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Manuel Chaves (politician) Spanish politician

Manuel Chaves González is a Spanish politician of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE). Since 2009 he has served as the Third Vice President of the Spanish Government, until 2011, and between 2000 and 2012 as the Chairman of PSOE. From 1990 to 2009 he was the President of the Regional Government of Andalusia. He is a trustee of the Fundacion IDEAS, Spain's Socialist Party's think tank. On 17 February 2015, together with former President of Andalusia, José Antonio Griñán, was implicated in the ERE case, a huge corruption scandal in the region.

Santa Cruz de la Sierra Largest city of Bolivia

Santa Cruz de la Sierra, commonly known as Santa Cruz, is the largest city in Bolivia and the capital of the Santa Cruz department. Situated on the Pirai River in the eastern Tropical Lowlands of Bolivia, the city of Santa Cruz and its metropolitan area are home to over 70% of the population of the department and it is one of the fastest-growing cities in the world. The city was first founded in 1561 by Spanish explorer Ñuflo de Chavez about 200 km (124 mi) east of its current location, and was moved several times until it was finally established on the Pirai River in the late 16th century. For much of its history, Santa Cruz was mostly a small outpost town, and even after Bolivia gained its independence in 1825 there was little attention from the authorities or the population in general to settle the region. It was not until after the middle of the 20th century with profound agrarian and land reforms that the city began to grow at a very fast pace.

Second Deputy Prime Minister of Spain of Spain

The Second Deputy Prime Minister of Spain, officially Second Vice President of the Government of Spain, is a senior member of the Government of Spain. The office of the Second Deputy Prime Minister is not a permanent position, existing only at the discretion of the Prime Minister. It is a constitutional office because it is foreseen in the Constitution when it provides for the possibility of existing more than one Vice Presidency.

Capture of Santa Fe battle in the Mexican–American War

The Capture of Santa Fe, also known as the Battle of Santa Fe or the Battle of Cañoncito, took place near Santa Fe, New Mexico, the capital of the Mexican Province of New Mexico, during the Mexican–American War on 8 August through 14 August 1846. No shots were fired during the capturing of Santa Fe.

The 2003 UEFA European Under-17 Championship was the second edition of UEFA's UEFA European Under-17 Championship. Portugal hosted the championship, during 7–17 May. The format of the competition changed, and only 8 teams entered the competition. Host Portugal defeated Spain in the final to win the competition for the fifth time.

Manuel Antonio Chaves New Mexican soldier

Manuel Antonio Chaves or Chávez, known as El Leoncito, was a soldier in the Mexican Army and then became a rancher who lived in New Mexico. His life was full of incident, and his courage and marksmanship became literally legendary in his own time. In documented history, as an American soldier he helped win the American Civil War Battle of Glorieta Pass and was in command during an important fight in the Navajo Wars. As a Mexican soldier he probably negotiated the surrender of a large part of the Texan Santa Fe Expedition.

Chaves is a modern Portuguese and old Spanish word derived from Latin Flaviae, and may refer to:

Estádio Municipal Eng. Manuel Branco Teixeira building in Chaves Municipality, Vila Real District, Portugal

Estádio Municipal Eng. Manuel Branco Teixeira is a multi-use stadium in Chaves, Portugal. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of GD Chaves. The stadium is able to hold 12,000 people. The stadium normally holds the national teams youth games and also some U21 games and also the senior team but rarely. Cristiano Ronaldo made his debut for the Portuguese national team against Kazakhstan in 2003, at this stadium.

Manuel Chaves Nogales was a Spanish journalist and writer. Politically he was a moderate left-wing republican democrat who defined himself as antifascist and antirevolutionary. As such, he was an enthusiastic supporter of the Second Spanish Republic.

José Francisco Chaves Union United States Army officer

José Francisco Chaves was a nineteenth-century military leader, politician, lawyer and rancher from the New Mexico Territory.

2008 Andalusian regional election

The 2008 Andalusian regional election was held on Sunday, 9 March 2008, to elect the 8th Parliament of the Autonomous Community of Andalusia. All 109 seats in the Parliament were up for election. The election was held simultaneously with the 2008 Spanish general election.

Magdalena Álvarez Spanish politician

Magdalena Álvarez Arza is a Spanish Politician, who from 2004 to 2009 served as Minister of Public Works (Fomento). She was born in San Fernando, in the Province of Cádiz, on 15 February 1952. She is an MP for the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) for Málaga Province. Previously, she was the Minister for the Economy in the Junta de Andalucía.

José Antonio Griñán Spanish politician

José Antonio Griñán Martínez is a Spanish politician. He is the chairman of the centre-left Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE), and from 23 April 2009 until 7 September 2013 he held the position of President of the Regional Government of Andalusia. He was sentenced to 6 years of prison due to prevarication and embezzlement of public funds in the granting of aid to companies in crisis for 10 years worth 680 million euros.

Manuel Jorge da Silva Cruz, known as Tulipa, is a Portuguese retired footballer who played as a midfielder, and is a manager.

José Mariano Chaves y Castillo was a wealthy Mexican landowner who was the acting governor of New Mexico for a few months during 1844. Chaves County, New Mexico is named after him.

Monarchy of the North

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The Village Priest is a 1927 Spanish silent drama film directed by Florián Rey.

Spanish Socialist Workers Party of Andalusia political party in Spain

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Filipe Manuel Nunes Brigues is a Portuguese footballer who plays for U.D. Vilafranquense as a right back.