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José Ignacio Echeverría
José Ignacio Echevarría Echániz (born 1946) is a Spanish politician active in the scope of Madrilenian politics. A former city councillor, member of the Assembly of Madrid and senator, he served as Minister of Transportation of the Government of the Community of Madrid (2008–2011) and chaired the President of the Assembly of Madrid, regional legislature from 2011 to 2015. Early life Born on 8 February 1946 in Tangier, Morocco, then an Tangier International Zone, international zone. He graduated in Law and Business Administration at the ICADE, in Madrid. Before entering politics he also worked as lawyer and legal advisor. Municipal politics Echeverría, who had joined People's Alliance (Spain), People's Alliance (AP) on 24 September 1981, ran as candidate in the list of the AP–PDP–UL coalition for the 1983 Madrid City Council election, 1983 Madrid municipal election but he was not elected then. Nonetheless, he became a member of the Madrid City Council later in the te ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
President Of The Assembly Of Madrid
This article lists the presidents of the Assembly of Madrid, the List of Spanish regional legislatures, regional legislature of the Community of Madrid. Presidents References * {{Reflist, 30em Presidents of the Assembly of Madrid, * Lists of legislative speakers in Spain, Madrid Community of Madrid-related lists, Presidents of the Assembly of Madrid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Agustín Rodríguez Sahagún
Agustín Rodríguez Sahagún (Ávila, Spain, Ávila, 27 March 1932 – Paris, 13 October 1991) was a Spanish politician and businessman as well as being a doctor in economics and law who was best known as being the mayor of Madrid from 1989 to 1991. He studied law at the University of Deusto in Bilbao, a city in which for some time he devoted to various activities in the publishing business. In 1976 he started the business Segovian Business Federation (Federación Empresarial Segoviana.) A year later, in 1977, he participated in the founding of the Spanish Confederation of Small and Medium Enterprises, of which he was elected president. His career in politics began on 24 February 1978, when he became part of the Union of the Democratic Centre (Spain). The following year, in February 1979, took over the defence portfolio, a post he held during the 23-F coup d'état on 23 February 1981. In the 1979 Spanish general election, March 1979 General Election he was elected MP representin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diario Sur
''Diario Sur'' (also called ''SUR''; ) is a regional newspaper of Málaga, Spain. It is owned by the Prensa Malagueña, S.A., owned by Grupo Vocento. History and profile The newspaper was founded in February 1937. Initially it was called ''Arriba'' but soon rechristened ''SUR'', taking its name from that of a national paper. It has its headquarters in Málaga. In March 1984, upon the liquidation of Medios de Comunicación Social del Estado, which it was a part of, the workers of SUR took control of the organization, a group of 1,500 shareholders, making it the only state media corporation to be acquired by its workers. It was a limited company and had 35% of the paper. The rest of its shares belonged to Luis Pagan, President of the County Council of Malaga, and to Manuel Martin Almendro, the President of the Chamber of Commerce. In 1989, the company merged with ''Correo'' (now owned by the conservative Grupo Vocento Vocento, S.A., also known as Grupo Vocento, is a Spanish mass ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
El Español
''El Español'' is a Spanish online newspaper that started in 2015. It has its headquarters in Avenida de Burgos, 16D, 7º, Madrid, Comunidad de Madrid. As of April 2025, it has the largest digital reach among all newspapers in Spain, averaging more than 3 millions views per day and about 20 million unique users per month. History In 2014, Pedro J. Ramírez was dismissed as the director from the newspaper '' El Mundo''. Alongside his daughter María Ramírez Fernández, he founded ''El Español''. The website was opened on 11 January 2015. On 10 January 2015, it raised € from 5,624 people in two months through crowdfunding. On 10 April 2015, it transformed into a public limited company (Sociedad Anónima), with a share capital A corporation's share capital, commonly referred to as capital stock in the United States, is the portion of a corporation's equity that has been derived by the issue of shares in the corporation to a shareholder, usually for cash. ''Share . ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2015 Madrilenian Regional Election
A regional election was held in the Community of Madrid on Sunday, 24 May 2015, to elect the 10th Assembly of Madrid, Assembly of the Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community. All 129 seats in the Assembly were up for election. The election was held simultaneously with 2015 Spanish regional elections, regional elections in twelve other autonomous communities and 2015 Spanish local elections, local elections all throughout Spain. The ruling People's Party of the Community of Madrid, People's Party (PP) emerged once again as the largest political force in the region, but it saw a substantial drop in its vote support and the loss of the absolute majority it had held almost uninterruptedly since 1995—with a May 2003 Madrilenian regional election#Aftermath, brief interlude in 2003—. However, as both the Socialist Party of Madrid, Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) and newcomer Podemos (Spanish political party), Podemos fell one seat short of an absolute majority, i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2011 Madrilenian Regional Election
