Alejandro Valderas
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Alejandro Valderas Alonso (born 1962)[1] is a Spanish former politician. A member of the Leonese People's Union (UPL), he served in the Cortes of Castile and León from 2011 to 2015.
Born in La Bañeza in the Province of León, Valderas has a doctorate in history.[1]
In 1979, Valderas was a founding member of the Grupo Autonómico Leonés [gl]. In 1999, he was elected to the city council in León; re-elected four years later, he was put in charge of cultural affairs by the local government. In 2007, the Leonese People's Union (UPL) fell to two seats on the council, meaning that he was not re-elected.[2]
Valderas was named as the UPL's lead candidate in the León constituency in the 2011 Castilian-Leonese regional election, replacing Joaquín Otero [es], who had held that position since 1995.[1] The party fell from two seats to one, and Valderas sat in the mixed group with the sole deputy of the United Left (IU).[3] In his swearing-in, he swore to represent the "Kingdom of León" and pledged to give his parliamentary medal to the museum of the Mint in Segovia.[4] He said that this gesture came from kindness, rather than his rejection of the Region of León being part of Castile and León.[5] Valderas proposed moving the seat of the Regional Government of Castile and León away from Valladolid, citing that the autonomous community had no capital according to its constitution.[6]
After months of negotiations with the UPL executive, Valderas decided that he would not take part in any elections in 2015, due to fatigue. He returned to the University of León as a librarian.[1]
References
- 1 2 3 4 "La UPL propondrá a Alejandro Valderas como candidato a Presidente de la Junta" [UPL will propose Alejandro Valderas as candidate for President of the Junta]. Diario de León (in Spanish). 26 January 2011. Retrieved 20 July 2025.
- ↑ Caballero, Álvaro (24 March 2015). "Valderas deja la política tras 12 años como cargo de UPL" [Valderas leaves politics after 12 years as office-holder for the UPL]. Diario de León (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 July 2025.
- ↑ "Las Cortes se constituyen este martes con la toma de posesión de los 84 procuradores" [The Cortes will be initiated this Tuesday with the swearing-in of the 84 deputies] (in Spanish). Castilla y León Televisión. 13 June 2011. Retrieved 20 July 2025.
- ↑ "Valderas jura su escaño como procurador "por el reino de León" y entregará la Medalla a la Ceca segoviana" [Valderas swears his seat as the deputy "for the Kingdom of León" and will give his medal to the Segovia Mint]. 20 minutos (in Spanish). Europa Press. 14 June 2011. Retrieved 20 July 2025.
- ↑ "Valderas aclara que dona la medalla por "ser amable", aunque no se la impuso por su defensa a la autonomía leonesa" [Valderas clears up that he is giving away the medal "through kindness", though it was not to do with his defence of Leonese autonomy]. 20 minutos (in Spanish). Europa Press. 14 June 2011. Retrieved 20 July 2025.
- ↑ "Valderas lleva a las Cortes la descentralización de la Comunidad" [Valderas takes the decentralisation of the Community to the Cortes] (in Spanish). iLeón. 25 February 2012. Retrieved 20 July 2025.