Lorenzo Olarte Cullen

Infobox President


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name = Lorenzo Olarte Cullen

order = 3rdPresident of the Canary Islands
term_start = 1989
term_end = 1991
vicepresident = N/A
predecessor = Fernando Fernández Martín
successor = Jerónimo Saavedra Acevedo
birth_date = 1928
birth_place = Gran Canaria, Canary Islands
dead = alive
death_date =
death_place =
party = CDC
spouse = Maria Lecuona (divorced)
religion = Roman Catholic

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Lorenzo Olarte Cullen is a local Canarian politicia and lawyer. He is a former president of the Canary island Automous region but served oly 2 years of his 4 years term. He is currently the President of FICC (Fundacion Canaria para la Integracion y Cooperacion con China).

Olarte is 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, 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.