dead predecessor successor religion birth_place nationality party birth_date order term_start spouse image article_title term_end
alive ignacio diego josé joaquín martínez sieso ignacio diego roman catholicism polaciones , cantabria , spain spain prc 23 january 1943 president of cantabria 3 july 2015 27 june 2003 aurora díaz foto miguel Ángel revilla.jpg miguel Ángel revilla
 23 june 2011
miguel Ángel revilla

miguel Ángel revilla roiz , the current president of the autonomous community of cantabria -lrb- spain -rrb- was born in polaciones , cantabria , on 23 january 1943 .
in 1976 , he was a founder of the association in defense of the interests of cantabria -lrb- adic -rrb- , a pioneer organization in the defense of the autonomy of cantabria , and later of the regionalist party of cantabria -lrb- prc -rrb- , founded in 1978 .
in the fourth regional congress , on 20 march 1988 , miguel Ángel revilla was elected for the first time as general secretary , a position that he has occupied uninterruptedly since then , with the ratification of the successive congresses , held on 9 november 1991 , on 13 november 1994 , on 8 november 1998 , and on 17 november 2002 .
he has exercised the vice-presidency and the ministry of public works in the government of cantabria in the 1995-1999 and 1999-2003 terms .
in the 25 may 2003 , regional elections his party obtained the highest vote increase : 60 percent more than in the previous elections .
on 27 june 2003 , despite his party being the third most voted , miguel Ángel revilla , after a coalition with spanish socialist workers ' party -lrb- psoe -rrb- , was chosen president of cantabria .
in the 27 may 2007 elections , prc rose to second place , with a result that again gave them enough seats to form a coalition with the psoe , being re-elected in june that year as president .
in the 22 may 2011 elections , prc was also the second party , but the people 's party -lrb- pp -rrb- obtained an absolute majority .
in the 23 may 2015 elections , pp lost the absolute majority and prc remained the second party ; revilla was elected president again with the support of psoe .
