Ángel Víctor Torres Pérez (: born 30 March 1966) is a Spanish politician who serves as the president of the Canary Islands. He is the secretary-general of the

Socialist Party of the Canaries The Socialist Party of the Canaries ( es, link=no, Partido Socialista de Canarias, PSC-PSOE) is the Canarian federation of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE), the main centre-left party in Spain , image_flag = Bandera de Espa ...

(PSC–PSOE).

Early life and education

Born on 30 March 1966 in

Arucas Arucas is a municipality in the northern part of the island of Gran Canaria, province of Las Palmas, Canary Islands. Arucas is west of Las Palmas city. Its population is 36,852 (2013),Gran Canaria Gran Canaria (, ; ), also Grand Canary Island, is the third-largest and second-most-populous island of the Canary Islands, an archipelago off the Atlantic coast of Northwest Africa which is part of Spain. the island had a population of that ...

, Ángel Víctor Torres obtained a degree in Hispanic Philology at the

University of La Laguna The University of La Laguna (ULL; Spanish: ''Universidad de La Laguna'') is a public research university situated in San Cristóbal de La Laguna, on the island of Tenerife, Spain. It is the oldest university in the Canary Islands. The universi ...

. He became a highschool professor of language and literature in 1991.

Career

Torres entered politics in 1999 when he became a municipal councillor in Arucas elected in the

Spanish Socialist Workers' Party The Spanish Socialist Workers' Party ( es, Partido Socialista Obrero Español ; PSOE ) is a social-democraticThe PSOE is described as a social-democratic party by numerous sources: * * * * political party in Spain. The PSOE has been in gov ...

(PSOE) list, serving as mayor of the municipality in two spells (2003–2007 and 2011–2015). He served from 2009 to 2011 as member of the

Congress of Deputies The Congress of Deputies ( es, link=no, Congreso de los Diputados, italic=unset) is the lower house of the Cortes Generales, Spain's legislative branch. The Congress meets in the Palacio de las Cortes, Madrid, Palace of the Parliament () in Ma ...

, taking in the vacant seat left by

Juan Fernando López Aguilar Juan Fernando López Aguilar (born 10 June 1961) is a Spanish jurist and politician of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) who has been serving as a member of the European Parliament since 2009. He served as Minister of Justice in the gov ...

in 2009, as the later was elected to the

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. He was elected as the secretary-general of the PSC–PSOE in July 2017. Following the results of the

2019 Canarian regional election The 2019 Canarian regional election was held on Sunday, 26 May 2019, to elect the 10th Parliament of the Autonomous Community of the Canary Islands. All 70 seats in the Parliament were up for election. The election was held simultaneously with r ...

(in which Torres was elected member of the

Parliament of the Canary Islands The Parliament of the Canary Islands is the regional legislature of the Canary Islands, an autonomous community of Spain. The Parliament has seventy members and members serve on four-year terms. The parliament is based in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, ...

), Torres (representing the PSC–PSOE) reached a deal with the leaders of the

New Canaries New Canaries ( es, Nueva Canarias) is a social democratic, Canarian nationalist political party representing the Canary Islands territory of Spain. The party holds Observer status in the European Free Alliance The European Free Alliance (EF ...

, Sí Podemos and Gomera Socialist Group (respectively,

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, Noemí Santana and Casimiro Gurbelo) in June 2019 to form a regional government headed by Torres, that would oust the government of

Canarian Coalition The Canarian Coalition ( es, Coalición Canaria, CC) is a regionalist, Canarian nationalist political party in Spain operating in the Canary Islands. The party's aim is for greater autonomy for the islands but not independence. It has been label ...

after a 26-year long rule of the Canary Islands.

References

{{Spanish Regional Presidents Members of the 9th Congress of Deputies (Spain) Mayors of places in the Canary Islands Members of the 10th Parliament of the Canary Islands Presidents of the Canary Islands 1966 births Living people