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Luis Ortiz González
Luis Ortiz González (Madrid, 1932 – 2 February 2006) was a Spanish politician and former Minister of Public Works in the Governments of Adolfo Suarez. After receiving a degree in law, he became a member of the state body of technical inspectors and later became financial director of the state run Spanish railway company RENFE. In December 1975 he was named Under-Secretary for Commerce and in 1976, Under-Secretary for Public Works, holding that post until 1977 when he resigned in order to seek a nomination for the Spanish Congress of Deputies for the 1977 General Election, the first democratic Spanish election in over 40 years. He withdrew his candidature at the request of Adolfo Suarez, the Prime Minister of Spain, who appointed him Minister for Public Works on 15 April 1977, succeeding Leopoldo Calvo Sotelo. However he was replaced in a reshuffle in July 1977. On 14 June 1978 he was elected President of the Union of the Democratic Centre (Spain) (UCD) for Madrid region but r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liberal Party (Spain, 1976-1989)
The Liberal Party (; PL) was a liberal political party in Spain founded in 1976. History The PL was initially scheduled to contest the 1977 Spanish general election within Adolfo Suárez's Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD) platform, but on 8 May 1977, the party announced that it would withdraw from the UCD and would not be contesting the upcoming election. It would then rejoin the UCD after the 1979 Spanish general election and until 1983, when it aligned itself with the People's Alliance (AP), the People's Democratic Party (PDP) and the Liberal Union (UL). On 22 December 1984, the latter merged into the Liberal Party. These three parties formed the People's Coalition for the 1986 election. In 1989, the party, along with AP and PDP, merged to form the new People's Party (PP). Esperanza Aguirre Esperanza Aguirre y Gil de Biedma (; born 3 January 1952) is a Spanish politician. As member of the People's Party (PP), she served as President of the Senate between 199 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1932 Births
Events January * January 4 – The British authorities in India arrest and intern Mahatma Gandhi and Vallabhbhai Patel. * January 9 – Sakuradamon Incident (1932), Sakuradamon Incident: Korean nationalist Lee Bong-chang fails in his effort to assassinate Emperor Hirohito of Japan. The Kuomintang's official newspaper runs an editorial expressing regret that the attempt failed, which is used by the Japanese as a pretext to attack Shanghai later in the month. * January 22 – The 1932 Salvadoran peasant uprising begins; it is suppressed by the government of Maximiliano Hernández Martínez. * January 24 – Marshal Pietro Badoglio declares the end of Libyan resistance. * January 26 – British submarine aircraft carrier sinks with the loss of all 60 onboard on exercise in Lyme Bay in the English Channel. * January 28 – January 28 incident: Conflict between Japan and China in Shanghai. * January 31 – Japanese warships arrive in Nanking. February * February 2 ** A general ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Members Of The Senate Of Spain
Member may refer to: * Military jury, referred to as "Members" in military jargon * Element (mathematics), an object that belongs to a mathematical set * In object-oriented programming, a member of a class ** Field (computer science), entries in a database ** Member variable, a variable that is associated with a specific object * Limb (anatomy), an appendage of the human or animal body ** Euphemism for penis * Structural component of a truss, connected by nodes * User (computing), a person making use of a computing service, especially on the Internet * Member (geology), a component of a geological formation * Member of parliament * The Members, a British punk rock band * Meronymy, a semantic relationship in linguistics * Church membership, belonging to a local Christian congregation, a Christian denomination and the universal Church * Member, a participant in a club or learned society A learned society ( ; also scholarly, intellectual, or academic society) is an organizatio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2000 Spanish General Election
A general election was held in Spain on Sunday, 12 March 2000, to elect the members of the 7th . All 350 seats in the Congress of Deputies were up for election, as well as 208 of 259 seats in the Senate. At four years since the previous election, the 2000 general election ended the longest legislative period up to that point since the Spanish transition to democracy. The incumbent People's Party (PP) of Prime Minister José María Aznar secured an unexpected absolute majority in the Congress of Deputies, obtaining 183 out of 350 seats and increasing its margin of victory with the opposition Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) to 2.4 million votes. The PSOE did not benefit from a pre-election agreement with United Left (IU) and lost 1.6 million votes and 16 seats, coupled to the 1.4 million votes and 13 seats lost by IU. Such an alliance was said to prompt tactical voting for the PP, which also benefited from economic growth, a moderate stance during its tenure and internal s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1996 Spanish General Election
A General elections in Spain, general election was held in Spain on Sunday, 3 March 1996, to elect the members of the 6th . All 350 seats in the Congress of Deputies were up for election, as well as 208 of 257 seats in the Senate of Spain, Senate. Ever since forming a minority government after its victory in the 1993 Spanish general election, 1993 election, the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) had to deal with the impact of the early 1990s recession in the Spanish economy, amid soaring unemployment, an increase in public deficit and Recession, GDP contraction. The Fourth government of Felipe González, cabinet of Prime Minister of Spain, Prime Minister Felipe González was also rocked by the unveiling of a string of corruption scandals, including accusations of funding state terrorism through the GAL (paramilitary group), GAL, the Embezzlement, misuse of public funds to pay for undeclared bonuses to high-ranking officials, tax evasion by former and current cabinet members ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1993 Spanish General Election
A General elections in Spain, general election was held in Spain on Sunday, 6 June 1993, to elect the members of the 5th . All 350 seats in the Congress of Deputies were up for election, as well as 208 of 256 seats in the Senate of Spain, Senate. Felipe González's third term in office had seen Spain completing projects like the Madrid–Seville high-speed rail line and hosting events such as the Seville Expo '92 and the 1992 Summer Olympics, Barcelona '92 Summer Olympics, which contributed to the modernization of the country's international image. Some corruption scandals affecting the ruling Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) were uncovered during this period: Deputy Prime Minister of Spain, deputy prime minister Alfonso Guerra resigned in 1991 after his brother was accused of nepotism and tax evasion, and a judicial probe was started on the alleged illegal Political party funding, funding of PSOE campaigns (the "Filesa case"). The outset of the early 1990s recession and it ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
