Joaquin Calomarde
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Joaquin Calomarde Gramage (Valencia, Spain
, 30 November 1956) is a Spanish politician and former deputy who belonged to the People's Party
(PP). Now he teaches philosophy.
In 2000 he was elected to the Spanish Congress of Deputies representing Valencia region
for the PP and was re-elected in 2004.
, which the party considered offensive. Consequently the PP parliamentary party removed Calomarde from all positions held in the parliament. Days later, Calomarde published another article in El País, criticising the leadership's positions on terrorism and accusing them of using the issue for purely electoral ends. On 14 April 2007 Calomarde published an open letter to the PP leadership announcing his resignation from the party. However he retained his parliamentary seat and subsequently sat in the mixed group of deputies which consists of parties unable to form a technical group of five deputies. He did not stand in the 2008 election.
At the moment he teaches philosophy at the IES Ramon Llull, Valencia.
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, 30 November 1956) is a Spanish politician and former deputy who belonged to 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). Now he teaches philosophy.
Early political career
Married, with one son, Calomarde holds a degree in philosophy and educational sciences. He entered politics in 1991 when he was elected as a PP deputy to the Cortes Valencianas, the Valencian regional parliament, serving until 1995. He also served as the president of the Valencian education council and the vice president of the Valencian culture council.In 2000 he was elected to the Spanish Congress of Deputies representing Valencia region
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...
for the PP and was re-elected in 2004.
Resignation from the PP
On 29 March 2007 Calomarde published an article in the newspaper El País. This contravened a PP directive which the party had issued days earlier advising its members to cease cooperation with the newspaper following statements by its owner Jesús de PolancoJesús de Polanco
Jesús Polanco Gutiérrez, also known as Jesús de Polanco was a businessman from Spain who built a considerable media empire...
, which the party considered offensive. Consequently the PP parliamentary party removed Calomarde from all positions held in the parliament. Days later, Calomarde published another article in El País, criticising the leadership's positions on terrorism and accusing them of using the issue for purely electoral ends. On 14 April 2007 Calomarde published an open letter to the PP leadership announcing his resignation from the party. However he retained his parliamentary seat and subsequently sat in the mixed group of deputies which consists of parties unable to form a technical group of five deputies. He did not stand in the 2008 election.
At the moment he teaches philosophy at the IES Ramon Llull, Valencia.