Emilio Pérez Touriño (; born 8 August 1948) is a Spanish politician and economist. He is the former secretary general of the

Socialists' Party of Galicia The Socialists' Party of Galicia ( gl, Partido dos Socialistas de Galicia, PSdeG–PSOE) is a centre-left political party in Galicia, Spain. It is the Galician affiliate of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE). It defines itself as a Gal ...

and, from August 2005 to March 2009, former president of the autonomous community of Galicia (Spain). Namely, he was president of the

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, the

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. His political views are

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and Galicianist.

Academic studies

An economist by profession, Pérez Touriño completed a course of specialisation at the

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(France). He finished his

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in economics at the

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. He was also vice-president for financial affairs in that same university. During his university years, Touriño developed an intense academic activity, teaching and publishing a number of works on economy and development. He would frequently use Galicia and Galicia's infrastructures as a case study in the integration with the

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Politics

During the

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(1975–1982), following the end of

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, Touriño rebranded himself as a left wing political activist and even participated in the drafting of the Galician Statute of Autonomy of 1981. He joined the cabinet of minister

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at the Spanish ministry for transportation, tourism and communications. He also worked in a senior position at the ministry for public works, transportation and the environment. In 1994, he was accused of having accepted irregular payments and as a result renounced to all his political posts and returned to academia. That same year he also received the Spanish Great Cross of Civil Merit. He eventually returned to politics in

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when he was elected to the

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representing

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though he resigned from Congress in 1997. In 1998, Touriño replaced Francisco Vázquez as general secretary of the

. In 2005 he became the

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, defeating Manuel Fraga's

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, thanks to a

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established with the Galician Nationalist Bloc. Subsequently, both coalition parties were engaged by the Spanish Prime Minister,

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, in reviewing the current

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, in order to renegotiate the status of Galicia as a part of the

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.Parliamentary site on the Statute form
. Access date 26 September 2008 He was re-elected secretary general of the Socialists' Party of Galicia in July 2008. In the elections of 2009, his government was ousted by Alberto Núñez Feijóo of the PP.

Academic publications (selection)

* _ (1982): "A Evolución da agricultura no capitalismo: a concepción dos clásicos do marxismo como paradigma dunha visión determinista do desenvolvemento histórico", in ''Revista galega de estudios agrarios'', no. 6, p. 183–207. * _ (1983): ''Agricultura y capitalismo: análisis de la pequeña producción campesina''. Ministerio de Agricultura, Pesca y Alimentación, Servicio de Publicaciones Agrarias, Madrid. * _ (1992): "Las infraestructuras como factor de despegue del desarrollo gallego", in ''Estructura económica de Galicia'', González Laxe ir Espasa Calpe, Madrid, p. 429–488. * _ et al. (1997): ''Infraestructuras y desarrollo regional: efectos económicos de la autopista del Atlántico''. Civitas, Madrid. * _ et al. (1998): ''Los Efectos económicos de las autovías de Galicia''. Instituto de Estudios Económicos de Galicia Pedro Barrié de la Maza, A Coruña. * _ (2001): ''En clave de país''. Santa Comba, A Coruña. * _ (2001): "Eurorrexión Galicia-Norte de Portugal, unha oportunidade e un reto", in ''Tempo exterior'', no. 3, p. 17–22.

References

Emilio Pérez Touriño official biography
at

website. Access date 26 September 2008
Profile of Pérez Touriño
published by the newspaper ''

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'' in June 2005. Access date 26 September 2008

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, - {{DEFAULTSORT:Perez Tourino, Emilio 1948 births Living people People from A Coruña Presidents of the Regional Government of Galicia Politicians from Galicia (Spain) Spanish Socialist Workers' Party politicians Members of the 6th Parliament of Galicia Members of the 7th Parliament of Galicia Members of the 8th Parliament of Galicia

Academic studies

Politics

Academic publications (selection)

See also

References

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