21st century Galicia

21st century Galicia

History of Galicia


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From 1990 to 2005, the region's government and parliament, the Xunta de Galicia was presided over by the "Partido Popular" ('People's Party', Spain's main national conservative party) under Manuel Fraga, a former minister and ambassador under the Franco regime. However, in the 2005 Galician elections, the People's Party lost its overall majority, while just remaining the largest party in the parliament.

In the event, power passed to a coalition between the "Partido dos Socialistas de Galicia" (PSdeG) ('Party of Galician Socialists'), a regional sister-party of Spain's main socialist party, the "Partido Socialista Obrero Español" ('Spanish Socialist Workers Party') and the BNG (a nationalist party). As the senior partner in the new coalition, the PSdeG nominated its leader, Emilio Perez Touriño, to serve as Galicia's new president.


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