Luis de Grandes Pascual
Encyclopedia
Luis de Grandes Pascual (born on 27 January 1945 in Guadalajara
)
is a Spanish
politician
and
Member of the European Parliament
with the People's Party
(PP),
part of the European People's Party
and sits on
the European Parliament
's Committee on Transport and Tourism
.
He is a substitute for the Committee on Legal Affairs
, a member of the
Delegation to the EU-Chile
Joint Parliamentary Committee and a substitute for the
Delegation for relations with the countries of Central America.
Grandes entered politics in 1977 when he was elected as a UCD deputy for Guadalajara
in the Spanish General Election. He was re-elected in 1979 but lost his seat at the 1982 election. When the UCD disbanded in February 1983, he joined the Democratic Popular Party
(PDP) and returned to Congress at the 1986 election. The PDP merged with other parties in 1989 to form the current PP, for whom he was re-elected at the 1989, 1993, 1996, 2000 and 2004 General Elections.
See also: European Parliament election, 2004 (Spain)
Guadalajara, Spain
Guadalajara is a city and municipality in the autonomous community of Castile-La Mancha, Spain, and in the natural region of La Alcarria. It is the capital of the province of Guadalajara. It is located roughly 60 km northeast of Madrid on the Henares River, and has a population of 83,789...
)
is a Spanish
Politics of Spain
The politics of Spain take place in the framework of a parliamentary representative democratic constitutional monarchy, whereby the Monarch is the Head of State and the President of the Government is the head of government in a multi-party system. Executive power is vested in the government...
politician
Politician
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and
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,...
with 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),
part of 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...
and sits on
the European Parliament
European Parliament
The European Parliament is the directly elected parliamentary institution of the European Union . Together with the Council of the European Union and the Commission, it exercises the legislative function of the EU and it has been described as one of the most powerful legislatures in the world...
's Committee on Transport and Tourism
Committee on Transport and Tourism
The Committee on Transport and Tourism is a committee within the European Parliament.-External links:* Present Chairman is British Labour MEP Brian Simpson...
.
He is a substitute for the Committee on Legal Affairs
Committee on Legal Affairs
The Committee on Legal Affairs is a committee of the European Parliament.It is preparing many crucial decisions of the European Parliament. It met on 20 and 21 June 2005 and debated and voted on the Directive on the patentability of computer-implemented inventions.-External links:*...
, a member of the
Delegation to the EU-Chile
Chile
Chile ,officially the Republic of Chile , is a country in South America occupying a long, narrow coastal strip between the Andes mountains to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. It borders Peru to the north, Bolivia to the northeast, Argentina to the east, and the Drake Passage in the far...
Joint Parliamentary Committee and a substitute for the
Delegation for relations with the countries of Central America.
Grandes entered politics in 1977 when he was elected as a UCD deputy for Guadalajara
Guadalajara (Spanish Congress Electoral District)
Guadalajara 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 sixth smallest district in terms of electorate...
in the Spanish General Election. He was re-elected in 1979 but lost his seat at the 1982 election. When the UCD disbanded in February 1983, he joined the Democratic Popular Party
Democratic Popular Party (Spain)
The People's Democratic Party was a christian-democratic Spanish political party.It was part of the Democratic Centre Union until 1982, when it entered into alliance with the Popular Alliance , which received the second largest number of votes in 1982 and 1986 elections.In 1989 the party, along...
(PDP) and returned to Congress at the 1986 election. The PDP merged with other parties in 1989 to form the current PP, for whom he was re-elected at the 1989, 1993, 1996, 2000 and 2004 General Elections.
Education
- GraduateGraduate schoolA graduate school is a school that awards advanced academic degrees with the general requirement that students must have earned a previous undergraduate degree...
in law - Law degree and doctoral studies (Law Faculty, Complutense University, Madrid)
- Practising lawyer and member of the bar associations of Guadalajara and Alcalá de Henares (Madrid)
- Secretary-General for YouthYouthYouth is the time of life between childhood and adulthood . Definitions of the specific age range that constitutes youth vary. An individual's actual maturity may not correspond to their chronological age, as immature individuals could exist at all ages.-Usage:Around the world, the terms "youth",...
in the National Executive of the UCD party - UCD National Organisation Secretary
- National Secretary-General of the Christian Democrats (PDP)
- Member of the PP National Executive Committee
- Chairman of the PP Provincial and Regional Electoral Committee
Career
- 1983-1987 and 1991-1995: Member of the Regional Parliament of Castile-La Mancha and spokesman of the PP parliamentary group
- 1996-2000 and 2000-2004: Member of the Spanish Congress of DeputiesSpanish Congress of DeputiesThe Spanish Congress of Deputies is the lower house of the Cortes Generales, Spain's legislative branch. It has 350 members, elected by popular vote on block lists by proportional representation in constituencies matching the Spanish provinces using the D'Hondt method. Deputies serve four-year terms...
(1977–1979, 1979–1982, 1986–1989, 1993–1996 - 1996-2004: Spokesman for the PP parliamentary group in the Spanish Congress of DeputiesSpanish Congress of DeputiesThe Spanish Congress of Deputies is the lower house of the Cortes Generales, Spain's legislative branch. It has 350 members, elected by popular vote on block lists by proportional representation in constituencies matching the Spanish provinces using the D'Hondt method. Deputies serve four-year terms...
- 1977-1979: Third Secretary of the Bureau of the Chamber of Deputies and member of the Constitutional CommitteeCommitteeA committee is a type of small deliberative assembly that is usually intended to remain subordinate to another, larger deliberative assembly—which when organized so that action on committee requires a vote by all its entitled members, is called the "Committee of the Whole"...
in the Constituent Assembly - Patron of the Foundation for Analysis and Social Studies and of the Foundation for Humanism and Democracy
Decorations
- Order of Constitutional Merit (Spain)
- Order of Bernardo O'Higgins (ChileChileChile ,officially the Republic of Chile , is a country in South America occupying a long, narrow coastal strip between the Andes mountains to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. It borders Peru to the north, Bolivia to the northeast, Argentina to the east, and the Drake Passage in the far...
)
See also: European Parliament election, 2004 (Spain)
European Parliament election, 2004 (Spain)
The European Parliament election of 2004 in Spain was the election of Members of the European Parliament representing Spain constituency for the 2004-2009 term of the European Parliament. It was part of the wider 2004 European election...