The People's Party is a conservative and Christian-democratic political party in Spain.
Carlos Arias Navarro,1st Marquess of Arias Navarro was the prime Minister of Spain during the final years of the Francoist dictatorship and the beginning of the Spanish transition to democracy.
The 1989 Spanish general election was held on Sunday,29 October 1989,to elect the 4th Cortes Generales of the Kingdom of Spain. All 350 seats in the Congress of Deputies were up for election,as well as 208 of 254 seats in the Senate. An election had not been due until 28 July 1990 at latest,but Prime Minister Felipe González called for a snap election nine months ahead of schedule,allegedly on the need of implementing tough economic measures. González hoped to capitalize on a still strong economy and his party's electoral success in a European Parliament election held in June,after a troubled legislature which had seen an increase of social protest on his government's economic policy and the calling of a massive general strike in 1988.
Rey Juan Carlos University is a Spanish public research university located in the southern area of the Community of Madrid (Spain),with five campuses at Móstoles,Alcorcón,Vicálvaro,Aranjuez and Fuenlabrada.
The Leader of the Opposition is an unofficial,mostly conventional and honorary title frequently held by the leader of the largest party in the Congress of Deputies—the lower house of the Spanish parliament,the Cortes Generales—not within the government. They are usually the person who is expected to lead that party into the next general election.
The 1987 European Parliament election in Spain was held on Wednesday,10 June 1987,to elect the MEP delegation from the country for the 2nd European Parliament. All 60 seats allocated to Spain as per the 1985 Treaty of Accession were up for election. The election was held simultaneously with regional elections in thirteen autonomous communities and local elections all throughout Spain.
Bankia was a Spanish financial services company that was formed in December 2010,consolidating the operations of seven regional savings banks,and was partially nationalized by the government of Spain in May 2012 due to the near-collapse of the institution. As of 2017,Bankia was the fourth largest bank in Spain,with total assets of €179.1 billion. In 2021,the bank merged with CaixaBank to create a new entity,initially preserving its original name.
Simona Levi is a theatre director,playwright,activist,technopolitical strategist,cultural manager and curator,and lecturer. Born in Italy and with Spanish nationality,she has been living in Barcelona,Spain,since 1990. She is an activist in the field of freedom of expression and information,digital rights,the free flow of culture and knowledge,strategic use of digital tools for collective action,institutional accountability,protection of whistleblowers and the fight against corruption and disinformation. She has also participated in movements in defence of the right to housing and use of public space.
Xnet is a non-profit activist platform that develops and promotes alternative models for cultural dissemination and royalty management and work in different fields related to digital rights,networked democracy and freedom of expression. Its activities revolve around five core themes:free culture,Internet neutrality,technopolitics,network democracy,new models of sustainability for the digital era and the defence of citizen journalism and the legal fight against corruption. Xnet also engages in political lobbying at the national and international levels,by preparing and submitting legislative proposals and viral campaigns. Until 2023,Xnet was a member of European Digital Rights (EDRi),a not-for-profit association to promote,protect and uphold civil rights in the field of information and communication technology.
Jose Luis Olivas Martinez is a Spanish politician of the People's Party. He was named the third president of the Valencian Government when Eduardo Zaplana moved to Madrid in 2002. A year later,he was replaced by Francisco Camps,who took over the party's leadership in the Valencian Community. Olivas decided then to pursue a business career. In 2003,he was appointed president of Banco de Valencia,in 2004 he was president of Bancaja;and in 2010 vice president of Bankia.
The Bárcenas affair is a corruption scandal in Spain that affects the conservative People's Party (PP),one of the country's main political parties. Following revelations that Luis Bárcenas,who served as party treasurer and senator,held 48 million euros in Swiss bank accounts,extracts of handwritten accounts,the so-called "Bárcenas papers" were published in the press. Those accounts allegedly indicate that the PP kept,for many years,a parallel bookkeeping system to record undeclared and illegal cash donations,and used them to pay bonuses to senior members of the party as well as for daily party expenses.
Political corruption is a large concern in Spain. Political corruption is defined as the action or inaction of one or more real persons managing public resources for their own or a third party's benefit to the detriment of all the citizens they should serve and benefit. Transparency International Global Corruption Barometer 2013 shows that the surveyed households consider political parties,Parliament and the judiciary the most corrupt institutions. In fact,the Spanish population considers corruption their second biggest problem,only eclipsed by unemployment. Following Spain's return to democracy after the end of the Franco dictatorship,the judiciary became an independent branch of government. In the early part of the 21st century this independent judiciary is active in pursuing political corruption.
The X Party is a political party officially registered with the Spanish Ministry of Interior. The X Party registered towards the end of 2012,and appeared publicly at the beginning of 2013. It was the first party to be founded by a group of people connected to the 15M Movement and other free culture movements. The party supports a model of democracy that is participatory and monitored by everyday citizens,taking advantage of the political potential of tools available for digital communication.
Pablo Casado Blanco is a Spanish former politician. He was a member of the Congress of Deputies representing Madrid until 4 April 2022,having previously represented Ávila between 2011 and 2019. From 2015 to 2018,he also served as vice secretary general of communication of the People's Party (PP). From July 2018 until April 2022,he was the president of the PP.
Nadia María Calviño Santamaría is a Spanish economist and civil servant serving as the President of the European Investment Bank since January 2024. She previously served as the First Deputy Prime Minister of Spain from July 2021 and Minister of Economy from 2018 to December 2023 under prime minister Pedro Sánchez. In 2020,the post was renamed as Minister for Economic Affairs and Digital Transformation. In the 15th legislature,which began in November 2023,she was part of the government as First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy,Trade and Enterprise.
Rafael Spottorno Díaz-Caro,is a Spanish diplomat,Private Secretary to the King between 2011 and 2014. Since 2014,is involved in the corruption scandal named Tarjetas Black.
The 16th National Congress of the People's Party was held in Valencia from 20 to 22 June 2008,to renovate the governing bodies of the People's Party (PP) and establish the party's main lines of action and strategy for the next leadership term. It saw Mariano Rajoy being re-elected unopposed for a second term as party president,with 84.2% of the delegate vote in the congress and 15.8% of blank ballots (409).
Juan Ignacio Moreno de Acevedo Yagüe,better known as Juan Moreno Yagüe,is a Spanish lawyer,activist and politician. He is a specialist in banking,mortgages,and criminal and economic law.
The 14th National Congress of the People's Party was held in Madrid from 25 to 27 January 2002,to renovate the governing bodies of the People's Party (PP) and establish the party's main lines of action and strategy for the next leadership term. It saw JoséMaría Aznar being re-elected unopposed for a fifth term as party president,with 99.6% of the delegate vote in the congress and 0.4% of blank ballots (10).
Ramón Espinar Gallego is a Spanish former politician. A member of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) politician,he was the mayor of Leganés in the Community of Madrid,and a member of the Assembly of Madrid from 1983 to 1995,serving as its president from 1983 to 1987. He was the regional minister of culture (1987–1991) and finance (1991–1995). In 1995,he was named an advisor at Caja Madrid,and was sentenced to one year in prison in 2017 for his involvement in a credit card scandal.
