Asturias Forum ( es, Foro Asturias, ast, Foru Asturies, Foro), previously known as Forum of Citizens ( es, Foro de Ciudadanos, FAC) is a
regionalist in the
Principality of Asturias.
History
Asturias Forum was founded in January 2011 by former
Deputy Prime Minister Francisco Álvarez Cascos
Francisco is the Spanish and Portuguese form of the masculine given name ''Franciscus''.
Nicknames
In Spanish, people with the name Francisco are sometimes nicknamed "Paco". San Francisco de Asís was known as ''Pater Comunitatis'' (father of ...
, who left the
People's Party (PP) after failing to be selected as the party's candidate for
President of the Principality of Asturias
The President of the Principality of Asturias ( es, Presidente del Principado de Asturias); ast, Presidente del Principáu d'Asturies) is the head of government of the Spanish autonomous community of Asturias. The president is chosen by the Gene ...
in the
2011 election.
In the Asturian election, Álvarez Cascos led the party under the name "Forum of Citizens" ( es, Foro de Ciudadanos). FAC won sixteen seats, making it the largest party on the General Council. Together with the PP, FAC's gains gave the centre-right a majority in Asturias for the first time. The party has spoken to all three other parties to create a more consensual political climate.
At the
November 2011 Spanish election, the party won one of Asturias's eight seats in the
Congress of Deputies.
After months of deadlock in the Asturian regional assembly,
fresh elections were held, in which FAC lost 4 seats, becoming the second largest party behind the
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE).
On 12 February 2015, Francisco Álvarez-Cascos surprisingly announced he would not stand again as Asturias Forum's candidate and resigned to the presidency of the party. Álvarez-Cascos was succeeded by
Cristina Coto, while he went on to become the party's secretary-general.
After the resignation of Cristina Coto due to differences with Álvarez Cascos,
Carmen Moriyón, mayoress of
Gijón, was elected new president of the party on 29 September 2018.
Presidents
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Francisco Álvarez-Cascos
Francisco Álvarez–Cascos Fernández (born 1 October 1947) is a Spanish politician. He was Secretary-General of the ruling Partido Popular from 1989 to 1999 and the President of the Principality of Asturias from 2011 to 2012.
He studied civi ...
2011–2015
*Cristina Coto 2015–2018
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Carmen Moriyón 2018–present
Electoral performance
Cortes Generales
Asturias
* * Within
People's Party–Asturias Forum.
General Junta of the Principality of Asturias
European Parliament
Footnotes
Political parties in Asturias
Political parties established in 2011
2011 establishments in Spain
Catholic political parties
Centrist parties in Spain
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