Juan Hormaechea

Juan Hormaechea
3rd and 5th
President of Cantabria
In office
24 June 1987 – 5 December 1990
Preceded byÁngel Díaz de Entresotos
Succeeded byJaime Blanco García
In office
2 July 1991 – 13 July 1995
Preceded byJaime Blanco García
Succeeded byJosé Joaquín Martínez Sieso
Mayor of Santander
In office
15 June 1977 – 24 June 1987
Preceded byAlfonso Fuente Alonso [es]
Succeeded byManuel Huerta Castillo [es]
Personal details
Born
Juan Hormaechea Cazón

(1939-06-05)5 June 1939
Santander, Cantabria, Spain
Died1 December 2020 (aged 81)
Santander
Political partyUCD
Independent (linked to AP)
UPCA

Juan Hormaechea Cazón (5 June 1939 – 1 December 2020) was a Spanish politician who served as President of Cantabria between 1987 and 1990, and again from 1991 to 1995. He was also Mayor of Santander between 1977 and 1987.[1] Hormaechea founded the Union for the Progress of Cantabria (UPCA) political party in 1991 after a split from the larger People's Party of Cantabria (PP). The UPCA dissolved in 2003.

On 24 October 1994 the High Court of Justice of Cantabria condemned him to 6 years and one day in prison and 14 years of disqualification for a crime of embezzlement and another of prevarication. He never entered jail because he was pardoned by Prime Minister Felipe González in 1995.[2][3]

  1. ^ "Hormaechea, the first president brought to court". El País (in Spanish). 2011-07-15.
  2. ^ "Hormaechea, condenado a seis años de prisión". El País (in Spanish). 1994-10-25.
  3. ^ "Hormaechea se libra de la cárcel gracias a un indulto del Consejo de Ministros". El País (in Spanish). 1995-10-17.