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Spanish politician (born 1966)
In this
Spanish name , the first or paternal
surname is
Pollán and the second or maternal family name is
Fernández .
Carlo Pollán Fernández (born 1966)
[1] is a Spanish politician of the
Vox party. He was formerly a player, coach and president of the
CB Ademar León
handball club. Elected to the
Cortes of Castile and León in the
2022 election , he became the President of the Cortes.
Early life and career
Born in
León , Pollán is the son of a miner.
[2] He graduated in law and became an employment advisor, while being part of the
CB Ademar León
handball club from 1986 to 2013. He played as a goalkeeper for eight years and coached its youth teams before becoming club president in 2009.
[1]
[3] His presidency ended in bankruptcy over a €500,000 debt, with the club going through insolvency proceedings.
[4]
[5]
[6]
Pollán has two children and is separated from their mother.
[7]
Political career
In 2019, Pollán ran unsuccessfully for mayor of
Sariegos in the
local elections , and in fifth on Vox's list for the
Cortes of Castile and León in the
regional election . In the same year, he became the fourth person in the same year to lead Vox in the
Province of León , amidst a crisis over the party not entering the
Provincial Deputation .
[8]
Pollán led Vox's list in León for the
2022 Castilian-Leonese regional election .
[9] On 10 March, the
People's Party of
regional president
Alfonso Fernández Mañueco formed a government with Vox, the first regional government to include the party. Pollán became President of the Cortes, the
speaker .
[10]
Pollán openly opposes Spain's division into
autonomous communities , believing that this has turned a centralised state into 17 centralised states and has disadvantaged peripheral provinces such as his native León.
[7]
References
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a
b Estaire Cabañas, Óscar (10 March 2022).
"Carlos Pollán, de las canchas de balonmano a presidir las Cortes de Castilla y León" [Carlos Pollán, from the handball courts to presiding over the Cortes of Castile and León].
El Español (in Spanish). Retrieved 10 March 2022 .
^ Corbillón, Antonio (10 March 2022).
"Carlos Pollán, un hijo de minero hecho a sí mismo y acostumbrado a los balonazos" [Carlos Pollán, a self-made miner's son accustomed to heavy shots].
El Norte de Castilla (in Spanish). Retrieved 10 March 2022 .
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"Carlos Pollán, nuevo presidente de Ademar" [Carlos Pollán, new president of Ademar].
Marca (in Spanish). 2 July 2009. Retrieved 10 March 2022 .
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"Una deuda de 900.000 euros conduce al Ademar al concurso de acreedores" [900,000 euro debt leads Ademar into insolvency proceedings].
El Mundo (in Spanish).
EFE . 1 March 2013. Retrieved 13 April 2022 .
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"El Ademar pide concurso de acreedores" [Ademar requests insolvency proceedings].
Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). EFE. 2 March 2013. Retrieved 13 April 2022 .
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"El Ademar de León presenta concurso de acreedores" [Ademar de León enters insolvency proceedings] (in Spanish).
Cadena COPE . 28 February 2013. Retrieved 13 April 2022 .
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a
b Calvo, J. (10 March 2022).
"Pollán: el buen portero al que no le gustan las comunidades autónomas" [Pollán: the good goalkeeper who doesn't like autonomous communities] (in Spanish). Leo Noticias. Retrieved 14 March 2022 .
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"Carlos Pollán, el dirigente de Vox que presidirá las Cortes de Castilla y León, quebró el club de balonmano Ademar" [Carlos Pollán, the Vox leader who will preside over the Cortes of Castile and León, bankrupted the Ademar handball club].
ElDiario.es (in Spanish). 10 March 2022. Retrieved 10 March 2022 .
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"Carlos Pollán encabeza la lista leonesa de VOX a las elecciones del 13-F" [Carlos Pollán leads VOX's list in León for the elections of 13 Feb.] (in Spanish). Leo Noticias. 10 January 2022. Retrieved 10 March 2022 .
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"Vox speaker in Spain's Castilla y Leon regional parliament" .
Agenzia Nazionale Stampa Associata . 10 March 2022. Archived from
the original on 15 December 2022. Retrieved 10 March 2022 .