Alicia Sánchez-Camacho
Spanish politician (born 1967) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Alicia Sánchez-Camacho Pérez (born 22 April 1967) is a Spanish lawyer and politician. She served as the President of the People's Party in Catalonia from 2008 to 2017.[1]
Alicia Sánchez-Camacho | |
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First Secretary of the Congress of Deputies | |
Assumed office 13 January 2016 | |
Member of the Catalan Parliament | |
In office 6 July 2008 – 27 October 2015 | |
Constituency | Barcelona |
Member of the Congress of Deputies | |
In office 14 March 2004 – 9 March 2008 | |
Constituency | Barcelona and Girona |
Assumed office 13 January 2016 | |
Senator for designation of Catalan Parliament | |
In office 22 April 2008 – 13 January 2016 | |
President of People's Party of Catalonia | |
In office 6 July 2008 – 25 March 2017 | |
Preceded by | Daniel Sirera |
Succeeded by | Xavier García Albiol |
Personal details | |
Born | Alicia Sánchez-Camacho Pérez (1967-04-22) 22 April 1967 (age 57) Blanes, Catalonia, Spain |
Political party | People's Party of Catalonia |
Occupation | Lawyer |
Sánchez-Camacho was born to Manchego and Extremaduran parents in Blanes. Her father was a Guardia Civil officer.[2]
Sánchez-Camacho was elected as a deputy for the Province of Girona in the Catalan parliamentary elections of 1999 and 2003.[3] She was also elected as the Deputy for Barcelona Province in the Spanish general election of 2004.[4] On 16 April 2008, Sánchez-Camacho was appointed by the Parliament of Catalonia to replace Daniel Sirera as one of its eight representatives in the Spanish Senate.[4]
Following the People's Party's poor performance in Catalonia at the 2008 Spanish general election, Daniel Sirera reluctantly resigned as its regional chairman under pressure from the party's national leader, Mariano Rajoy.[5] Sánchez-Camacho was Rajoy's chosen candidate for the regional chairmanship. She was challenged by Montserrat Nebrera, who ran on a more liberal-minded platform.[1] Despite having the backing of the national leadership, Sánchez-Camacho polled a lower-than-expected 56% in winning the run-off election.[1]
Ahead of the 2010 Catalan parliamentary election, Sánchez-Camacho took the unusual step in Spanish politics of setting up the country's tolerance of high immigration as a key campaign topic.[6][7] Again, in 2013 and 2017, she was involved in the "Camargate" case, where she recorded a conversation with the objective of incriminating Catalan sovereignist parties and politicians in 2010.[8]