Miguel Sanz Sesma (born 16 September 1952) is a

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politician of the

Navarrese People's Union The Navarrese People's Union (; ), abbreviated to UPN, is a regional Conservatism, conservative political party in Navarre, Spain. Until 2008, it was a fraternal party of the People's Party (Spain), People's Party (PP), acting as the latter's Nava ...

(UPN) and the president of the

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from 1996 to 2011.

Biography

Originally a lecturer of

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, Sanz later studied

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at the

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. He served as the mayor of his hometown Corella from 1983 to 1987. He was also elected to the

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in 1983 and served incessantly since that date. He was elected the vice-president of UPN in 1989 and became the vice-president of Navarre under UPN government of Juan Cruz Alli (1991–1995). He was elected the president of Navarre in 1996 and the chairman of UPN in 1997 until he was replaced by

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, the mayor of

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in 2009. After eleven years in office, presidency of Sanz came under jeopardy after

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and

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parties won a majority in the Navarrese parliament in 2007. However, the

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reached an agreement with UPN and Sanz was re-elected as president (in coalition with the Democrats' Convergence of Navarre), whereas socialist Elena Torres Miranda became the president of the parliament. In an interview with

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, he declared that he does not have the intention to run at the Navarrese elections in 2011."Si llega a ocurrir en mi partido, Bárcenas me dura cinco minutos"
''El País'', 20-07-09 Sanz has been known as a fierce opponent of Basque nationalism as well as fiscal

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, the latter stance having led to termination of UPN's

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relationship with the People's Party and the reappearance of the People's Party of Navarre in 2008.

References

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