Government of Gonzalo Capellán
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| Election(s) | 2023 Riojan regional election |
The Capellán Government (Spanish: Gobierno Capellán) is the government of the Spanish autonomous community of La Rioja since 2 July 2023.
It is led by the new conservative President of La Rioja Gonzalo Capellán, whose People's Party won an absolute majority in the 2023 Riojan regional election. It succeeded the minority coalition government of socialist Concha Andreu.
History[edit]
This government is led by the new liberal-conservative president, Gonzalo Capellán. It is formed and supported by the People's Party (PP). Alone, he has 17 members out of 33, or 51.5% of the seats in the Parliament of La Rioja.
It was formed following the autonomous elections of 28 May 2023.
It therefore succeeds the Andreu government, made up of a minority coalition between the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) and Podemos, with the support without participation of United Left (IU).
Formation[edit]
In the autonomic elections, the Popular Party won the absolute majority of seats in the Parliament of La Rioja, having collected approximately 45% of the votes cast and almost 75,000 votes.[1] Following the recount of the expatriates' vote, the distribution of seats, and therefore the possibility of the PP to govern alone, was confirmed.[2] Gonzalo Capellán revealed on 9 June that the organization and composition of its executive had been decided.[3]
On 23 June 2023, the new president of the Parliament, Marta Fernández Cornago, announced that she would be proposing the candidacy of Gonzalo Capellán for president of the autonomous community.[4] She convened the investiture debate for the 27 and 28 June.[5] Having delivered his general policy speech on 27 June, on 28 June he received the confidence of Parliament by 17 votes for and 16 votes against: the Popular Party voting in favour, the Socialist Party, Vox and Unidas Podemos (Podemos-IU) voting against.[6]
The composition of the new executive is revealed on 1 July.[7] The councillors took the oath and took office the next day.[8]
Composition[edit]
| Office | Name | Party |
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| President | Gonzalo Capellán de Miguel | PP |
| Finance, Public Governance and the Digital Society | Alfonso Domínguez Simón | PP |
| Health and Social Policies | María Purificación Martín Díez de Baldeón | PP |
| Education and Employment | Alberto Galiana García | PP |
| Culture, Tourism, Sports and Youth | José Luis Pérez Pastor | PP |
| Economy, Innovation, Businesses and Self-Employed Workers | María Belinda León Fernández | Ind. |
| Agriculture, Livestock, Rural World and Environment | Noemí Manzanos Martínez | PP |
| Local Policy, Infrastructure and the Fight against Depopulation | Daniel Osés Ramírez | PP |
References[edit]
- ^ Espuelas, Víctor (2023-05-29). "El PP recupera La Rioja con mayoría absoluta". El País (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-01-24.
- ^ SER, Cadena (2023-06-02). "El voto CERA no modifica el reparto de escaños en La Rioja". cadena SER (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2024-01-24.
- ^ "Capellán ya tiene cerrado el equipo de consejeros del próximo Gobierno de La Rioja". Rioja2.com (in Spanish). 2023-06-09. Retrieved 2024-01-24.
- ^ SER, Cadena (2023-06-23). "Gonzalo Capellán será elegido presidente de La Rioja el 28 de junio". cadena SER (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2024-01-24.
- ^ Espuelas, Víctor (2023-06-27). "Gonzalo Capellán: "El desafío es que La Rioja tenga los impuestos más bajos de España"". cadena SER (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2024-01-24.
- ^ "El Parlamento da el "sí" a Gonzalo Capellán como presidente de La Rioja". NueveCuatroUno (in Spanish). 28 June 2023. Retrieved 28 June 2023..
- ^ María Félez (1 July 2023). "Gonzalo Capellán compone un Gobierno 'de casa'". NueveCuatroUno (in Spanish). Retrieved 1 July 2023..
- ^ Campos, Javier (2023-07-02). "Agradecidos al presidente y responsabilizados con la tarea encomendada". La Rioja (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-01-24.