Rodrigo de Rato y Figaredo is a banker,politician and convicted felon who served in the Council of Ministers of Spain from 1996 to 2004. He also served as the ninth managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) from 2004 to 2007 and the president of Bankia from 2010 to 2012.
The Valencian Community is an autonomous community of Spain. It is the fourth most populous Spanish autonomous community after Andalusia,Catalonia and the Community of Madrid with more than five million inhabitants. Its homonymous capital Valencia is the third largest city and metropolitan area in Spain. It is located along the Mediterranean coast on the east side of the Iberian Peninsula. It borders Catalonia to the north,Aragon and Castilla–La Mancha to the west,and Murcia to the south,and the Balearic Islands are to its east. The Valencian Community is divided into three provinces:Castellón,Valencia and Alicante.
JoséAlbi Fita was a Spanish poet,literary critic,and translator. He was the Honorary President of the Asociación Valenciana de Escritores y Críticos Literarios. Albi was the "last of the post-Spanish Civil War poets".
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.
JoséLuis Ábalos Meco is a Spanish politician serving as Member of the Congress of Deputies since 2009. A long-time member of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party,he was expelled from the party in 2024 for his involvement in a corruption scandal. He has served as minister of Development of the Government of Spain from 2018 to 2021,in the cabinets chaired by Pedro Sánchez. He was also the Secretary of Organization of his party from 2017 to 2021.
The 2011 Valencian regional election was held on Sunday,22 May 2011,to elect the 8th Corts of the Valencian Community. All 99 seats in the Corts were up for election. The election was held simultaneously with regional elections in twelve other autonomous communities and local elections all throughout Spain.
The president of the Valencian Government is the head of the Generalitat Valenciana,the government of the Spanish autonomous community of Valencia. The president is chosen by the Valencian parliament,the Corts Valencianes.
The 2015 Valencian regional election was held on Sunday,24 May 2015,to elect the 9th Corts of the Valencian Community. All 99 seats in the Corts were up for election. The election was held simultaneously with regional elections in twelve other autonomous communities and local elections all throughout Spain.
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.
Manuel Broseta Pont was a Spanish academic and politician. He was a member of the Senate of Spain between 1979 and 1982 and he served as State Secretary for Autonomous Communities for the Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD) between 1980 and 1982. He was also a member of the Spanish Council of State. Broseta was assassinated by ETA members on 15 February 1992.
Antonio CantóGarcía del Moral is a Spanish actor,current People's Party politician and former Citizens deputy and spokesman,who represented Valencia Province in the Congress of Deputies from 2011 to April 2015 and again from December 2015 until 2021.
The 2015 Valencia City Council election,also the 2015 Valencia municipal election,was held on Sunday,24 May 2015,to elect the 10th City Council of the municipality of Valencia. All 33 seats in the City Council were up for election. The election was held simultaneously with regional elections in thirteen autonomous communities and local elections all throughout Spain.
The 2019 Valencian regional election was held on Sunday,28 April 2019,to elect the 10th Corts of the Valencian Community. All 99 seats in the Corts were up for election. The election was held simultaneously with the April 2019 Spanish general election. This was the first early regional election ever held in the Valencian Community,as well as the first Valencian election to not be held concurrently with other regional elections.
The People's Party of the Valencian Community is the Valencian branch of the People's Party,as well as one of the historically most powerful organizations within the PP.
Dolores Johnson Sastre,also known as Lola Johnson,is a Spanish politician and journalist. She has been a councilor of the Generalitat Valenciana for the People's Party (PP) in the governments of presidents Francisco Camps and Alberto Fabra.
Jerónimo Cortés was a Spanish mathematician,astronomer,naturalist and Valencian compiler.
The first government of Ximo Puig was formed on 30 June 2015,following the latter's election as President of the Valencian Government by the Corts Valencianes on 25 June and his swearing-in on 28 June,as a result of the Socialist Party of the Valencian Country (PSPV–PSOE) and Commitment Coalition (Compromís) being able to muster a majority of seats in the Parliament with external support from We Can (Podemos) following the 2015 Valencian regional election. It succeeded the Fabra government and was the Valencian Government from 30 June 2015 to 17 June 2019,a total of 1,448 days,or 3 years,11 months and 18 days.
The 2023 Valencian regional election was held on Sunday,28 May 2023,to elect the 11th Corts of the Valencian Community. All 99 seats in the Corts were up for election. The election was held simultaneously with regional elections in eleven other autonomous communities and local elections all throughout Spain.
The second government of Ximo Puig was formed on 17 June 2019,following the latter's election as President of the Valencian Government by the Corts Valencianes on 13 June and his swearing-in on 15 June,as a result of the Socialist Party of the Valencian Country (PSPV–PSOE) emerging as the largest parliamentary force at the 2019 regional election. It succeeded the first Puig government and was the Valencian Government from 17 June 2019 to 19 July 2023,a total of 1,493 days,or 4 years,1 month and 2 days.
Sad Inheritance! is an 1899 oil painting by Spanish artist Joaquín Sorolla. The painting was held by Episcopal Church of the Ascension in New York for many years,until it was bought in 1981 by the Savings Bank of Valencia.
