Current PP Minister, Ana Pastor, new President of Spanish Parliament
Former Spanish Minister for Public Works, Ana Pastor, will chair the Spanish Parliament that emerged from the Spanish elections of the 26th of June. Thus, the XII term of office has officially started. A last minute agreement between Conservative People’s Party (PP) and Spanish Unionist ‘Ciutadans’ allowed Pastor, a key member in different PP governments, to be elected in the second round, with 169 votes out of the 350-seats in the Spanish Chamber. Spanish Socialist Party (PSOE) and Alternative left coalition ‘Unidos Podemos’ opted for PSOE’s Patxi López instead, who presided the Chamber for the last seven months, while pro-independence parties in the Chamber, liberal CDC and left wing ERC emitted a blank vote.
