José María Chiquillo Barber
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José María Chiquillo Barber (Sumacàrcer
, Spain
, 24 November 1964) is a Spanish politician who currently serves as Senator for Valencia province as part of the People's Party
(PP).
Married with two children, Chiquillo worked as a lawyer and worked for Valencia city council from 1988 to 1989. In 1983 he joined Unió Valenciana
(Valencian Union UV), a right wing regional party. He was second placed candidate on the party's list for the Spanish general election, 1993
in Valencia province
. As Unió Valenciana (UV) lost one of their two seats in that election he failed to be elected but as first substitute for the party, replaced Vicente González Lizondo
after the latter's death in 1994. He was re-elected in 1996 but lost his seat at the 2000 election. However for the 2004, he formed an electoral pact with the PP under which UV did not contest the election and Chiquillo was included in the PP list for the Spanish Senate as an independent, being elected to the Senate in March 2004. This proved controversial with the membership and led to a split in the party, with opponents accusing Chiquillo of having become "a puppet of the PP."
Chiquillo then resigned from UV and formed a new party in April 2005: Unió de Progrés per a la Comunitat Valenciana (Progress Union for the Valencian Community). This grouping is currently inactive and in March 2008 Chiquillo was elected to the Senate as a PP member.
Sumacàrcer
Sumacàrcer is a municipality in the comarca of Ribera Alta in the Valencian Community, Spain....
, Spain
Spain
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, 24 November 1964) is a Spanish politician who currently serves as Senator for Valencia province as part of the People's Party
People's Party (Spain)
The People's Party is a conservative political party in Spain.The People's Party was a re-foundation in 1989 of the People's Alliance , a party led and founded by Manuel Fraga Iribarne, a former Minister of Tourism during Francisco Franco's dictatorship...
(PP).
Married with two children, Chiquillo worked as a lawyer and worked for Valencia city council from 1988 to 1989. In 1983 he joined Unió Valenciana
Unió Valenciana
Valencian Union was a nationalist political party in the Valencian Community, Spain....
(Valencian Union UV), a right wing regional party. He was second placed candidate on the party's list for the Spanish general election, 1993
Spanish general election, 1993
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in Valencia province
Valencia (Spanish Congress Electoral District)
Valencia is one of the 52 electoral districts used for the Spanish Congress of Deputies—the lower chamber of the Spanish Parliament, the Cortes Generales. It is the third largest district in Congress in terms of the numbers of deputies elected, as it elects sixteen deputies out of the total...
. As Unió Valenciana (UV) lost one of their two seats in that election he failed to be elected but as first substitute for the party, replaced Vicente González Lizondo
Vicente González Lizondo
Vicente González Lizondo was a Spanish politician and co-founder of the regional party Valencian Union -Early life:...
after the latter's death in 1994. He was re-elected in 1996 but lost his seat at the 2000 election. However for the 2004, he formed an electoral pact with the PP under which UV did not contest the election and Chiquillo was included in the PP list for the Spanish Senate as an independent, being elected to the Senate in March 2004. This proved controversial with the membership and led to a split in the party, with opponents accusing Chiquillo of having become "a puppet of the PP."
Chiquillo then resigned from UV and formed a new party in April 2005: Unió de Progrés per a la Comunitat Valenciana (Progress Union for the Valencian Community). This grouping is currently inactive and in March 2008 Chiquillo was elected to the Senate as a PP member.