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Gonzalo Pérez Jácome
Gonzalo Pérez Jácome (born 2 August 1969) is a Spanish politician who is the founder and leader of the party Ourensan Democracy (DO). He was elected to Ourense's city council in 2011 and has served as its mayor since 2019. Biography Jácome's father and sister died in a traffic accident when he was 8 years old. He was expelled from two schools. A pianist from the age of seven he inherited his father's musical instrument shop, Jolper; the name came from his father's, José Luis Pérez. Jácome has taken part in races up the stairs of the Empire State Building and the Gran Hotel Bali in Benidorm. In 2001, Jácome founded the political party Ourensan Democracy (DO), which he promoted with the local television channel Auria TV featuring the populist character " Miño Man". After failed attempts in 2003 and 2007, the party entered the city council in 2011 with two seats; he was frequently expelled from sessions for insulting others. His fellow member Susana Gómez Valencia resigned sh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ABC (newspaper)
''ABC'' () is a Spanish national daily newspaper. Along with and , it is one of Spain's three newspapers of record. History and profile ''ABC'' was first published in Madrid on 1 January 1903 by Torcuato Luca de Tena y Álvarez-Ossorio. The founding publishing house was Prensa Española, which was led by the founder of the paper, Luca de Tena. The paper started as a weekly newspaper, turning daily in June 1905. In 1928 ABC had two editions, one for Madrid and the other for Seville. The latter was named ''ABC de Sevilla''. On 20 July 1936, shortly after the Spanish Civil War began, ''ABC'' in Madrid was seized by the republican government, which changed the paper's politics to support the Republicans. The same year '' Blanco y Negro'', a magazine, became its supplement. The ''ABC'' printed in Seville was supportive of the Nationalists. In 1939 ''ABC'' in Madrid was given back to its original owners by Francisco Franco. During this period the paper was one of two major dai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mayors Of Places In Galicia
In many countries, a mayor is the highest-ranking official in a municipal government such as that of a city or a town. Worldwide, there is a wide variance in local laws and customs regarding the powers and responsibilities of a mayor as well as the means by which a mayor is elected or otherwise mandated. Depending on the system chosen, a mayor may be the chief executive officer of the municipal government, may simply chair a multi-member governing body with little or no independent power, or may play a solely ceremonial role. A mayor's duties and responsibilities may be to appoint and oversee municipal managers and employees, provide basic governmental services to constituents, and execute the laws and ordinances passed by a municipal governing body (or mandated by a state, territorial or national governing body). Options for selection of a mayor include direct election by the public, or selection by an elected governing council or board. The term ''mayor'' shares a linguistic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
People From Ourense
The term "the people" refers to the public or common mass of people of a polity. As such it is a concept of human rights law, international law as well as constitutional law, particularly used for claims of popular sovereignty. In contrast, a people is any plurality of persons considered as a whole. Used in politics and law, the term "a people" refers to the collective or community of an ethnic group or nation. Concepts Legal Chapter One, Article One of the Charter of the United Nations states that "peoples" have the right to self-determination. Though the mere status as peoples and the right to self-determination, as for example in the case of Indigenous peoples (''peoples'', as in all groups of indigenous people, not merely all indigenous persons as in ''indigenous people''), does not automatically provide for independent sovereignty and therefore secession. Indeed, judge Ivor Jennings identified the inherent problems in the right of "peoples" to self-determination, as i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
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1969 Births
1969 (Roman numerals, MCMLXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1969th year of the Common Era (CE) and ''Anno Domini'' (AD) designations, the 969th year of the 2nd millennium, the 69th year of the 20th century, and the 10th and last year of the 1960s decade. Events January * January 4 – The Government of Spain hands over Ifni to Morocco. * January 5 – Ariana Afghan Airlines Flight 701 crashes into a house on its approach to London's Gatwick Airport, killing 50 of the 62 people on board and two of the home's occupants. * January 14 – USS Enterprise fire, An explosion aboard the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CVN-65), USS ''Enterprise'' near Hawaii kills 28 and injures 314. * January 16 – First successful docking of two crewed spacecraft in orbit and the first transfer of crew from one space vehicle to another (by a space walk) between Soviet craft Soyuz 5 and Soyuz 4. * January 18 – Failure of Soyuz 5's service module to separ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
El Plural
