Francisco Jorquera

For the Chilean politician, see Francisco Jorquera Fuhrmann.

Francisco Xesús Jorquera Caselas[a] (born 31 August 1961) is a Spanish politician of the Galician Nationalist Bloc (BNG). He was a Senator (2005–08) and a member of the Congress of Deputies (2008–2012), and led his party in the Parliament of Galicia from 2012 to 2016. In 2019, he was elected to the city council in A Coruña.

Biography

Born in Ferrol, Jorquera graduated in Geography and History from the University of Santiago de Compostela. While there, he was the secretary general of the Galician Revolutionary Students (ERGA) and a member of the Galician National-Popular Assembly (ANPG), before partaking in the foundation of the Galician Nationalist Bloc (BNG) in 1982. He was a member of the party's national council in the early 1980s and again from 2001, joining its executive in 2003.[1]

Jorquera was a member of the Senate of Spain from 2005 to 2008, being appointed by the Parliament of Galicia and the only BNG member in the upper house of the Cortes Generales. In 2008, he was elected to the Congress of Deputies to represent A Coruña, and was re-elected in 2011.[1]

In January 2012, Jorquera was chosen as the BNG's lead candidate for the 2012 Galician regional election.[2] The results in October saw his party come fourth, falling by five seats to seven.[3] In 2016, shortly before the next election, he ceded his responsibilities to the next candidate, Ana Pontón.[4]

Jorquera was chosen in June 2018 as the BNG's leader for the 2019 local election in A Coruña.[5] His party rose from one councillor to two, and voted for Inés Rey of the Socialist Party of Galicia (PSdeG) to be mayor.[6][7] Four years later, he led the BNG list again, and the party grew to four seats.[8] They again voted for Rey as mayor after reaching an agreement, but not a coalition government.[9]

On 11 March 2026, Jorquera announced that he would not be the BNG's candidate for mayor in 2027. He considered that he would be too old at 66, and wanted to spend more time with his family.[10]

Notes

  1. ^ In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Jorquera and the second or maternal family name is Caselas.

References

  1. ^ a b "Francisco Jorquera: la esencia del BNG" [Francisco Jorquera: the essence of the BNG]. La Vanguardia (in Spanish). 1 October 2012. Retrieved 1 November 2021.
  2. ^ Beramendi, Mario (16 January 2012). "La UPG elige a Francisco Jorquera como candidato del BNG a la Xunta" [UPG chooses Francisco Jorquera as BNG candidate for the Xunta]. La Voz de Galicia (in Spanish). Retrieved 1 November 2021.
  3. ^ Salgado, Daniel (23 October 2012). "El BNG califica de "muy malos" sus resultados y no culpa a nadie" [BNG describes its results as "very bad" and blames nobody]. El País (in Spanish). Retrieved 1 November 2021.
  4. ^ "Pontón reemplazará a Jorquera en las preguntas a Feijóo en el Parlamento" [Pontón will replace Jorquera in questioning Feijóo in Parliament]. Diario de Pontevedra (in Spanish). 16 May 2016. Retrieved 1 November 2021.
  5. ^ Gutiérrez, José Manuel (23 June 2018). "Jorquera será el candidato del BNG y apuesta por un "cambio real" para la ciudad" [Jorquera will be the BNG candidate and bets on a "real change" for the city]. La Opinión A Coruña (in Spanish). Retrieved 1 November 2021.
  6. ^ "Elecciones Municipales: El PSOE recupera la Alcaldía de A Coruña pero necesitará apoyos para gobernar" [Local Elections: PSOE recover the mayoralty of A Coruña bt will need support to govern]. La Opinión A Coruña (in Spanish). 26 May 2019. Retrieved 1 November 2021.
  7. ^ Lombao, David (15 June 2019). "La socialista Inés Rey es elegida primera alcaldesa democrática de A Coruña con una llamada al "entendimiento"" [Socialist Inés Rey is elected the first female democratic mayor of A Coruña with a call for "understanding"]. ElDiario.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 1 November 2021.
  8. ^ Lede, Adrián (29 May 2023). "Estos son los concejales que formarán la nueva corporación municipal de A Coruña" [These are the councillors who will form the new municipal corporation in A Coruña]. El Español (in Spanish). Retrieved 18 March 2026.
  9. ^ García, David (17 June 2023). "La socialista Inés Rey es investida alcaldesa de A Coruña por segundo mandato consecutivo con el apoyo del BNG" [Socialist Inés Rey is invested as mayor of A Coruña for second consecutive term with the support of the BNG]. La Voz de Galicia (in Spanish). Retrieved 18 March 2026.
  10. ^ "Francisco Jorquera non repetirá como candidato do BNG á Alcaldía da Coruña" [Francisco Jorquera will not run again as BNG candidate for mayor of A Coruña] (in Galician). Nós Diario. 11 March 2026. Retrieved 18 March 2026.
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