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{{Short description|Canarian politician and lawyer (1932–2024)}}
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|image = Lorenzo Olarte 1979 (cropped).jpg
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|caption = Cullen in 1979
|name = Lorenzo Olarte Cullen
|order = 3rd [[President of the Canary Islands]]
|term_start = 1988
|term_end = 1991
|predecessor = [[Fernando Fernández Martín]]
|successor = [[Jerónimo Saavedra Acevedo]]
|birth_date = {{Birth date|1932|12|8|df=y}}
|birth_place = [[Ponteareas]], [[Galicia (Spain)|Galicia]], [[Second Spanish Republic|Spain]]
|death_date = {{Death date and age|2024|2|2|1932|12|8|df=y}}
|death_place = [[Las Palmas de Gran Canaria]], Spain
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|spouse = Maria Lecuona
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'''Lorenzo Olarte Cullen''' (8 December 1932 – 2 February 2024) was a [[Canary Islands|Canarian]] politician and lawyer. He was president of the Canary Islands autonomous region<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=0aYVAQAAIAAJ&q=Lorenzo+Olarte+Cullen&dq=Lorenzo+Olarte+Cullen&lr=&cd=6 Political and economic encyclopaedia of Western Europe] - Page 45</ref> but served only three years of his four-year term.
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Olarte Cullen was awarded the [[Gran Cruz de San Raimundo de Peñafort]], the highest honor for a Spanish jurist, the [[Gran Cruz del Mérito Civil]], created by the [[Monarchy of Spain|Spanish King]] [[Alfonso XIII of Spain|Alfonso XIII]], recognizes the services of Spanish and foreign citizens on behalf of Spain, the [[Gran Cruz del Mérito Militar]],<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=ZXtmAAAAMAAJ&q=Lorenzo+Olarte+Cullen+%22gran+cruz%22&dq=Lorenzo+Olarte+Cullen+%22gran+cruz%22&lr=&cd=2 Quién es quién en España] - Page 1029</ref> for his collaboration in the decolonization of the former [[Spanish Sahara]], the Alfonso X el Sabio, for his contribution to the development of Education and the [[Gran Collar de las Islas Canarias]], the highest honor in the Canary Islands.
order = 3rd [[President of the Canary Islands]] |
term_start = 1989 |
term_end = 1991 |
predecessor = [[Fernando Fernández Martín]] |
successor = [[Jerónimo Saavedra Acevedo]] |
birth_date = {{Birth date and age |1932|12|8|df=y}}|
birth_place = [[Ponteareas]], [[Galicia (Spain)]] |
dead = alive |
death_date = |
death_place = |
party = |
spouse = Maria Lecuona|
religion = Roman Catholic
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|}}


After the [[ban on bullfighting in Catalonia]], Olarte Cullen argued that the 1991 Canarian law of animal protection did not forbid [[bullfighting]] against what was being claimed.<ref name="El Mundo Olarte">{{cite web |url=http://www.elmundo.es/elmundo/2010/07/28/toros/1280350886.html |title=La prohibición de la tauromaquia: un capítulo del antiespañolismo catalán |publisher=[[El Mundo (Spanish newspaper)|El Mundo]] |date=29 July 2010 |accessdate=1 August 2010}}</ref>
'''Lorenzo Olarte Cullen''' (born 8 December 1932) is a local [[Canary Islands|Canarian]] politician and lawyer. He is a former president of the Canary island Automous region<ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=0aYVAQAAIAAJ&q=Lorenzo+Olarte+Cullen&dq=Lorenzo+Olarte+Cullen&lr=&cd=6 Political and economic encyclopaedia of Western Europe] - Page 45</ref> but served only 2 years of his 4 years term. He is currently the President of FICC (Fundacion Canaria para la Integracion y Cooperacion con China).<ref>{{cite book|title=Who's Who in European Politics|date=1990|publisher=Bowker-Saur|isbn=0862919118|page=456}}</ref>


