Paulino Rivero Baute (born 11 February 1952 in El Sauzal,

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) is a Spanish politician and teacher. A member of the

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, he is the former president of the

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of the

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Biography

Prior to his career in politics, Rivero was a primary school teacher; he received his diploma from the

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. In the 1979 regional elections, the first such elections under the

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, Rivero was elected as the

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of El Sauzal, a position he held until 1997. Rivero initially represented the Union of the Democratic Centre, but in 1983 he switched to the Agrupación Tinerfeña de Independientes, a group that eventually formed part of the Canarian Coalition. Rivero was also a member of the

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before moving into national politics in 1996. At the 1996 general election, Rivero was elected to the

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as the representative of the Santa Cruz de Tenerife electoral district - he was subsequently re-elected at the

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and 2004 general elections. He chaired the parliamentary committee investigating the

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. In February 2007, Rivero was selected as the Canarian Coalition's candidate for President of the Canary Islands at the 2007 regional elections. The coalition received the third-highest share of the vote, 23.36%, but received the second highest number of delegates with 19. Rivero's party formed a coalition with the third-place People's Party, which allowed him to be installed as President on 13 July 2007.

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