Alfonso Fernández Mañueco

Alfonso Fernández Mañueco (born 29 April 1965) is a Spanish politician who serves as the President of the Junta of Castile and León since 2019. He is also the chairman of the People's Party of Castile and León since 2017. He served as Mayor of Salamanca between 2011 and 2018.

Alfonso Fernández Mañueco
President of the Junta of Castile and León
Assumed office
11 July 2019
MonarchFelipe VI
Preceded byJuan Vicente Herrera
Mayor of Salamanca
In office
11 June 2011 – 12 December 2018
President of the Provincial Deputation of Salamanca
In office
1996–2001
Personal details
Born (1965-04-29) 29 April 1965
Salamanca, Spain
NationalitySpanish
Political partyPeople's Party

Biography

Born on 29 April 1965 in Salamanca, son of Marcelo Fernández Nieto (the Francoist Mayor of Salamanca between 1969 and 1971) and Pilar Mañueco Bocos, he affiliated to the New Generations of the People's Alliance (AP) in 1983.[1][2] He graduated in Law at the University of Salamanca. He worked for two years as intern in a Law Firm.[3] He was elected as member of the Salamanca Municipal Council in 1995, also becoming a member of the provincial deputation, serving as President of the later institution between 1996 and 2001.[4] He moved then onto the regional government, serving as regional minister of Presidency and Interior and Justice of the Junta of Castile and León in the cabinets presided by Juan Vicente Herrera. He also became a member of the Cortes of Castile and León after the 2003 Castilian-Leonese regional election.[4]

Fernández Mañueco was sworn in as Mayor of Salamanca on 11 June 2011, after the 2011 municipal election.[4]

He replaced Juan Vicente Herrera as President of the People's Party of Castile and León in April 2017.

He effectively renounced to the office of Mayor on 12 December 2018, in order to focus on his bid as PP's prospective challenger to the Presidency of the Government of Castile and León via the May 2019 regional election.[5] At the regional election, PP obtained 29 seats out of 81. After a coalition deal with Citizens, Fernández Mañueco was elected as President of the Junta of Castile and León with the support of 41 out of the 81 members of the Cortes of Castile and León.[6]

References
  1. "Fallece Pilar Mañueco, madre del alcalde de Salamanca". La Gaceta de Salamanca. 5 January 2015.
  2. Villalba, Félix (10 March 2017). "El alcalde al que 'nominó' Cospedal". Diario de Valladolid.
  3. Martín, Raúl (5 December 2018). "Alfonso Fernández Mañueco, político desde la cuna". Noticias CyL.
  4. Serrano, Isidro (9 March 2017). "Mañueco, un hombre de partido". El Norte de Castilla.
  5. "El PP hace oficial algo que ya estaba pasando: Fernández Mañueco, candidato a presidir la Junta". Tribuna de Salamanca. 21 December 2018.
  6. Isabel, Jimeno (10 July 2019). "Mañueco, investido presidente de la Junta de Castilla y León". ABC.
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