The Provincial Deputation of Pontevedra (

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: , Galician: ) or Provincial Council of Pontevedra is the institution in charge of the government and administration of the Spanish

province of Pontevedra Pontevedra is a province of Spain along the country's Atlantic coast in southwestern Europe. The province forms the southwestern part of the autonomous community of Galicia. It is bordered by the provinces of A Coruña, Lugo, and Ourense, th ...

. It provides technical, economic, and technological support to the local governments and administrations ( ayuntamientos) of the 61 municipalities of the province, coordinates some municipal services, coordinates services of a supramunicipal character and provides direct services to citizens. It is headquartered in the

Palacio de la Diputación de Pontevedra The Palace of the Deputation of Pontevedra (Spanish: , Galician: ), in Pontevedra, Spain, is the seat of the Provincial Deputation of Pontevedra, the provincial government of the province of Pontevedra. It is located between the Alameda de Pon ...

in the city of

Pontevedra Pontevedra (, ) is a Spanish city in the north-west of the Iberian Peninsula. It is the capital of both the ''Comarca'' (County) and Province of Pontevedra, and of the Rías Baixas in Galicia. It is also the capital of its own municipality whi ...

and has a delegation in the city of

Vigo Vigo ( , , , ) is a city and Municipalities in Spain, municipality in the province of Pontevedra, within the Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Galicia (Spain), Galicia, Spain. Located in the northwest of the Iberian Penins ...

. The Provincial Deputation was established on 12 February 1836, after its creation by Royal Decree on 21 September 1835, as a result of the 30 November 1833 division of Spain into provinces in which Pontevedra was declared the provincial capital. At that time, it had responsibility for public works, education, and care of the poor; prior to the creation of the

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, provincial deputations were the only organ intermediate between municipalities and the central government of Spain.

Presidents

On 26 April 1979, during the

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, the Deputation was reconstituted as a democratic entity. The presidents since then are: * 1979–1983: Federico Cifuentes Pérez ( UCD) * 1983–1986:

Mariano Rajoy Brey Mariano Rajoy Brey (; born 27 March 1955) is a Spanish politician who served as Prime Minister of Spain from 2011 to 2018, when a vote of no confidence ousted his government. On 5 June 2018, he announced his resignation as People's Party lead ...

( AP) * 1986–1987: Fernando García del Valle (AP) * 1987–1990: Xosé Cuíña Crespo (

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) * 1990–1995: César José Mera Rodríguez (PPdeG) * 1995–2003: Manuel Abeledo López (PPdeG) * 2003–2015: Rafael Louzán Abal (PPdeG) * Since 2015: Carmela Silva Rego (

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)

References

External links

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Official site
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