Jaime María de Berenguer de Santiago (born 25 October 1967) is a Spanish politician and nobleman who has been a member of the Assembly of Madrid since 2011. He is a member of the House of Silva and holds the title of the 21st Count of Cifuentes.[1]
Jaime de Berenguer | |
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| Member of the Assembly of Madrid | |
| Assumed office 2011 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Jaime María de Berenguer de Santiago 25 October 1967 |
| Political party | Vox (2016-) Union, Progress and Democracy (2011-2016) |
| Alma mater | Autonomous University of Madrid |
Biography
editde Berenguer was born in Madrid to a Spanish noble family and is a descendant of Ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Barcelona. He is the son of Juan de Berenguer y Casani, 5th Count of Cifuentes.
He graduated with a PhD in psychology at the Autonomous University of Madrid (UAM) in 1998 with a published thesis Attitudes and environmental beliefs: a psychosocial explanation of ecological behavior. He subsequently worked as a professor at the UAM.[2]
He first entered politics in 2011 in which he was elected as a city councilor in Madrid on the list for the Union, Progress and Democracy party. In 2016, he switched his support to the nationalist Vox party and won a seat in the Assembly of Madrid elections of 2019.[3]
References
edit- ^ "Orden JUS/1273/2015, de 18 de junio, por la que se manda expedir, sin perjuicio de tercero de mejor derecho, Real Carta de Sucesión en el título de Conde de Cifuentes, con Grandeza de España, a favor de don Jaime María de Berenguer y de Santiago". Por cesión de su padre, don Juan de Berenguer y Casani. Retrieved 30 June 2015.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: others (link) - ^ Ramírez, Daniel (16 September 2017). "Un descendiente de Wifredo el Velloso lanza una campaña contra el separatismo". El Español. Retrieved 13 July 2019.
- ^ "Publicación candidaturas. Fase proclamación" (PDF). Boletín Oficial de la Comunidad de Madrid: 30–60. ISSN 1989-4791.
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