Cayetano Polo Naharro (born 1973) is a Spanish former politician who was in the Citizens party. He was their leader for the 2019 Extremaduran regional election, where he won a seat in the Assembly of Extremadura.
Biography
Born in Cáceres, Polo qualified in Forestry from the Polytechnic University of Madrid and possesses a Master of Business Administration from the EOI Business School. He was uninvolved in politics until 2014, when he joined Citizens due to his admiration of party leader Albert Rivera's liberal policies. The following year, he led the party in his hometown's city council elections, and was elected.
In early 2019, he was the only candidate to lead Citizens in May's Extremaduran elections, as the party's only regional legislator, Victoria Domínguez, declined to stand. They came third, with seven seats and 11.3% of votes.
Polo resigned from his party and his seat in September 2020, due to differences in opinion with the party's national leadership under Rivera's successor, Inés Arrimadas. In November, he was hired as Head of Institutional Relations for Infinity Lithium, an Australian corporation intending to mine for lithium near Cáceres.
References
- "Ciudadanos agradece el trabajo de Cayetano Polo Naharro como portavoz del Grupo Parlamentario del partido en la Asamblea" [Citizens thank the work of Cayetano Polo Naharro as spokesperson for the party's parliamentary group in the Assembly] (in Spanish). Digital Extremadura. 24 September 2020. Retrieved 2 March 2021.
- Rumbo Ortega, Sira (10 April 2015). "Cayetano Polo es el candidato a la alcaldía por Ciudadanos" [Cayetano Polo is Citizens' candidate for mayor]. El Periódico de Extremadura (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 March 2021.
- ^ Barajas, Eduardo (25 May 2019). "¿Quién es ese candidato?" [Who is that candidate?]. El Periódico de Extremadura (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 March 2021.
- Hernández, José Luis (27 May 2019). "Vara consigue la mayoría absoluta" [Vara gets the absolute majority] (in Spanish). Cadena SER. Retrieved 2 March 2021.
- Soriano, Juan (24 September 2020). "Cayetano Polo deja Ciudadanos por discrepancias con la dirección nacional" [Cayetano Polo leaves Citizens due to discrepancies with the national leadership]. Hoy (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 March 2021.
- Birney, Matt (10 November 2020). "Infinity locks in key Spanish management". The West Australian. Retrieved 2 March 2021.
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