily newspaper, founded in Zaragoza, on 23 October 1990 by Juancho Dumall. It is published by the Grupo Zeta and whose information focuses primarily on Section Aragon, Opinion and Sports. History ''El Periódico de Aragón'' was born on 23 October 1990 and soon began to establish itself as the second largest newspaper in the community just behind the ''Heraldo de Aragón ''Heraldo de Aragón'' is a regional daily newspaper published in Zaragoza, Spain. The paper has been in circulation since 1895. History and profile ''Heraldo de Aragón'' was first published on 20 September 1895. The owner is Heraldo de Aragó ...''. In 1997 opened a facility in central Newspaper Aragon in Zaragoza Street Hernán Cortés. The current director of the newspaper is Jaime Armengol, which replaced in 2003 Michelangelo Smooth, director since 1992. This replaced Dumall Juancho (primary responsibility of the newspaper). Progressive trend and completely ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2007 Zaragoza City Council Election
This is the results breakdown of the 2007 Spanish local elections, local elections held in Aragon on 27 May 2007. The following tables show detailed results in the autonomous community's most populous municipalities, sorted alphabetically. Overall City control The following table lists party control in the most populous municipalities, including provincial capitals (shown in bold). Gains for a party are displayed with the cell's background shaded in that party's colour. Municipalities Calatayud :''Population: 20,001'' Huesca :''Population: 49,312'' Teruel :''Population: 33,673'' Zaragoza :''Population: 646,546'' See also *2007 Aragonese regional election References {{Aragonese elections Results breakdown of the 2007 Spanish local elections, Aragon Results breakdown of Spanish local elections in Aragon, 2007 2007 in Aragon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2003 Zaragoza City Council Election
This is the results breakdown of the 2003 Spanish local elections, local elections held in Aragon on 25 May 2003. The following tables show detailed results in the autonomous community's most populous municipalities, sorted alphabetically. Overall City control The following table lists party control in the most populous municipalities, including provincial capitals (shown in bold). Gains for a party are displayed with the cell's background shaded in that party's colour. Municipalities Calatayud :''Population: 18,531'' Huesca :''Population: 46,462'' Teruel :''Population: 31,506'' Zaragoza :''Population: 620,419'' See also *2003 Aragonese regional election References {{Aragonese elections Results breakdown of the 2003 Spanish local elections, Aragon Results breakdown of Spanish local elections in Aragon, 2003 2003 in Aragon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Juan Alberto Belloch
Juan Alberto Belloch (born 1950) is a Spanish judge and socialist politician, who served in different cabinet posts. He served as the mayor of Zaragoza between June 2003 and 13 June 2015. Early life and education Belloch was born in Mora de Rubielos, Teruel Province, in 1950. He graduated from the University of Barcelona with a law degree. Career and activities Belloch worked as a judge in the Basque county. He is the founder of the Judges for Democracy and was an active member of the organization until 1990. He also established the association for human rights in 1984. He served as the president of the provincial court of Vizcaya. In 1990, he was appointed a member of the general council of the judiciary. Belloch is a member of Spain's Socialist Party. On 14 July 1993 he was appointed justice minister in a cabinet reshuffle and became part of the cabinet led by the prime minister Felipe Gonzalez. However, he was an independent member of the cabinet. He served in the pos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
José Atarés
José Atarés Martínez (2 August 1960 – 26 September 2013) was a Spanish People's Party (PP) politician. He was a city councillor (1991–2007) and the mayor of Zaragoza (2000–2003). He was also a senator for the Zaragoza constituency from 2004 until his death. Biography Born in El Vallecillo, Province of Teruel, Aragon, Atarés was the son of a farm manager. His father wanted him to continue the family trade, but instead he became an estate agent, then graduated in Law from the University of Zaragoza. He then opened a law firm. Briefly in the Socialist Party of Aragon, Atarés joined the PP in the mid-1980s. He was first elected to the city hall in 1991, first in opposition to the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE). In 1995, his party entered government. Luisa Fernanda Rudi became mayor and he was first deputy and spokesman. When she left office in April 2000 to become President of the Congress of Deputies, he became the mayor. Two months after Atarés's inaugurat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
President Of The Congress Of Deputies
The president of the Congress of Deputies () is the speaker of the Congress of Deputies, the lower house of the Cortes Generales (the Spanish parliament). The president is elected among the members of the Congress and is, after the king and the prime minister, the highest authority in the Kingdom of Spain. Although the president (or speaker) shares the representation of the Cortes Generales with the president of the Senate, the constitutional functions that are granted to the office in terms of royal countersigning and the election process of the Prime Minister, makes the president of the Congress the '' de facto'' leader of the legislative branch. This position is also reinforced by the asymmetric bicameralism that gives greater prominence to the lower house. The current office was established by the Spanish Constitution of 1978, however, the position has a tradition of more than 200 years, since its creation in 1810 as President of the Cortes of Cádiz. The current Speaker ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
