Juan Antonio Morales (politician)
Juan Antonio Morales Álvarez (born 13 October 1970)[1] is a Spanish politician.
Born in Badajoz, Extremadura, he was the mayor of Lobón in the Province of Badajoz from 1995 to 2012.[2] He was a member of the provincial deputation from 1999 to 2011, when he was elected to the Assembly of Extremadura.[1] He attended an event on 2 December 2016 – Francisco Franco's birthday – in which he received an award from the Franco Foundation for defending the dictator's memory.[3]
In September 2018, he left the People's Party (PP) after opposing its regional recognition of the Historical Memory Law.[4] He then joined Vox, becoming its first regional deputy.[5] He led his new party in the 2019 Extremaduran regional election, in which they won no seats, having finished under the threshold of 5%.[6]
Morales and several other Extremaduran politicians left Vox in April 2021, accusing it of hypocrisy for employing consultants and permanent staff despite its platform of lowering public spending.[7]
References
- ^ a b "MORALES ÁLVAREZ, Juan Antonio" (in Spanish). Provincial Deputation of Badajoz. Retrieved 17 November 2022.
- ^ "Juan Antonio Morales se despide de la alcaldía de Lobón" [Juan Antonio Morales says goodbye to the Lobón mayor's office]. Crónicas de un Pueblo (in Spanish). 13 September 2012. Retrieved 17 November 2022.
- ^ "La Fundación Franco premia a tres cargos del PP por "defender la memoria del Caudillo"" [Franco Foundation awards three PP office holders for "defending the memory of the Caudillo"]. El Confidencial (in Spanish). 13 December 2016. Retrieved 17 November 2022.
- ^ Romero, Rocío (12 January 2019). "Morales y Pozo se pasan a VOX" [Morales and Pozo move to VOX]. Hoy (in Spanish). Retrieved 17 November 2022.
- ^ Viejo, Manuel (12 January 2019). "El primer diputado de Vox, 'tránsfuga' y franquista: "El feminismo es una ideología de izquierdas"" [Vox's first deputy, 'turncoat' and Francoist: "Feminism is a left-wing ideology"]. El País (in Spanish). Retrieved 17 November 2022.
- ^ "Juan Antonio Morales: «Más de 25.000 personas han creído en nuestro programa»" [Juan Antonio Morales: "More than 25,000 people have believed in our program"]. Hoy (in Spanish). 27 May 2019. Retrieved 17 November 2022.
- ^ "Cisma en Vox en Badajoz: "Es un partido antidemocrático"" [Schism in Vox in Badajoz: "It's an anti-democratic party"]. El Independiente (in Spanish). 6 April 2021. Retrieved 17 November 2022.