Deputy General Of Álava
The deputy general of Álava (, ) is the head of the of Álava, a province of the Basque Country, Spain. The current incumbent is Ramiro González of the Basque Nationalist Party, who has held the office since 2015. The post has existed since the late fifteenth century. The first three Deputies General were selected by the monarch, but all their successors were elected by representatives of the province. The importance of the post increased gradually during the eighteenth century, while that of the '' Juntas Generales'' weakened. With the end of Basque home rule in Spain in 1876, the was denoted to the status of a provincial deputation, and the name of the post changed to president of the Deputation of Álava (, ). After the approval of the Constitution of 1978, the Foral Deputation was restored and the post of deputy general were restored. The first officeholder of the restored post was Emilio Guevara, elected in 1979. History In 1476, the ''Santa Hermandad'', a paramili ...
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Ramiro González (politician)
Ramiro González Vicente (; born 20 April 1962) is a Spanish politician. A member of the Basque Nationalist Party, he has served as Deputy General of Álava since 2015. Biography He was born in Burgos, but moved to Vitoria-Gasteiz at the age of four. He studied law at the University of the Basque Country, and subsequently worked as a lawyer for 25 years. He is married and has two children. He has lived in Mendoza since around 2000. He became a member of the Basque Nationalist Party in 2002, and in 2007 he was elected to the ''Juntas Generales'' of Álava. During his first term, he served as deputy spokesman for the party under Deputy General Xabier Agirre. When Agirre left in 2011 after the election of Javier de Andrés, he became spokesman of the party in the ''Juntas Generales''. In the 2015 election, his party became the largest in the chamber and subsequently formed a with the Socialist Party of the Basque Country. Both coalition partners improved their results in the ...
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