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33-471: The PRC was officially formed on 10 November 1978, under the leadership of Miguel Ángel Revilla , Manuel Izquierdo Nozal, Jose Luis Oria Toribio, Eduardo Obregón Barreda, and Juan Jose García González. The PRC participated for the first time in general elections in 1979, presenting candidates for the Spanish Senate and on 3 April of that same year went to the municipal elections with a clear goal: to obtain

66-783: A Member of the Parliament of Cantabria since 1983, Spokesperson of the party in the Parliament from 1983 to 1995 and Secretary-General of the Party since 1988. Revilla was born in Salceda, a small town of the municipality of Polaciones , in 1943, when the province was called Santander . Revilla studied in the University of the Basque Country , where he graduated in Economic and Business Sciences and in banking and stock exchange . Between 1974 and 1982 he

99-482: A commentator on the program La Sexta Noche , as well as on Las Mañanas de Cuatro . Other shows that have featured Revilla include Abre los ojos y mira , Todo va bien , Viajando con Chester , Hable con ellas or Dos días y una noche . In November 2014, he hosted his own program: Este país merece la pena . He has also appeared as a guest on entertainment shows such as Mi casa es la tuya or El Hormiguero . Apart from its political and television career, Revilla

132-573: A fourth term. Thanks to his personality, Revilla has become a national television personality. He started as a commentator of current events and political affairs in the late night talk show Buenafuente , from 2007 to 2009. From 2010 to 2011 he was a guest in the television shows El Programa de Ana Rosa and La Noria . The money obtained from such collaborations was donated entirely to the Economic Kitchen of Santander (a non-profit organization to feed poor people). Since 2013, he has appeared as

165-535: A new increase of votes, at the expense of the other two national parties, increasing its representation from 8 to 12 seats. The Coalition Pact with the Spanish Socialist Workers Party gave the presidency to the regionalist Miguel Ángel Revilla again. Miguel %C3%81ngel Revilla Miguel Ángel Revilla Roiz (born 23 January 1943) is a Spanish politician, economist and bank employee. He served as 7th President of Cantabria from 2003 to 2011 and as

198-510: A state electoral process is called. Also, in the second point of the article 22 is given the unique authority to the President of Cantabria to raise a matter of confidence : 2. The President, after deliberation by the Government, may raise before Parliament the question of confidence in his program or in a general policy statement. The trust will be understood granted when you vote in favor of it

231-591: Is also a writer. His books are mainly focused on politics, although some are about economy or his personal experiences. President of Cantabria The President of Cantabria , according to the Autonomy Statute of Cantabria , presides over the Government of Cantabria , directs its activities, coordinates the Administration of the autonomous community , designates and separates the regional ministers, and holds

264-460: The matter of confidence in his program or in a general policy statement. The trust will be understood granted when you vote in favor of it the simple majority of the Deputies . 3. The Parliament can demand the political responsibility of the President or the Government through the adoption by absolute majority of the constructive vote of no confidence . 4. Should the Parliament deny its confidence,

297-501: The 9th president from 2015 to 2023, making him the longest serving holder of the office. He also served as the 5th Vice President of Cantabria from 1995 to 2003 and regional Minister of Public Works, Housing and Urbanism in the same period. Despite developing his political career at the regional level, he is very well known in national politics. Revilla is a member and one of the founders of the Regionalist Party of Cantabria , being

330-548: The Autonomous Community. The candidate or candidate will present his program to the House Plenum and, in order to be elected, must obtain an absolute majority in the first voting; If this qualified majority is not obtained, a new voting shall be held after forty-eight hours and shall be elected if it obtains a simple majority . If no such majority is obtained in this second voting, successive proposals will be processed in

363-578: The European elections of the following year. This work group included Navarrese People's Union , Aragonese Party , Valencian Union , Progressive Riojan Party , Majorcan Union , United Extremadura and United City of Melilla, in addition to the Regionalist Party of Cantabria, which was integrated, in June, as a member of the platform and a year later stood for the elections to European Parliament , comprising

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396-416: The Government and presides, directs and coordinates their action. 1. The President, after deliberation of the Government , and under his sole responsibility, may agree on the dissolution of Parliament in anticipation of the natural term of the legislature . 2. The dissolution will be agreed by Decree , in which elections will be called in turn, being contained in the same as the requirements required by

429-517: The Opposition from 2011 to 2015. In the 2015 regional elections , PP lost the absolute majority and PRC remained the second party; Revilla was elected president again with the support of PSOE to serve for a third term. He ran for re-election in the 2019 regional elections , winning for the first time the elections and, with an agreement with the Socialist Party, Revilla was re-elected President for

462-686: The Organic Law 8/1981, of December 30, of the Statute of Autonomy of Cantabria : 3. The President of the Autonomous Community shall be elected by Parliament from among its members and appointed by the King . To this end, the President of Parliament, after consultation with the political forces represented therein and after hearing the Table of the Parliament, shall propose a candidate or candidate for President of

495-510: The PRC increased their institutional representation, obtaining 5 deputies in the Parliament of Cantabria and 102 councillors in the different city councils of the region. That same day European elections took place, where the party obtained 14,553 votes. In the fourth Regional Congress, on 20 March 1988, Miguel Ángel Revilla was elected to the General Secretariat for the first time, and has held

528-606: The PSOE, being re-elected in June that year as president. Revilla and his party did not run for the 2008 general election , although he publicly showed support to José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero . According to the Centre for Sociological Research , in 2010 he was the most valorated regional leader. In the 2011 regional elections , PRC was also the second party, but the People's Party (PP) obtained an absolute majority and Revilla served as Leader of