Olarte Cullen died on 2 February 2024, at the age of 91.<ref>{{cite news |title=Muere Olarte, el político que inventó el centro canario |url=https://www.canarias7.es/canarias/muere-lorenzo-olarte-20240203004230-nt_amp.html |access-date=3 February 2024 |publisher=Canarias7 |date=3 February 2024}}</ref>
Olarte is awarded the [[Gran Cruz de San Raimundo de Peñafort]], the highest honor for a Spanish jurist, the [[Gran Cruz del Mérito Civil]], created by the Spanish King Alfonso XIII, recognizes the services of Spanish and foreign citizens on behalf of Spain, the [[Gran Cruz del Mérito Militar]],<ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=ZXtmAAAAMAAJ&q=Lorenzo+Olarte+Cullen+%22gran+cruz%22&dq=Lorenzo+Olarte+Cullen+%22gran+cruz%22&lr=&cd=2 Quién es quién en España] - Page 1029</ref> for his collaboration in the decolonization of the former [[Spanish Sahara]], the Alfonso X el Sabio, for his contribution to the development of Education and the [[Gran Collar de las Islas Canarias]], the highest honor in the Canary Islands.


==Electoral history==
After the [[ban on bullfighting in Catalonia]], Olarte argued that the 1991 Canarian law of animal protection did not forbid [[bullfighting]] against what was being claimed.<ref name="El Mundo Olarte">{{cite web |url=http://www.elmundo.es/elmundo/2010/07/28/toros/1280350886.html |title=La prohibición de la tauromaquia: un capítulo del antiespañolismo catalán |publisher=[[El Mundo (Spanish newspaper)|El Mundo]] |date=2010-07-29 |accessdate=2010-08-01}}</ref>
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! width="12%"| No.
! width="12%"| Result
|-
! [[1979 Spanish general election|1979]]
| [[Congress of Deputies]]
| [[Las Palmas (Congress of Deputies constituency)|Las Palmas]]
| bgcolor="{{party color|Union of the Democratic Centre (Spain)}}"|
| [[Union of the Democratic Centre (Spain)|UCD]]
| 1st ''(out of 6)''
| {{tick|15}} '''Elected'''
|-
! [[1982 Spanish general election|1982]]
| Congress of Deputies
| Las Palmas
| bgcolor="{{party color|Democratic and Social Centre (Spain)}}"|
| [[Democratic and Social Centre (Spain)|CDS]]
| 1st ''(out of 6)''
| {{nowrap|{{cross|15}} '''Not elected'''}}
|-
! [[1983 Canarian regional election|1983]]
| [[Parliament of the Canary Islands]]
| [[Gran Canaria (Parliament of the Canary Islands constituency)|Gran Canaria]]
| bgcolor="{{party color|Democratic and Social Centre (Spain)}}"|
| CDS
| 1st ''(out of 15)''
| {{tick|15}} '''Elected'''
|-
! [[1987 Canarian regional election|1987]]
| Parliament of the Canary Islands
| Gran Canaria
| bgcolor="{{party color|Democratic and Social Centre (Spain)}}"|
| CDS
| 1st ''(out of 15)''
| {{tick|15}} '''Elected'''
|-
! [[1991 Canarian regional election|1991]]
| Parliament of the Canary Islands
| Gran Canaria
| bgcolor="{{party color|Democratic and Social Centre (Spain)}}"|
| CDS
| 1st ''(out of 15)''
| {{tick|15}} '''Elected'''
|-
! [[1993 Spanish general election|1993]]
| [[Congress of Deputies]]
| Las Palmas
| bgcolor="{{party color|Canarian Coalition}}"|
| [[Canarian Coalition|CC]]
| 1st ''(out of 7)''
| {{tick|15}} '''Elected'''
|-
! [[1995 Canarian regional election|1995]]
| Parliament of the Canary Islands
| Gran Canaria
| bgcolor="{{party color|Canarian Coalition}}"|
| CC
| 1st ''(out of 15)''
| {{tick|15}} '''Elected'''
|-
! [[2003 Canarian regional election|2003]]
| Parliament of the Canary Islands
| Gran Canaria
| bgcolor="{{party color|Canarian Nationalist Federation}}"|
| [[Canarian Nationalist Federation|UC–FNC]]
| 1st ''(out of 15)''
| {{nowrap|{{cross|15}} '''Not elected'''}}
|-
! [[2007 Canarian regional election|2007]]
| Parliament of the Canary Islands
| Gran Canaria
| bgcolor="{{party color|Nationalist Canarian Centre}}"|
| [[Nationalist Canarian Centre|CCN]]
| 1st ''(out of 15)''
| {{nowrap|{{cross|15}} '''Not elected'''}}
|-
! [[2007 Canarian Island Cabildo elections#Gran Canaria|2007]]
| [[Gran Canaria|Island Council of Gran Canaria]]
| —
| bgcolor="{{party color|Nationalist Canarian Centre}}"|
| CCN
| 1st ''(out of 29)''
| {{nowrap|{{cross|15}} '''Not elected'''}}
|}


