Ramón Luis Valcárcel
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Ramón Luis Valcárcel MEP |
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| Member of the European Parliament | |
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Assumed office May 2014 |
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| Constituency | Spain |
| President of the Region of Murcia | |
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In office 3 July 1995 – 14 April 2014 |
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| Monarch | Juan Carlos I |
| Preceded by | María Antonia Martínez |
| Succeeded by | Alberto Garre López |
| Personal details | |
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Ramon Luis Valcárcel Siso November 16, 1954 Murcia, Spain |
| Nationality | Spanish |
| Political party |
 Spain:People's Party  EU:European People's Party |
| Spouse(s) | Camila Valcárcel |
| Children | 3 |
| Alma mater | University of Murcia |
| Religion | Roman Catholicism |
Ramon Luis Valcárcel Siso (born November 16, 1954) is a Spanish politician and Member of the European Parliament from Spain. He has served as President of the Autonomous Community of the Region of Murcia from 1995 to 2014, and former president of the Committee of the Regions (CoR) of the European Union.
He was born in Murcia in 1954, is married and father of three children. He is licensed in Philosophy and Letters by the University of Murcia, and he was a high school teacher of "Art's history" and he performed as a researcher. He researched about this topic and about typical customs and popular traditions of Murcia.
Valcárcel started his political career in 1982, the year in which he joined the Popular Alliance (now the People's Party (PP)) and later took on responsibility for the territorial organization of the Local Meeting of the municipality of Murcia.
In October, 1983 he became a member of the Executive Regional Committee of the PP, as the person in charge of the Territorial Area of the Region of Murcia. Four years later, in 1987, he was nominated a regional vice-president of the People's party.
In the Municipal Elections of 1987 he was elected a councilman of the Town of Murcia, regaining the function of president and speaker of the Municipal Group for the People's party.
In 1991, as head of list of the People's party, he won the Municipal Elections to the Town of Murcia, though an agreement between the Socialist and the United Left parties prevented him from acceding to the Mayoralty.
In November 1991, he was elected president of the People's party of the Region of Murcia, a post that he has retained in successive congresses.
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