Alberto Fabra

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Alberto Fabra
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President of the Generalitat Valenciana
In office
28 July 2011 – 25 June 2015
Monarch Juan Carlos I
Felipe VI
Preceded by Francisco Camps
Succeeded by Ximo Puig
Personal details
Born (1964-04-06) 6 April 1964 (age 59)
Castellón de la Plana, Spain
Nationality Spanish
Political party PPCV
Spouse(s) Cristina Fortanet
Children 2
Alma mater Polytechnic University of Valencia
Occupation Architect, Politician
Religion Roman Catholicism

Alberto Fabra Part (Castellón de la Plana, 1964) is a Spanish politician who belongs to the People's Party. He was the fifth President of the Generalitat Valenciana since devolution was granted in 1982.

Personal life

He graduated in architecture at the Polytechnic University of Valencia in 1987.

He is married to Cristina Fortanet and has two children. He has denied being a cousin of the former President of the provincial Council of Castellón, Carlos Fabra.[1]

Political career

He had his first political office in 1991, when he was elected Councillor of the city of Castellón de la Plana. In 1993 he became Councillor for youth and environment and, in 1999, he was appointed Councillor for urban planning. In 2005, he was appointed Mayor of the city, after José Luis Gimeno resigned. Fabra held the position in the municipal elections of 2007 and 2011 (elections in which he was also elected to the Corts Valencianes). In 2009, he was appointed coordinator of the People's Party in the Valencian Community.[2]

President of the Generalitat

On 20 July 2011, when Francisco Camps resigned, he was appointed President of the Generalitat Valenciana.[3]

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