Javier Esparza (politician) explained
José Javier Esparza Abaurrea (born 20 July 1970) is a Spanish politician of the Navarrese People's Union (UPN). He has been president of his party since 2015, the same year that he entered the Parliament of Navarre.
Biography
Born in Pamplona, Esparza graduated in pedagogy from the University of Navarra and has a master's degree in Public Management from the Public University of Navarre. He began teaching in a primary school in 1996.[1]
From 1999 to 2007, Esparza was mayor of Agoitz. For the next four years, he was the managing director of the Navarrese Institute of Sport, then of the Navarrese Employment Service. In June 2012, he was named Minister of Rural Development, Environment and Local Administration in the Government of Navarre.[1]
Esparza became a member of the Navarrese People's Union (UPN) executive committee in 2013.[1] In November 2014, he received 61% of the votes to lead the party in the 2015 Navarrese regional election.[2] In those elections, his party was the most voted but lost four seats,[3] losing power for the first time in 19 years.[4]
In September 2015, Esparza was elected UPN president with 57% of the votes.[5] He led the Navarra Suma coalition with the People's Party of Navarre and Citizens in the 2019 Navarrese regional election, coming first with 20 seats – three more than the sum of its parts four years earlier – but again did not form government.[6] [7]
In June 2020, Esparza survived a leadership challenge from the UPN's leader in the Congress of Deputies, Sergio Sayas (58.2% to 41.8%).[8] In February 2022, he expelled Sayas and the party's only other congressman Carlos García Adanero from the party for disobeying orders and voting against labour reform.[9]
Notes and References
- News: José Javier Esparza anuncia que será candidato a liderar la lista de UPN en las próximas elecciones forales . José Javier Esparza announces that he will be the candidate to lead the UPN list in the next regional elections . 18 March 2022 . Noticias de Navarra . 17 November 2014 . Spanish . https://web.archive.org/web/20150928131906/http://www.noticiasdenavarra.com/2014/11/17/politica/navarra/jose-javier-esparza-anuncia-que-sera-candidato-a-liderar-la-lista-de-upn-en-las-proximas-elecciones-forales . 28 September 2015 . dead.
- News: José Javier Esparza encabezará la lista de UPN en las próximas elecciones forales . José Javier Esparza will lead the UPN's list in the next regional elections . 18 March 2022 . . 30 November 2014 . Spanish . 5 March 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160305021738/http://www.abc.es/espana/20141129/abci-jose-javier-esparza-encabezara-201411292122.html . live .
- News: UPN gana en Navarra pero tendrá difícil la gobernabilidad . UPN wins in Navarre but will find it difficult to govern . 18 March 2022 . . 25 May 2015 . Spanish . 18 March 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220318212753/https://www.lasexta.com/noticias/nacional/elecciones-autonomicas-municipales/upn-gana-navarra-pero-tendra-dificil-gobernabilidad_201505255724fd7e6584a81fd882fa0f.html . live .
- News: Uxue Barkos será la nueva presidenta de Navarra . Uxue Barkos will be the new president of Navarre . 18 March 2022 . ABC . 2 June 2015 . Spanish . 2 June 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150602193445/http://www.abc.es/videos-espana/20150602/uxue-barkos-sera-nueva-4271436873001.html . live .
- News: Unzué . Michelle . El parlamentario Javier Esparza, elegido nuevo presidente de UPN . 18 March 2022 . . 28 September 2015 . Spanish . 13 June 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210613181458/https://www.diariodenavarra.es/noticias/navarra/mas_navarra/2015/09/27/el_parlamentario_javier_esparza_elegido_nuevo_presidente_upn_253497_2061.html . live .
- News: Izarra . Josean . El recuento final da otro diputado a Navarra Suma y consolida a Javier Esparza como futuro presidente . Final recount gives Navarra Suma another deputy and consolidates Javier Esparza as future president . 18 March 2022 . . 29 May 2019 . Spanish . 24 January 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210124092829/https://www.elmundo.es/espana/2019/05/29/5ceec3fbfc6c836f798b45d8.html . live .
- News: Chivite es investida presidenta de Navarra en segunda votación . Chivite is invested as president of Navarre in second vote . 18 March 2022 . . 2 August 2019 . Spanish . 21 August 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200821091449/https://www.eitb.eus/es/noticias/politica/detalle/6584492/investidura-segunda-votacion-chivite-presidenta-navarra-2-agosto-2019/ . live .
- News: Barcos . Jesús . Beroiz . Unai . Esparza seguirá presidiendo UPN pero el voto a Sayas deja un aviso interno . Esparza continues as president of UPN but vote for Sayas leaves an internal warning . 18 March 2022 . Noticias de Navarra . 29 June 2020 . Spanish . 30 November 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201130114801/https://www.noticiasdenavarra.com/actualidad/politica/2020/06/29/esparza-seguira-presidiendo-upn-voto/1058560.html . live .
- News: Arnedo . Beatriz . Adanero y Sayas, expulsados de UPN dos años y medio . Adanero and Sayas, expelled from the UPN for two-and-a-half years . 17 March 2022 . . 2 March 2022 . Spanish . 17 March 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220317212247/https://www.diariodenavarra.es/noticias/navarra/2022/03/01/adanero-sayas-expulsados-upn-dos-anos-medio-519157-300.html . live .