elplural.com is a Spanish language news site which has been publishing since 19 September 2005. It defines itself as a combination of information with opinion which tries to offer its readers general interest news. History elplural.com was born as a project by the Catalan journalist Enric Sopena, whose previous experience came from audiovisual or written media such as ''La Vanguardia'' and TVE. Despite its geographical origin in Catalonia, ''El Plural'' deals with national and international topics, and over time a fixed section has focused on Andalusia, together with other regional sections. From 2010, Enric Sopena became a shareholder of the newspaper's publishing company. Until then the ownership of this medium was in the hands of a company linked to Lavinia TV. On 22 March 2017, the General Shareholders' Meeting of elplural.com accepted the retirement request of Enric Sopena as director of the newspaper, becoming 'President 'Emeritus', writing an opinion column titled 'Cabo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Armando Ojea
Armando Ojea Bouzo (born 1962) is a Spanish politician. He was the first representative of Ourensan Democracy (DO) to be elected to the Parliament of Galicia, in the 2024 election. Biography Born in Vilar de Barrio, Province of Ourense, Ojea began working in 1985 as a physics and mathematics teacher in private schools. He was also a coordinator of occupational learning, and a professional musician. He has written on the history and toponymy of his native province. Ojea was elected to the city council of Ourense in 2015 and became deputy to mayor Gonzalo Pérez Jácome in 2019. He was acting mayor from 24 to 27 December 2020. He was also a member of the provincial deputation, but had to resign in order to run for the Parliament of Galicia. Jácome placed Ojea in first on DO's list for the 2024 Galician regional election. The party was expected to the perform well enough to be the kingmaker, with Jácome responding to questions over who they would pact with by quoting the line "sho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2024 Galician Regional Election
The 2024 Galician regional election was held on Sunday, 18 February 2024, to elect the 12th Parliament of Galicia, Parliament of the Galicia (Spain), Autonomous Community of Galicia. All 75 seats in the Parliament were up for election. Overview Electoral system The Parliament of Galicia was the Devolution, devolved, unicameral legislature of the Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Galicia (Spain), Galicia, having legislative power in regional matters as defined by the Spanish Constitution of 1978, Spanish Constitution and the Galician Statute of Autonomy of 1981, Galician Statute of Autonomy, as well as the ability to vote confidence in or withdraw it from a President of the Regional Government of Galicia, regional president. Voting for the Parliament was on the basis of universal suffrage, which comprised all nationals over 18 years of age, registered in Galicia and in full enjoyment of their political rights. Amendments to the electoral law in 2022 abolished ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parliament Of Galicia
The Parliament of Galicia () is the unicameral legislature of the autonomous community of Galicia (Spain), Galicia, Spain. It is formed by 75 deputies (). Deputies are elected every four years in ordinary period, or extraordinarily upon dissolution and call of elections by the President of the Xunta of Galicia, by universal suffrage in Party-list proportional representation, proportional lists with the four Galician provinces serving as constituencies. Functions The Parliament: *Exercises legislature, legislative power. *Controls the executive branch or Xunta de Galicia. *Has power over the budget of Galicia. *Approves Acts and Statutes. *Appoints the senators for Galicia in the Spanish Senate *Appoints the President of the Xunta of Galicia, President of the Xunta from among its members. *Demands accountability from the President and Government of Galicia. *Has the ability to propose State laws to the Spanish Parliament and request further enhancements of the autonomy and self ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
El Confidencial
''El Confidencial'' is a Spanish-language general-information digital newspaper located in Spain, specializing in economic, financial and political news. It was established as an online newspaper in 2001. Its target readership is professional and middle-aged. It has a liberal political orientation. It was one of the news outlets participating in the Panama Papers investigation into material leaked from the Panamanian law firm Mossack Fonseca. References External links * 2001 establishments in Spain Data journalism Spanish news websites Financial data vendors Newspapers published in Spain Newspapers established in 2001 Spanish-language newspapers {{Spain-newspaper-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Galician Nationalist Bloc
The Galician Nationalist Bloc ( , BNG) is a political party from Galicia (Spain), Galicia, formed with the merger of a series of left-wing Galician nationalism, Galician nationalist parties. It is self-defined as a "patriotic Popular front, front". Founded in 1982 under the guidance of historical leader Xosé Manuel Beiras, the BNG calls for further devolution of powers to the Parliament of Galicia and the official and unambiguous recognition of Galicia (Spain), Galicia as a nation. The BNG also promotes affirmative action for the Galician language. The current leader—the president of the National Council and national spokesperson—is Ana Pontón. The BNG has strong ties with the Galician Trade Union Confederation (Confederación Intersindical Galega, CIG), with the student union Erguer-Estudantes da Galiza (Stand Up–Students of Galiza), the agrarian unions Galician Peasant Union (Sindicato Labrego Galego, SLG) and Galician Rural Federation (FRUGA), and with envi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
