Lorenzo Olarte Cullen

Lorenzo Olarte Cullen (8 December 1932 – 2 February 2024) was a Canarian politician and lawyer. He was president of the Canary Islands autonomous region^[1] but served only three years of his four-year term.

Lorenzo Olarte Cullen
Cullen in 1979
3rd President of the Canary Islands
In office 1988–1991
Preceded by	Fernando Fernández Martín
Succeeded by	Jerónimo Saavedra Acevedo
Personal details
Born	(1932-12-08)8 December 1932 Ponteareas, Galicia, Spain
Died	2 February 2024(2024-02-02) (aged 91) Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
Spouse	Maria Lecuona

Olarte Cullen was awarded the Gran Cruz de San Raimundo de Peñafort, the highest honor for a Spanish jurist, the Gran Cruz del Mérito Civil, created by the Spanish King Alfonso XIII, recognizes the services of Spanish and foreign citizens on behalf of Spain, the Gran Cruz del Mérito Militar,^[2] for his collaboration in the decolonization of the former Spanish Sahara, the Alfonso X el Sabio, for his contribution to the development of Education and the Gran Collar de las Islas Canarias, the highest honor in the Canary Islands.

After the ban on bullfighting in Catalonia, Olarte Cullen argued that the 1991 Canarian law of animal protection did not forbid bullfighting against what was being claimed.^[3]

Olarte Cullen died on 2 February 2024, at the age of 91.^[4]

Electoral history

Election	House	Constituency	Party		No.	Result
1979	Congress of Deputies	Las Palmas		UCD	1st (out of 6)	Y Elected
1982	Congress of Deputies	Las Palmas		CDS	1st (out of 6)	N Not elected
1983	Parliament of the Canary Islands	Gran Canaria		CDS	1st (out of 15)	Y Elected
1987	Parliament of the Canary Islands	Gran Canaria		CDS	1st (out of 15)	Y Elected
1991	Parliament of the Canary Islands	Gran Canaria		CDS	1st (out of 15)	Y Elected
1993	Congress of Deputies	Las Palmas		CC	1st (out of 7)	Y Elected
1995	Parliament of the Canary Islands	Gran Canaria		CC	1st (out of 15)	Y Elected
2003	Parliament of the Canary Islands	Gran Canaria		UC–FNC	1st (out of 15)	N Not elected
2007	Parliament of the Canary Islands	Gran Canaria		CCN	1st (out of 15)	N Not elected
2007	Island Council of Gran Canaria	—		CCN	1st (out of 29)	N Not elected

References

1. Political and economic encyclopaedia of Western Europe - Page 45
2. Quién es quién en España - Page 1029
3. "La prohibición de la tauromaquia: un capítulo del antiespañolismo catalán". El Mundo. 29 July 2010. Retrieved 1 August 2010.
4. "Muere Olarte, el político que inventó el centro canario". Canarias7. 3 February 2024. Retrieved 3 February 2024.