Terra Galega

Last updated
Galician Land
Terra Galega
PresidentPablo Padín Sánchez
Secretary-GeneralXermán Tobío Padín
FoundedNovember 4, 2005 (November 4, 2005)
Youth wing Mocedade de Terra Galega
Ideology Galician nationalism
Social liberalism
Political position Centre [1] [2]
ColorsGreen, orange, blue
SloganGalicia, a nosa forza (Galicia, our strength)
Mayors in Galicia [3]
1 / 313
Local Government
18 / 3,721
Website
terragalega.eu
Office of TEGA in Carballo. Sede TEGA.jpg
Office of TEGA in Carballo.

Terra Galega (TeGa, in English: Galician Land) is a coalition of centrist and Galician nationalist political parties; it was established on November 4, 2005; but the name has been registered since May 2005.

Contents

History

It was formed by Centro Democrático Independente (CDI), Iniciativa Galega, Coalición Galega, Unidade por Narón and other local political forces that have elected 4 mayors and 64 councillors in 32 Galician municipalities. The coalition held a Constituent Congress on May 20, 2006; with the participation of 500 future members that chose Pablo Padín, former minister of Health of Galicia, as president; and Xoán Gato, mayor of Narón, as General Coordinator. Guillermo Sánchez Fojo was named "Vice-Coordinator of the Northern Zone", Xosé Luis Vilas Martín was named "Vice-Coordinator of the South Zone" and Marian Ferreiro Díaz was named "National Coordinator of Youth". The youth members of TeGa are named Mocedade de Terra Galega (Youth Of Galician Land).

In October 2006, Unión Ourensana joined the coalition and along with 6 of the 12 councilors from the People's Party of Galicia at Arteixo. In the municipal elections of 2007 the coalition presented 63 candidatures, mainly in the province of A Coruña, and they obtained 66 councillors. In 2010 a sector of the party split and formed a new organization, Galician Convergence. In the local elections of 2011 TeGa only gained 23 town councillors and 1 mayor (in Narón) [4] In the local elections of 2015 TeGa won 29 town councillors and 2 mayors (Narón and Coristanco). [5]

Electoral results

Galician elections

Parliament of Galicia
ElectionVotes %Seats won
2009 18,7261.11
0 / 75

Local elections

Municipal councils of Galicia
ElectionVotes %Seats won
2007 33,6262.04
66 / 3,847
2011 13,9860.88
23 / 3,811
2015 14,2720.96
29 / 3,766
2019 9,9660.66
18 / 3,721

Related Research Articles

Galician Nationalist Bloc Political party in Spain

The Galician Nationalist Bloc is a political alliance of left-wing Galician nationalist parties. It is self-defined as a "patriotic front".

Galician Workers' Party was a political party in Galicia, Spain.

The Galician People's Union is a Galician nationalist and communist political party, and is one of the registered political parties of Spain. The party publishes the magazine Terra e Tempo, and the secretary general is Néstor Rego.

The Galician People's Front is a Galician political organization with a socialist and independentist ideology.

Galician nationalism

Galician nationalism is a form of nationalism found mostly in Galicia, which asserts that Galicians are a nation and that promotes the cultural unity of Galicians. The political movement referred to as modern Galician nationalism was born at the beginning of the twentieth century from the idea of Galicianism.

Galician Unity Political party in Spain

Galician Unity was a Galician nationalist and social democratic political coalition formed by the Galician Workers Party, Galician Socialist Party, and the Galicianist Party in 1979.

Unidade por Narón is a municipal, independent, galician nationalist and progresist political party.

Emilio Pérez Touriño

Emilio Pérez Touriño is a Spanish politician and economist. He is the former secretary general of the Socialists' Party of Galicia and, from August 2005 to March 2009, former president of the autonomous community of Galicia (Spain). Namely, he was president of the executive branch, the Xunta de Galicia. His political views are social democratic and Galicianist.

2012 Galician regional election

The 2012 Galician regional election was held on Sunday, 21 October 2012, to elect the 9th Parliament of the autonomous community of Galicia. All 75 seats in the Parliament were up for election. The election was held simultaneously with a regional election in the Basque Country.

Galiza Ceibe-OLN Political party in Spain

Galiza Ceibe-OLN was an independentist and socialist political party in Galicia, Spain. Galiza Ceibe was founded on 1980 by the Galician Party of the Proletariat as a political and electoral front, originally to present a list in Vigo and in other galician municipalities under the name Agrupación Electoral Galicia Ceibe in the 1979 local elections.

Galician Socialist Party–Galician Left Political party in Spain

The Galician Socialist Party–Galician Left was a Galician nationalist and left-wing party of Galiza.

Commitment to Galicia Political party in Spain

Commitment to Galicia is a Galician political party with a Galician nationalist, progressive and social-democratic ideology.

Acción Galega Political party in Spain

Acción Galega is a Galician political organization led by former the former member of the PP Rafael Cuíña, former Galician autonomic Minister Teresa Táboas and the former senator of the Galician Nationalist Bloc (BNG) Xosé Manuel Perez Bouza. The party was founded in 2012 through the union of several parties of centrist and moderate Galician nationalist ideology: the Partido Galeguista Demócrata, the Galician Nationalist Party-Galicianist Party, Terra Galega and Galician Coalition.

Partido Galeguista Demócrata Political party in Spain

The Partido Galeguista Demócrata is a Galician centrist political party that claims to be the ideological heir of the Partido Galeguista. Until 2011 its name was Partido Galeguista.

Galician Nationalist Party–Galicianist Party Political party in Spain

The Galician Nationalist Party–Galicianist Party is a Galician nationalist and liberal political party, coming from a split of the Galician Coalition. The PNG–PG had 132 members in 2002. Xosé Mosquera Casero is its secretary general, after the VIII Congress in September 2011.

Mocidades Galeguistas or, also used until 1989, Mocidades Nacionalistas Galegas is a political youth organization of Galicia, with a Galician nationalist and social liberal ideology. The organization defends a liberal Galicia in a federal Spain.

Galician Nationalist Convergence was a political coalition and, later, a political party in Galicia formed by Galician Coalition and Centrists of Galicia. CNG presented lists to the local elections of 1991. After the 1991 elections Centrist of Galicia abandoned the coalition and entered the People's Party of Galicia. This, and the bad electoral results, caused a crisis in Galician Coalition, which led to the split of CNG in the provinces of Ourense and Lugo. CNG, now an independent party, presented lists in the local elections of 1995, gaining only the 0.59% of the vote. The disastrous results of the local elections of 1999 led to the dissolution of the party and the founding of Galician Initiative.

Galician Coalition Political party in Spain

Galician Coalition is a political party in Galiza with a Galician nationalist and centrist ideology. Since 2012 CG is part of the coalition Compromiso por Galicia.

Galician Unity was a Galician nationalist and democratic socialist party formed by the Galician Socialist Party-Galician Left (PSG-EG) in 1991.

Galician Progressive Coalition was a centre-right Galician political coalition formed for the municipal elections of 1987.

References