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8th General Junta
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Overview
Legislative body	General Junta of the Principality of Asturias
Term	15 June 2011 – 30 January 2012
Election	22 May 2011
Government	Cascos
Deputies
Members	45
President	Fernando Goñi (PP)
First Vice-President	Vicente Herranz (PSOE)
Second Vice-President	Pelayo Roces (FAC)
First Secretary	María Clara del Pilar Costales (PSOE)
Second Secretary	Cristina Coto (FAC)

The 8th General Junta was the meeting of the General Junta, the parliament of the Principality of Asturias, with the membership determined by the results of the regional election held on 22 May 2011. The congress met for the first time on 15 June 2011. It is the shortest meeting of the democratic General Junta as it ended after then President of Asturias, Francisco Álvarez-Cascos, called a snap election, being the first non-historic autonomous community (different from Andalusia, Catalonia, the Basque Country or Galicia) to do so.

Election

The 8th Asturian regional election was held on 22 May 2011. At the election, Asturias Forum (FAC), a split from the People's Party (PP), won the most seats despite PSOE obtaining more votes.

Alliance		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	179,619	29.92%	15	6
	Forum of Citizens (FAC)	178,031	29.66%	16	16
	People's Party (PP)	119,767	19.95%	10	10
	United Left of Asturias-The Greens (IU-LV)	61,703	10.28%	4
	Others/blanks	62,588	10.18%	0
Total		600,274	100.00%	45

History

The new parliament met for the first time on 15 June 2011. Fernando Goñi (PP) was elected as the president of the General Junta, with the support of PP and PSOE.

Deaths, resignations and suspensions

The 8th General Junta has seen the following deaths, resignations and suspensions:

• 20 July 2011 - María Isabel Marqués (Foro) resigned after being appointed Minister of Infrastructures, Territorial Planning and Environment in the Asturian government. Isidro Martínez Oblanca (Foro) resigned after being appointed senator by the General Junta. José Manuel Rivero (Foro) resigned after being appointed Minister of Economy and Employment in the Asturian government. Marcial González (Foro), Lilián María Fernández (Foro) and Josefina María Asunción Collado (Foro) replaced them, respectively, on 29 July 2011.
• 7 December 2011 - Enrique Álvarez Sostres (Foro) resigned after being elected member of the Congress of Deputies. Manuel Fano (Foro) replaced him on 15 December 2011.

Members

References

1. "Asturias, la primera comunidad no histórica que adelanta elecciones". El Comercio (in Spanish). 30 January 2012. Archived from the original on 2021-03-13. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
2. ^ "El PP pacta con el PSOE y consigue la Presidencia de la Junta para Fernando Goñi". La Nueva España (in Spanish). 2011-06-15. Retrieved 2021-03-21.
3. "Manuel Fano entra este jueves en el grupo parlamentario de Foro". El Comercio (in European Spanish). 13 December 2011. Retrieved 22 March 2021.

External links

• Official website of the General Junta
• All members of the General Junta

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