Lorenzo Olarte Cullen
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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.
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 | bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | UCD | 1st (out of 6) | check Elected |
| 1982 | Congress of Deputies | Las Palmas | bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | CDS | 1st (out of 6) | Template:Cross Not elected |
| 1983 | Parliament of the Canary Islands | Gran Canaria | bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | CDS | 1st (out of 15) | check Elected |
| 1987 | Parliament of the Canary Islands | Gran Canaria | bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | CDS | 1st (out of 15) | check Elected |
| 1991 | Parliament of the Canary Islands | Gran Canaria | bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | CDS | 1st (out of 15) | check Elected |
| 1993 | Congress of Deputies | Las Palmas | bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | CC | 1st (out of 7) | check Elected |
| 1995 | Parliament of the Canary Islands | Gran Canaria | bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | CC | 1st (out of 15) | check Elected |
| 2003 | Parliament of the Canary Islands | Gran Canaria | bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | UC–FNC | 1st (out of 15) | Template:Cross Not elected |
| 2007 | Parliament of the Canary Islands | Gran Canaria | bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | CCN | 1st (out of 15) | Template:Cross Not elected |
| 2007 | Island Council of Gran Canaria | — | bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | CCN | 1st (out of 29) | Template:Cross Not elected |
References
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- ↑ Political and economic encyclopaedia of Western Europe – Page 45
- ↑ Quién es quién en España – Page 1029
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- 1932 births
- 2024 deaths
- People from Ponteareas
- Democratic and Social Centre (Spain) politicians
- Members of the 1st Congress of Deputies (Spain)
- Members of the 5th Congress of Deputies (Spain)
- Canarian Coalition politicians
- Presidents of the Canary Islands
- Canarian Roman Catholics