A regional election was held in the Community of Madrid on Sunday, 22 May 2011, to elect the 9th Assembly of Madrid, Assembly of the Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community. All 129 seats in the Assembly were up for election. The election was held simultaneously with 2011 Spanish regional elections, regional elections in twelve other autonomous communities and 2011 Spanish local elections, local elections all throughout Spain. The election was won by the People's Party (Spain), People's Party (PP), which had formed the regional government since the 1995 Madrilenian regional election, 1995 election. Overall, the PP under incumbent President Esperanza Aguirre won 72 seats, although the party's overall vote share decreased. In contrast, the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) under former Parla, Mayor of Parla Tomás Gómez had their worst result in terms of votes and seats up until that date. The third largest party, United Left (Spain), United Left (IU), polled the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2007 Madrilenian Regional Election
A regional election was held in the Community of Madrid on Sunday, 27 May 2007, to elect the 8th Assembly of Madrid, Assembly of the Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community. All 120 seats in the Assembly were up for election. The election was held simultaneously with 2007 Spanish regional elections, regional elections in twelve other autonomous communities and 2007 Spanish local elections, local elections all throughout Spain. Because regional elections in Madrid were mandated for the fourth Sunday of May every four years, the October 2003 Madrilenian regional election, October 2003 snap election did not alter the term of the four-year legislature starting in May 2003 Madrilenian regional election, May 2003. Esperanza Aguirre was re-elected for a second term in office, with the People's Party (Spain), People's Party (PP) winning a record absolute majority comprising almost 56% of the seats in the Assembly. The Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) obtained one of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
October 2003 Madrilenian Regional Election
A regional election was held in the Community of Madrid on Sunday, 26 October 2003, to elect the 7th Assembly of the autonomous community. All 111 seats in the Assembly were up for election. It was a snap election, held as a result of the parliamentary deadlock resulting from the ''Tamayazo'' scandal after the May 2003 election. The People's Party (PP) recovered the absolute majority it had lost in the previous election. This came at the expense of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE), which suffered from the scandal of the rebel MPs who refused to support a PSOE–IU government led by Rafael Simancas. United Left (IU) saw a slight increase in support but failed to translate its gains into new seats. As a result of the election, Esperanza Aguirre was elected as President of the Community of Madrid, becoming the first woman to be appointed to the office. Overview Electoral system The Assembly of Madrid was the devolved, unicameral legislature of the autonomous community ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
May 2003 Madrilenian Regional Election
A regional election was held in the Community of Madrid on Sunday, 25 May 2003, to elect the 6th Assembly of Madrid, Assembly of the Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community. All 111 seats in the Assembly were up for election. The election was held simultaneously with 2003 Spanish regional elections, regional elections in twelve other autonomous communities and 2003 Spanish local elections, local elections all throughout Spain. As a result of the election, the People's Party (Spain), People's Party (PP) lost its absolute majority in the Assembly, thus leaving the way open for a coalition government between the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) and United Left (Spain), United Left (IU) to be formed. A major political scandal ensued after two PSOE deputies—Eduardo Tamayo and María Teresa Sáez—broke party discipline and refused to support PSOE regional leader Rafael Simancas's investiture. The prospective PSOE–IU alliance found itself commanding 54 seats aga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1999 Madrilenian Regional Election
A regional election was held in the Community of Madrid on Sunday, 13 June 1999, to elect the 5th Assembly of the autonomous community. All 102 seats in the Assembly were up for election. The election was held simultaneously with regional elections in twelve other autonomous communities and local elections all throughout Spain, as well as the 1999 European Parliament election. While the People's Party (PP) of Alberto Ruiz-Gallardón was widely expected to win a second term and expand its absolute majority in the Assembly of Madrid—with opinion polls predicting a comfortable victory with as many as 59 seats—its gains ended up being minimal. The extremely low turnout, one of the lowest in a regional election, benefitted the opposition Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) instead, which saw a strong performance as a result at the expense of the United Left (IU), which lost half of its votes and seats. Overview Electoral system The Assembly of Madrid was the devolved, unica ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Esperanza Aguirre
Esperanza Aguirre y Gil de Biedma (; born 3 January 1952) is a Spanish politician. As member of the People's Party (PP), she served as President of the Senate between 1999 and 2002 (becoming the first female politician to have held the post), as President of the Community of Madrid between 2003 and 2012 and as Minister of Education and Culture (1996–1999). She also chaired the People's Party of the Community of Madrid between 2004 and 2016. Biography Early life Aguirre was born in Madrid on 3 January 1952 being the eldest daughter of José Luis Aguirre Borrell, a noted lawyer, and Piedad Gil de Biedma Vega de Seoane, the sister of the poet Jaime Gil de Biedma. She is also second cousin of the photographer Ouka Leele. She studied in the ''La Asunción'' School and in the British Council School of Madrid and earned a degree in Law at the Complutense University of Madrid in 1974. Aside from Spanish, she is reportedly fluent in English and French, has basic notions of Ital ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
