|
Luis Uruñuela
Luis Uruñuela Fernández (born 2 April 1937) is a Spanish former politician of the Andalusian Party (PA). He was elected to the Congress of Deputies in 1979, serving for only two months before leaving to be the first democratically elected mayor of Seville. Uruñuela was a proponent of the Seville Metro, which saw much construction during his mandate. From 1983, his successor Manuel del Valle and the President of the Junta of Andalusia José Rodríguez de la Borbolla – both of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) – halted the project. In May 2009, Uruñuela, Del Valle and Soledad Becerril received Seville's medal for being the first three democratic mayors of the city. He used his speech to reiterate his support for expanding the Metro into the Casco Antiguo The Casco Antiguo (Spanish for ''Ancient District'') is the city centre Districts and neighbourhoods of Seville, district of Seville, the capital of the Spanish region of Andalusia. The Casco Antiguo comprises S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andalusian Party
The Andalusian Party ( es, Partido Andalucista, PA) was an Andalusian nationalist centre-left political party from Andalusia (Spain), with an important presence in provinces such as Cádiz and Seville although in the past they have stood in other provinces and even won seats in Barcelona to the Parliament of Catalonia. History The party was founded as the Socialist Alliance of Andalusia () in 1965 by Alejandro Rojas-Marcos. In 1976 it took the name Socialist Party of Andalusia (). In 1979 the name was changed to Socialist Party of Andalusia - Andalusian Party (). The PA party name was adopted in 1984. Its last Secretary-General was Antonio Jesús Ruiz. A splinter group, led by former leader Pedro Pacheco, was formed in 2001, under the name Socialist Party of Andalusia (), later rejoined back into Partido Andalucista. Historically, the party had been strong in the capital city of Andalusia, Seville, as well as other big cities like Jerez de la Frontera or Algeciras, obtaining t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |