The People's Party of Galicia ( Galician &

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: ''Partido Popular de Galicia'' , PP or PPdeG ) is a

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in Galicia,

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. It is the Galician affiliate of the Spanish People's Party. Prior to the 2005 Galician elections, the PPdeG had been in power for 15 years. In the election, the party won one seat shy of an

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. The other two parties with deputies (

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and

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) were then able to form a governing coalition. The party returned to power in the 2009 Galician elections and has been the governing party since.

Organisation

Presidents

* Xerardo Fernández Albor (1989–1991) *

Manuel Fraga Iribarne Manuel Fraga Iribarne (; 23 November 1922 – 15 January 2012) was a Spanish professor and politician during the dictatorship of Francisco Franco, who was also one of the founders of the People's Alliance (AP). Fraga was Minister of Informatio ...

(1991–2006) *

Alberto Núñez Feijoo Alberto is the Romance version of the Latinized form (''Albertus'') of Germanic '' Albert''. It is used in Italian, Portuguese and Spanish. The diminutive forms are ''Albertito'' in Spain or ''Albertico'' in some parts of Latin America, Albe ...

(2006–2022) *

Alfonso Rueda Alfonso Rueda Valenzuela (born 8 July 1968) is a Spanish People's Party (Spain), People's Party (PP) politician. Elected to the Parliament of Galicia 2009 Galician regional election, in 2009, he succeeded Alberto Núñez Feijóo as president of ...

(2022–present)

Secretaries-general

* José Cuiña Crespo (1991–1999) * Xesús Palmou (1999–2006) *

(2006–2016) * Miguel Tellado (2016–2022) * Paula Prado del Río (2022–present)

Electoral performance

Parliament of Galicia

Cortes Generales

European Parliament

Notes

References

External links

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