Cristòfol Soler
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Cristòfol Soler | |
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| President of the Government of the Balearic Islands | |
| In office 28 July 1995 – 18 June 1996 | |
| Monarch | Juan Carlos I |
| Deputy | Rosa Estaràs |
| Preceded by | Gabriel Cañellas |
| Succeeded by | Jaume Matas |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Cristòfol Soler i Cladera 26 December 1956 Inca (Balearic Islands), Spain |
| Party | People's Party (until 2014) |
| Alma mater | University of Valencia |
Cristòfol Soler i Cladera (Catalan: [kɾisˈtɔfol soˈle i kləˈðeɾə]; born 26 December 1956) is a Spanish politician. He served as President of the Balearic Islands from July 1995 to June 1996, when his own party (People's Party) forced him to resign. He previously had served as president of the Parliament of the Balearic Islands from 19 June 1991 to 21 July 1995.[1][2] On 1 September 2014 he left the party. In April 2015 he was named president of the Assemblea Sobiranista de Mallorca (Souverainist Assembly of Mallorca), position he held until 12 April 2018 when a new president was elected.[3]
Solerism was a faction within the People's Party of the Balearic Islands between 1995 and 1996 that followed Cristòfol Soler.
Soler achieved the presidency after Gabriel Cañellas was forced to resign due to a corruption scandal. At first, he followed the ideals of his predecessor, however he was more keen on the importance of the Catalan language and the environment, as well as talking to the opposition and the civil society.
This turn earned him the disapproval of multiple members within his party. In May 1996 the major factions of the party called for a motion of no confidence, forcing him to resign.