Fernando Clavijo Batlle
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{{Expand Spanish|topic=bio|fa=yes|date=July 2018|Fernando Clavijo Batlle}}
{{family name hatnote|Clavijo|Batlle|lang=Spanish}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific-prefix = The Most Excellent
| name = Fernando Clavijo
| image = Fernando Clavijo Batlleon - 2023 (cropped).jpg
| caption = Clavijo in 2023
| office1 = President of the Canary Islands
| term_start1 = 14 July 2023
| term_end1 =
| predecessor1 = Ángel Víctor Torres
| successor1 =
| term_start2 = 9 July 2015
| term_end2 = 16 July 2019
| predecessor2 = Paulino Rivero
| successor2 = Ángel Víctor Torres
| birth_name = Fernando Clavijo Batlle
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1971|8|10|df=yes}}
| birth_place = El Sauzal, Tenerife, Spain
| party = Canarian Coalition
| spouse =
}}
Fernando Clavijo Batlle (born 10 August 1971) is a Spanish politician and incumbent president of the Canary Islands. A member of the Canarian Coalition, he previously served as president from 2015 to 2019.{{cite news |date=7 July 2015 |title=Fernando Clavijo, octavo presidente del Gobierno de Canarias |trans-title=Fernando Clavijo, eighth president of the Government of the Canary Islands |url=https://www.eldiario.es/canariasahora/especial/elecciones_2015/Fernando-Clavijo-presidente-Gobierno-Canarias_0_406660216.html |work=eldiario.es |language=Spanish |access-date=5 July 2018}}
Education
He studied economics and business at the University of La Laguna, working in the private sector at the same time. He then became an advisor to the musical activities organization of San Cristóbal de La Laguna.{{cite web |title=Biografía de Fernando Clavijo Batlle |url=https://modelocurriculum.net/biografias/politicos/fernando-clavijo |website=Modelo Curriculum |access-date=17 January 2025 |language=es}}
Involvement in the Canarian nationalists
He joined the Tenerife Independents Group (ATI) in 1992. He became general secretary of the ATI Youth of San Cristóbal de La Laguna in 1997, and became head of the youth organization in 2001.
First local mandates
He resigned from all his functions in 2003, following his election to the municipal council of San Cristóbal de La Laguna, where he was municipal councilor delegated to Security. After the elections of May 27, 2007, Mayor Ana Oramas appointed him, at the age of 35, first deputy, delegated to Urban Planning.
Mayor of San Cristóbal de La Laguna
Following the election of Oramas to the Congress of Deputies, Fernando Clavijo was sworn in as Mayor of San Cristóbal de La Laguna on 21 November 2008, with the Canarian Coalition having 15 out of 27 elected representatives. A candidate for his own succession in the election of 22 May 2011, he only won 13 seats. However, he began a second term, thanks to the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE).
On 12 September 2014, he ran for the Canarian Coalition's nomination for the regional elections of 24 May 2015, against the incumbent Paulino Rivero. In the first round, he received 45 votes, compared to the 55 needed and 40 for Rivero. The latter then decided to withdraw before the second round, and Clavijo obtained the nomination by 66 votes out of 92.{{cite web |title=Rivero renuncia a ser candidato de Coalición Canaria para las autonómicas por falta de apoyo |trans-title=Rivero resigns from being a candidate for the Canary Islands Coalition for the regional elections due to lack of support |url=https://archive.wikiwix.com/cache/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.elmundo.es%2Fespana%2F2014%2F09%2F12%2F541332d622601d13648b45a1.html |publisher=El Mundo |date=12 September 2014}}
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Category:Canarian Coalition politicians
Category:Members of the 9th Parliament of the Canary Islands
Category:Members of the 10th Parliament of the Canary Islands
Category:Members of the 14th Senate of Spain