Alicia Sánchez-Camacho

Alicia Sánchez-Camacho
Member of the Catalan Parliament
Incumbent
Assumed office 6 July 2008
Constituency	Barcelona
Member of the Congress of Deputies
In office 14 March 2004 – 9 March 2008
Constituency	Barcelona
Personal details
Born	Alicia Sánchez-Camacho Pérez 22 April 1966 Blanes, Catalonia, Spain
Nationality	Spanish
Political party	People's Party of Catalonia
Occupation	Lawyer

Alicia Sánchez-Camacho Pérez (born 22 April 1966) is a Spanish lawyer and politician. She has served as the President of the People's Party in Catalonia since 6 July 2008.^[1]

Sánchez-Camacho was born to Manchego and Extremaduran parents in Blanes. Her father was a Guardia Civil officer.^[2]

Sánchez-Camacho was elected as a deputy for the Province of Girona in the Catalonian parliamentary elections of 1999 and 2003.^[3] She was also elected as the Deputy for Barcelona Province in the Spanish general election of 2004.^[4] On 16 April 2008, Sánchez-Camacho was appointed by the Parliament of Catalonia to replace Daniel Sirera as one of its eight representatives in the Spanish Senate.^[4]

Following the People's Party's poor performance in Catalonia at the 2008 Spanish general election, Daniel Sirera reluctantly resigned as its regional chairman under pressure from the party's national leader, Mariano Rajoy.^[5] Sánchez-Camacho was Rajoy's chosen candidate for the regional chairmanship. She was challenged by Montserrat Nebrera, who ran on a more liberal-minded platform.^[1] Despite having the backing of the national leadership, Sánchez-Camacho polled a lower-than-expected 56% in winning the run-off election.^[1]

Ahead of the 2010 Catalonian parliamentary election, Sánchez-Camacho took the unusual step in Spanish politics of setting up the country's tolerance of high immigration as a key campaign topic.^[6][7]

References

1. "Sánchez Camacho no aceptará que Nebrera le reclame "nada" apelando al importante apoyo conseguido" (in Spanish). La Vanguardia. 6 July 2008. Retrieved 10 February 2010.
2. "La hija del comandante" (in Spanish). ABC. 13 December 2010. Retrieved 10 February 2015.
3. "Alicia Sánchez Camacho: "Preferiría pactar con la CiU de Jordi Pujol"" (in Spanish). El Periódico de Catalunya. 26 June 2008. Retrieved 10 February 2010.
4. "Alicia Sánchez-Camacho, la candidata de Rajoy" (in Spanish). RTVE. 4 July 2008. Retrieved 10 February 2010.
5. "Sirera renuncia tras la apuesta de Rajoy por Sánchez Camacho para liderar el PP catalán" (in Spanish). La Vanguardia. 1 July 2008. Retrieved 10 February 2010.
6. "Bad new days: Spain and immigration". The Economist. 394 (8668): 40. 6 February 2010. Archived from the original on 11 February 2010. Retrieved 10 February 2010.
7. Tom Worden (8 February 2010). "Spain sees sixfold increase in immigrants over decade". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 10 February 2010. Retrieved 10 February 2010.