Ángel Víctor Torres Pérez (; born 30 March 1966) is a Spanish politician currently serving as
minister for Territorial Policy and Democratic Memory since 2023 and secretary-general of the
Socialist Party of the Canaries (PSC–PSOE) since 2019. Before that, he served as
president of the Canary Islands from 2019 to 2023.
Early life and education
Born on 30 March 1966, in
Arucas, on the island of
Gran Canaria, Ángel Víctor Torres obtained a degree in Hispanic Philology at the
University of La Laguna.
He became a high school professor of language and literature in 1991.
Career
Torres entered politics in 1999 when he became a municipal Councillor in Arucas and was elected to the
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) list, served as mayor of the municipality in two spells (2003–2007 and 2011–2015).
From 2009 to 2011, he served as a member of the
Congress of Deputies
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, taking in the vacant seat left by
Juan Fernando López Aguilar in 2009, who was later elected to the
European Parliament
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.
He was elected as the secretary-general of the PSC-PSOE in July 2017.
Following the results of the
2019 Canarian regional election (in which Torres was elected member of the
Parliament of the Canary Islands), Torres (representing the PSC-PSOE) reached a deal with the leaders of the
New Canaries,
Sí Podemos and
Gomera Socialist Group (respectively,
Román Rodríguez,
Noemí Santana and
Casimiro Curbelo) in June 2019 to form a regional government headed by Torres that would oust the government of the
Canarian Coalition after a 26-year-long rule of the Canary Islands.
On 21 November 2023, King
Felipe VI appointed him as
minister of Territorial Policy and Democratic Memory in the
third government of Pedro Sánchez.
References
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Members of the 9th Congress of Deputies (Spain)
Mayors of places in the Canary Islands
Members of the 10th Parliament of the Canary Islands
Presidents of the Canary Islands
1966 births
Living people