Luis Fuentes Rodríguez (born 20 December 1960) is a Spanish politician of the

Citizens Citizenship is a "relationship between an individual and a state to which the individual owes allegiance and in turn is entitled to its protection". Each state determines the conditions under which it will recognize persons as its citizens, and ...

party. He was a member of the

Cortes of Castile and León The Cortes of Castile and León (Spanish: ''Cortes de Castilla y León'') is the elected unicameral legislature of the Autonomous Community of Castile and León. The tradition of the regional Cortes is traced back to the Royal Council (Latin: ' ...

from 2015 to 2022, serving as the legislature's president from 2019.

Biography

Born in Salamanca, Fuentes graduated in Business Sciences from the University of Salamanca. A specialist in marketing, he worked for 18 years for a furniture company. He was the president of the localist

Union of the Salamancan People The Union of the Salamancan People ( es, Unión del Pueblo Salmantino, UPSa), officially Union of the Salamancan People – Citizens for Salamanca, was a Spanish political party established in 2002 and dissolved in 2014 based in Salamanca which is ...

(UPSa), which merged into the national party

in 2014. In March 2015, Fuentes secured enough signatures to be Citizens' lead candidate in the

2015 Castilian-Leonese regional election The 2015 Castilian-Leonese regional election was held on Sunday, 24 May 2015, to elect the 9th Cortes of the autonomous community of Castile and León. All 84 seats in the Cortes were up for election. The election was held simultaneously with reg ...

; he ran in the Valladolid constituency. His party entered the

with five seats after taking 10.3% of the vote. After the

2019 elections The following elections were scheduled to occur in 2019. The International Foundation for Electoral Systems has a calendar of upcoming elections around the world, and the National Democratic Institute also maintains a calendar of elections in coun ...

, Citizens agreed to form government with the People's Party (PP). As per this agreement, Fuentes was the two parties' candidate for President of the Cortes and was elected. Towards the end of 2021, President of the Junta of Castile and León, Alfonso Fernández Mañueco, dissolved the PP's pact with Citizens and called new elections. Citizens' vote share fell and they only had one candidate elected, leader Francisco Igea, meaning that Fuentes lost his seat.

References

1960 births Living people People from Salamanca University of Salamanca alumni Citizens (Spanish political party) politicians Members of the 9th Cortes of Castile and León Members of the 10th Cortes of Castile and León Presidents of the Cortes of Castile and León {{CastileLeón-politician-stub