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Latest revision as of 11:38, 7 March 2024

Lorenzo Olarte Cullen
Cullen in 1979
3rd President of the Canary Islands
In office
1988–1991
Preceded byFernando Fernández Martín
Succeeded byJerónimo Saavedra Acevedo
Personal details
Born(1932-12-08)8 December 1932
Ponteareas, Galicia, Spain
Died2 February 2024(2024-02-02) (aged 91)
Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
SpouseMaria Lecuona

Lorenzo Olarte Cullen (8 December 1932 – 2 February 2024) was a Canarian politician and lawyer. He was president of the Canary Islands autonomous region[1] but served only three years of his four-year term.

Olarte Cullen was awarded the Gran Cruz de San Raimundo de Peñafort, the highest honor for a Spanish jurist, the Gran Cruz del Mérito Civil, created by the Spanish King Alfonso XIII, recognizes the services of Spanish and foreign citizens on behalf of Spain, the Gran Cruz del Mérito Militar,[2] for his collaboration in the decolonization of the former Spanish Sahara, the Alfonso X el Sabio, for his contribution to the development of Education and the Gran Collar de las Islas Canarias, the highest honor in the Canary Islands.

After the ban on bullfighting in Catalonia, Olarte Cullen argued that the 1991 Canarian law of animal protection did not forbid bullfighting against what was being claimed.[3]

Olarte Cullen died on 2 February 2024, at the age of 91.[4]

Electoral history

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Election House Constituency Party No. Result
1979 Congress of Deputies Las Palmas UCD 1st (out of 6) checkY Elected
1982 Congress of Deputies Las Palmas CDS 1st (out of 6) ☒N Not elected
1983 Parliament of the Canary Islands Gran Canaria CDS 1st (out of 15) checkY Elected
1987 Parliament of the Canary Islands Gran Canaria CDS 1st (out of 15) checkY Elected
1991 Parliament of the Canary Islands Gran Canaria CDS 1st (out of 15) checkY Elected
1993 Congress of Deputies Las Palmas CC 1st (out of 7) checkY Elected
1995 Parliament of the Canary Islands Gran Canaria CC 1st (out of 15) checkY Elected
2003 Parliament of the Canary Islands Gran Canaria UC–FNC 1st (out of 15) ☒N Not elected
2007 Parliament of the Canary Islands Gran Canaria CCN 1st (out of 15) ☒N Not elected
2007 Island Council of Gran Canaria — CCN 1st (out of 29) ☒N Not elected

References

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  1. ^ Political and economic encyclopaedia of Western Europe - Page 45
  2. ^ Quién es quién en España - Page 1029
  3. ^ "La prohibición de la tauromaquia: un capítulo del antiespañolismo catalán". El Mundo. 29 July 2010. Retrieved 1 August 2010.
  4. ^ "Muere Olarte, el político que inventó el centro canario". Canarias7. 3 February 2024. Retrieved 3 February 2024.


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