Yolanda Barcina
| Yolanda Barcina | |
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| 9th President of the Gobierno de Navarra | |
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In office 23 June 2011 – 20 July 2015 |
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| Preceded by | Miguel Sanz |
| Succeeded by | Uxue Barkos |
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Yolanda Barcina Angulo 4 April 1960 Burgos, Castile and León, Spain |
| Nationality | Spanish |
| Political party | Navarrese People's Union |
Yolanda Barcina Angulo (4 April 1960 in Burgos) is a conservative Spanish politician who was the mayor of Pamplona, Navarre from 1999 to 2011, and elected the chairwoman of the Navarrese People's Union (UPN) in 2009. From 2011 to 2015, she was the President of the Chartered Community of Navarre.
Barcina's parents settled in Navarre when she was 17 and she studied pharmacy at the University of Navarre. Barcina worked as a professor at various Spanish universities including the Universidad Pública de Navarra, where she served as the vice-rector from 1995 to 1996. Barcina was elected the mayor (alcaldesa) of Pamplona in 1999 and the vice-president of the UPN in 2003. In 2009, she took the position of Miguel Sanz in the party, before winning the elections for President of Navarre.
In 2001, Barcina had a debate with actress Penélope Cruz about the San Fermín running of the bulls. She has distinguished herself for her hard-line approach on Basque nationalism, and a rigid stance on environmental issues, favouring controversial engineering projects like the construction of the Itoiz Reservoir, the high speed train (in the offing) and the trans-Pyrenean motorway (in the offing). On this account, Barcina was subjected to a spectacular pie smash on the face at a meeting in Toulouse.
Barcina held office in Navarre on a Regionalist ticket (UPN) from 2011 to 2015, initially with Socialist support. After regional elections, a multiparty coalition spearheaded by Uxue Barkos (Geroa Bai) removed Barcina from regional office in July 2015.
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