Gerardo Galeote Quecedo
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Gerardo Galeote Quecedo is a lawyer and former Spanish
Member of the European Parliament
from 2001-09. He was elected on the People's Party
ticket and sat with the European People's Party
group.
On July 23, 2004 he was elected Chair of the Committee on Regional Development.
In April 2009, Galeote announced that he would not stand for reelection to the European Parliament in the June 2009 elections. It was believed that following the opening of an investigation by Judge Baltasar Garzón into allegations that Galeote had received more than 600,000 euros and two cars as a result of corrupt dealings involving companies operated by Francisco Correa, the Socialist Party would use Galeote as a focus of their electoral campaign against the Partido Popular.
Spain
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Member of the European Parliament
Member of the European Parliament
A Member of the European Parliament is a person who has been elected to the European Parliament. The name of MEPs differ in different languages, with terms such as europarliamentarian or eurodeputy being common in Romance language-speaking areas.When the European Parliament was first established,...
from 2001-09. He was elected on 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...
ticket and sat with the European People's Party
European People's Party
The European People's Party is a pro-European centre-right European political party. The EPP was founded in 1976 by Christian democratic parties, but later it increased its membership to include conservative parties and parties of other centre-right perspectives.The EPP is the most influential of...
group.
On July 23, 2004 he was elected Chair of the Committee on Regional Development.
In April 2009, Galeote announced that he would not stand for reelection to the European Parliament in the June 2009 elections. It was believed that following the opening of an investigation by Judge Baltasar Garzón into allegations that Galeote had received more than 600,000 euros and two cars as a result of corrupt dealings involving companies operated by Francisco Correa, the Socialist Party would use Galeote as a focus of their electoral campaign against the Partido Popular.