Paulino Rivero Baute (born 11 February 1952 in El Sauzal, Tenerife, Spain) is a Spanish politician and teacher. A member of the Canarian Coalition, he is the former president of the autonomous community of the Canary Islands.
Paulino Rivero | |
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| 8th President of the Canary Islands | |
| In office 13 July 2007 – 9 July 2015 | |
| Preceded by | Adán Martín Menis |
| Succeeded by | Fernando Clavijo Batlle |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 11 February 1952 El Sauzal, Tenerife, Spain |
| Political party | Canarian Coalition |
Biography
editPrior to his career in politics, Rivero was a primary school teacher; he received his diploma from the University of La Laguna.[1] In the 1979 regional elections, the first such elections under the Spanish Constitution of 1978, Rivero was elected as the mayor of El Sauzal, a position he held until 1997.[2][1] Rivero initially represented the Union of the Democratic Centre, but in 1983 he switched to the Agrupación Tinerfeña de Independientes, a group that eventually formed part of the Canarian Coalition.[3]
Rivero was also a member of the Cabildo de Tenerife before moving into national politics in 1996.[3] At the 1996 general election, Rivero was elected to the Congress of Deputies as the representative of the Santa Cruz de Tenerife electoral district - he was subsequently re-elected at the 2000 and 2004 general elections.[3] He chaired the parliamentary committee investigating the 2004 Madrid train bombings.[4]
In February 2007, Rivero was selected as the Canarian Coalition's candidate for President of the Canary Islands at the 2007 regional elections.[5] The coalition received the third-highest share of the vote, 23.36%, but received the second highest number of delegates with 19.[6] Rivero's party formed a coalition with the third-place People's Party, which allowed him to be installed as President on 13 July 2007.[7]
References
edit- ^ a b "Paulino Rivero Baute - President of the Canary Islands". typicallyspanish.com. 28 April 2008. Archived from the original on 10 April 2010. Retrieved 1 April 2010.
- ^ "Presidencia del Gobierno" (in Spanish). gobiernodecanarias.org. 2 February 2010. Archived from the original on 10 July 2010. Retrieved 1 April 2010.
- ^ a b c Esther Esteban (19 February 2006). "Paulino Rivero". El Mundo (in Spanish). Retrieved 1 April 2010.
- ^ "Probe opens into Madrid attacks". BBC News. 16 June 2004. Retrieved 1 April 2010.
- ^ "Paulino Rivero, elegido por unanimidad candidato de CC al gobierno canario". ABC (in Spanish). 4 February 2007. Retrieved 1 April 2010.
- ^ "resultados autonómicas 2007 - Canarias". El País (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 24 July 2008. Retrieved 1 April 2010.
- ^ "Paulino Rivero elegido presidente del Gobierno canario". Canarias7 (in Spanish). 11 July 2007. Retrieved 1 April 2010.