561-441: The Parliament of Cantabria and increased its presence in the municipalities to 213 councillors, including 23 mayors. The electoral results were seen by the PRC as support for their policy to build a Cantabrian Motorway in order to end Cantabria's isolation from central Spain. In the elections to the autonomous community , on May 25, 2003, the PRC saw the greatest growth in number of votes of any party, exactly 60 percent more than in

594-524: The President of Cantabria will present his resign before the Parliament, the President of which shall convene the plenary session for the election of the new President in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 17 within a maximum of 15 days. 5. If the Parliament adopts a vote of no confidence, the President will present his resign before the Chamber and the candidate included in it shall be deemed to have

627-421: The applicable electoral legislation. 3. The President may not agree to the dissolution of Parliament during the first session of the legislature, when less than a year is left for its termination, or when a vote of no confidence is pending. Nor shall it be able to agree on dissolution before one year has elapsed since the last dissolution by this procedure. In no case may the President dissolve Parliament when

660-531: The candidacy of the Federation of Regionalist Parties (FPR). Since then, relationships have been maintained between the different regionalist parties that exist in Spain. The following autonomous and municipal elections, on 26 May 1991, saw the PRC keep its representation in the Parliament of Cantabria, with two deputies and in the different municipalities, with a total of 69 councillors. They improved upon these results in

693-462: The constitution of the Parliament there hasn't been elected a candidate, it is dissolved and there is another call for elections. The President of Cantabria is chosen by the Parliament of Cantabria after the autonomic elections of Cantabria , in which ones, people votes for the political parties that will form the Parliament. According with the established in the third point of the article 17 of

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726-451: The first time as Secretary-General, a position that he has occupied uninterruptedly since then, with the ratification of the successive congresses. He has served as Vice President and the Ministry of Public Works in the Government of Cantabria from 1995 to 2003 in two consecutive terms in a coalition government with the People's Party . In the 2003 regional elections his party obtained

759-492: The following elections on 28 May 1995, with 88 councillors and 6 seats, that allowed the access of the party, for the first time in their history, to the Government of Cantabria, occupying the Vice-presidency and Councils of Public Works, Culture and Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries. The elections held on 13 June 1999 resulted in a new advance in regionalist institutional representation. The PRC maintained its 6 deputies in

792-462: The form previously foreseen.(...) The functions of the President of Cantabria are established in the articles 17 and 23 of the Organic Law 8/1981, of December 30, of the Statute of Autonomy of Cantabria : 1. The President of the Autonomous Community holds the highest representation of the Autonomous Community and the ordinary state in Cantabria. 2. The President appoints and separates the members of

825-407: The highest vote increase: 60 percent more than in the previous elections. On 27 June 2003, despite his party being the third most voted, Miguel Ángel Revilla, after a coalition with Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE), was elected as the 7th President of Cantabria . In the 2007 regional elections , PRC rose to second place, with a result that again gave them enough seats to form a coalition with

858-451: The post since then, with the ratification of the successive congresses, held on 9 November 1991, on 13 November 1994, on 8 November 1998 and on 17 November 2002. 30 April 1988, was another important date in the trajectory of the PRC, due to its participation as an observer in a work group of regionalist parties in Valencia . The group planned a joint project and to present a united candidacy to

891-579: The previous elections of 1999 and the only one that increased its parliamentary representation, rising from 6 to 8 seats. Later, on 5 June 2003, the Regionalist Party subscribed to a Coalition Pact with the Spanish Socialist Workers Party for legislature 2003-2007 and its General Secretary, Miguel Ángel Revilla, was chosen to be President of the Government of Cantabria. In the Spanish autonomic elections , on 27 May councillors 2007, PRC underwent

924-532: The representation necessary to demand from the city councils autonomy for Cantabria. The first Regional Congress of the party took place on 8–9 December 1979 in Puente Viesgo, where the General Statutes, an ideological communication, another one about municipal interventions and a third one about agrarian policy, in addition to a project of Autonomy Statute of Cantabria were approved. The following Congress

957-455: The simple majority of the Deputies. According to the article 22 of the Organic Law 8/1981, of December 30, of the Statute of Autonomy of Cantabria : 1. The Government of Cantabria will respond politically to the Parliament jointly without prejudice to the direct responsibility of each one of its components. 2. The President, after deliberation by the Government, may raise before Parliament

990-569: The supreme representation of the autonomous community and ordinary representation of the State in Cantabria . The president is elected by the Parliament of Cantabria among its members, and is appointed by the King of Spain . The Parliament elects him or her by absolute majority in first session or by simple majority in subsequent. Between each session at least forty eight hours have to pass. If two months after

1023-409: Was held in 1982 when Eduardo Obregón Barreda was chosen as General Secretary. On 8 May 1983, on the occasion of the regional and municipal elections, the PRC gained representation in the Parliament of Cantabria with two deputies and obtained 63 councillors. In 1985, Eduardo Obregón Barreda revalidated his position of Secretary General in the third Regional Congress and two years later, on 10 June 1987,

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1056-737: Was the Delegate of the Spanish Syndical Organization (OSE) in Torrelavega. In 1976, he was a founder of the Association in Defense of the Interests of Cantabria (ADIC), a pioneer organization in the defense of the autonomy of Cantabria, and later of the Regionalist Party of Cantabria (PRC), founded in 1978. In the fourth Regional Congress, on 20 March 1988, Miguel Ángel Revilla was elected for

1089-606: Was the director of the Banco Atlántico in the City of Torrelavega . Likewise, he was professor of Economic Structure in the School of Business Management of Santander before joining the University of Cantabria , where he served as Associated Professor of Economic Policy and Public Finances until 1995. Revilla has three daughters, two of them from his first marriage and the youngest from his second marriage with Aurora Díaz Abella. In 1971 he

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