Luis Tudanca Fernández (born 25 May 1978)[1] is a Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) politician who has been the party's Secretary General in Castile and León since 2014. He has been Leader of the Opposition in the Cortes of Castile and León since the 2015 elections, and was previously in the Congress of Deputies between 2008 and 2015.
Luis Tudanca | |
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| Secretary-General of the Socialist Party of Castile and León | |
| Assumed office 18 October 2014 | |
| Preceded by | Julio Villarrubia |
| Member of the Congress of Deputies | |
| In office 22 April 2008 – 19 January 2015 | |
| Constituency | Burgos |
| Member of the Cortes of Castile and León | |
| Assumed office 16 June 2015 | |
| Constituency | Burgos |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 26 May 1978 Burgos, Castile and León, Spain |
| Political party | PSOE |
| Alma mater | University of Burgos |
Biography
editBorn in Burgos, Tudanca graduated from the University of Burgos in Law, and obtained a master's degree in Consumer Law, before joining the University's board in 2000.[2] In 2008, he was third on the PSOE's list in the province of Burgos for the 2008 general election, later moving up to second and being elected; he was the list leader three years later.[2]
In October 2014, Tudanca became Secretary General of PSOE in Castile and León, receiving endorsements from former prime minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero.[3] In the May 2015 regional election, the party came second to the People's Party (PP), with Tudanca leader of the opposition to regional president Juan Vicente Herrera.[4]
In May 2019, Tudanca's party the most-voted for in regional elections, but the PP and Citizens formed a government and installed Alfonso Fernández Mañueco as president. Tudanca accused the two parties of running the region through their national leaders in Madrid, assisted by the far-right party Vox.[5]
In March 2021, Tudanca tabled a motion of no confidence in Fernández Mañueco's government. The motion failed, being supported only by the PSOE and two Podemos representatives, and abstained on by minor parties.[6] In snap elections in February 2022, the party lost seven seats and 118,000 votes. He said afterwards "Believe that others will come and will achieve the change than this land deserves".[7]
References
edit- ^ ""Empecé repartiendo pizzas y no se me caen los anillos"" ["I started off delivering pizzas and I'm not ashamed of it"]. Diario de Burgos (in Spanish). 18 May 2019. Retrieved 4 March 2021.
- ^ a b Díez Garrido, M. (9 December 2015). "El reto de acercar la política a los ciudadanos y «ser normal»" [The challenge of bringing politics to the citizens and "being normal"]. El Correo de Burgos (in Spanish). Retrieved 4 March 2021.
- ^ "Zapatero tiene "muchas expectativas" en Luis Tudanca y pide a los socialistas de CyL que lo apoyen como lo apoyaron a él" [Zapatero has "high expectations" of Luis Tudanca and asks the socialists of C&L to support him as they supported he himself]. 20 minutos (in Spanish). 14 November 2014. Retrieved 4 March 2021.
- ^ Rábade, Ricardo (18 March 2017). "La oposición pedirá explicaciones a Herrera con 16 preguntas" [The opposition will ask for explanations from Herrera with 16 questions]. El Norte de Castilla (in Spanish). Retrieved 4 March 2021.
- ^ "Tudanca, 'rebotado' por el acuerdo PP-Cs, les acusa de "suspender la autonomía"" [Tudanca, 'ricocheted' by PP-Cs agreement, accuses them of "suspending autonomy"]. La Gaceta de Salamanca (in Spanish). 13 June 2019. Retrieved 4 March 2021.
- ^ Antolín, M. (22 March 2021). "Fracasa la moción de censura del PSOE en Castilla y León" [PSOE's motion of no confidence in Castile and León fails]. ABC (in Spanish). Retrieved 5 May 2021.
- ^ Marcos, José (13 February 2022). "El PSOE pierde siete escaños y no revalida la victoria de 2019 en las elecciones de Castilla y León" [PSOE lose seven seats and do not repeat their 2019 victory in the Castile and León elections]. El País (in Spanish). Retrieved 14 February 2022.