Miguel Ángel Revilla

Miguel Ángel Revilla
President of Cantabria
In office 27 June 2003 – 23 June 2011
Preceded by	José Joaquín Martínez Sieso
Succeeded by	Ignacio Diego Palacios
Personal details
Born	January 23, 1943 (1943-01-23) (age 68) Polaciones, Cantabria, Spain
Nationality	Spain
Political party	PRC
Spouse(s)	Aurora Díaz
Religion	Roman Catholicism

Miguel Ángel Revilla Roiz, President of the Autonomous Community of Cantabria (Spain) [1], was born in Polaciones, Cantabria on 23 January 1943.

In 1976, he was a founder of the Association in Defense of the Interests of Cantabria (ADIC), a pioneer organization in the defense of the autonomy of Cantabria, and later of the Regionalist Party of Cantabria (PRC), founded in 1978. In the fourth Regional Congress, on 20 March 1988, Miguel Ángel Revilla was elected for the first time as General Secretary, a position that he has occupied uninterruptedly since then, with the ratification of the successive congresses, held on 9 November 1991, on 13 November 1994, on 8 November 1998, and on 17 November 2002.

He has exercised the Vice-presidency and the Ministry of Public Works in the Government of Cantabria in the 1995-1999 and 1999-2003 terms. In the 25 May 2003, Regional elections his party obtained the highest vote increase: 60 percent more than in the previous elections. On 27 June 2003, Despite his party being the third most voted, Miguel Ángel Revilla, after a coalition with Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE), was chosen President of Cantabria. In the 27 May 2007 elections PRC rose to second place, with a result that again gave them enough seats to form a coalition with the PSOE, being re-elected in June that year as president. In the 22 May 2011 elections PRC was also the second party, but the People's Party (PP) obtained absolute majority.

Preceded by José Joaquín Martínez Sieso	President of Cantabria 2003–present	Incumbent
Preceded by Eduardo Obregón Barreda	Secretary General PRC 1988–present	Incumbent

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Name	Revilla, Miguel Angel
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Date of birth	23 January 1943
Place of birth	Polaciones, Cantabria, Spain
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