Manuel Giner Miralles
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Manuel Giner Miralles is a Spanish doctor, entrepreneur and politician.
(AP) in the Valencian Community and was a member of the party's Provincial Executive Committee. As an AP member he was elected to the national parliament as a deputy for Valencia province
at the 1982 General Election
. However he resigned after one year in order to stand for election for Valencia Province to the Corts Valencianes
, the reconstituted Valencian regional parliament in 1983
. He was the lead AP candidate and therefore candidate for President of the Valencian Community but lost to the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party
(PSOE) candidate Joan Lerma
. In January 1986, following internal disagreements, he threatened to resign from the AP but remained in the party after the intervention of the AP leader Manuel Fraga. He coordinated the AP campaign for the June 1987 regional election
and was re-elected as a regional deputy.
, he returned to the Corts Valencianes at the 1995 election
as a UV deputy, serving until 1999.
In 1967, before his career in politics, he was one of the founders of Grupo Hospitales Nisa, one of the leading companies in the Spanish private health sector. In 1972 he became Nisa's Chief Executive Officer until 1997. In 1998 Giner was named "John Paul II, Family and Life Foundation" chief. He was also CEO of Edifesa, a construction company, until his retirement in 2006 at age 80.
In January 2009, he was one of several former members of the Corts Valencianes who criticised the pension scheme for former members of the legislature as being inadequate.
Early elections
Giner was one of the founder members of the Popular AlliancePopular Alliance (Spain)
The People's Alliance was a electoral coalition, and later a political party, founded in 1976 by Manuel Fraga along with six other former Francoist ministers.- History :...
(AP) in the Valencian Community and was a member of the party's Provincial Executive Committee. As an AP member he was elected to the national parliament as a deputy for Valencia province
Valencia (Spanish Congress Electoral District)
Valencia is one of the 52 electoral districts used for the Spanish Congress of Deputies—the lower chamber of the Spanish Parliament, the Cortes Generales. It is the third largest district in Congress in terms of the numbers of deputies elected, as it elects sixteen deputies out of the total...
at the 1982 General Election
Spanish general election, 1982
General elections were held in Spain on 28 October 1982.PSOE and PSC presented two different lists of candidates: with the PSOE contesting most of Spain and the PSC only standing in Catalonia...
. However he resigned after one year in order to stand for election for Valencia Province to the Corts Valencianes
Corts Valencianes
The Corts Valencianes are the main legislative body of the Generalitat Valenciana and therefore of the Valencian Community. The main location of the Corts is in the Palace of Benicarló in Valencia; however it can meet at any location in Valencian territory. The Corts has its origins in bodies...
, the reconstituted Valencian regional parliament in 1983
Elections to the Corts Valencianes, 1983
The Elections to the Corts Valencianes, 1983 were the first democratic elections to the Corts Valencianes, the Valencian regional parliament, since the Spanish transition to democracy and were held on 8 May of that year. The elections were held using closed list proportional representation in three...
. He was the lead AP candidate and therefore candidate for President of the Valencian Community but lost to the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party
The Spanish Socialist Workers' Party is a social-democratic political party in Spain. Its political position is Centre-left. The PSOE is the former ruling party of Spain, until beaten in the elections of November 2011 and the second oldest, exceeded only by the Partido Carlista, founded in...
(PSOE) candidate Joan Lerma
Joan Lerma
Joan Lerma i Blasco is a Spanish politician for the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party , who served as the first democratically elected President of the Valencian Community since the restoration of democracy in the 1970s....
. In January 1986, following internal disagreements, he threatened to resign from the AP but remained in the party after the intervention of the AP leader Manuel Fraga. He coordinated the AP campaign for the June 1987 regional election
Elections to the Corts Valencianes, 1987
The Elections to the Corts Valencianes, 1987 were the second democratic elections to the Corts Valencianes, the Valencian regional parliament, since the Spanish transition to democracy and were held on 10 June of that year...
and was re-elected as a regional deputy.
Expulsion from the Popular Alliance
The AP defeat in that election caused an internal crisis which had initially stemmed from disagreements over those nominated to contest the election for the party Giner argued that some in the AP had not been satisfied with replacing him as regional head of the AP but had also wanted to remove him completely from the candidate list. Eventually he had been included on the list as the third candidate. He criticised the organisation of the AP in Valencia region and particularly the regional AP presodent Ignacio Gil Lázaro. Giner publicly implied that defecting to the Valencian Union (UV), a right wing regional party that had grown in strength in this period, was a possibility. When Gil Lázaro asked him to clarify his position, he responded by asking for a period of reflection. This led to his expulsion from AP, an action that he denounced as "illegal" and "against the statutes of the AP." He subsequently joined UV in September 1987 and although he did not contest the 1991 electionElections to the Corts Valencianes, 1991
The Elections to the Corts Valencianes, 1991 were the third democratic elections to the Corts Valencianes, the Valencian regional parliament, since the Spanish transition to democracy and were held on 26 May of that year...
, he returned to the Corts Valencianes at the 1995 election
Elections to the Corts Valencianes, 1995
The Elections to the Corts Valencianes, 1995 were the fourth democratic elections to the Corts Valencianes, the Valencian regional parliament, since the Spanish transition to democracy and were held on 28 May of that year...
as a UV deputy, serving until 1999.
In 1967, before his career in politics, he was one of the founders of Grupo Hospitales Nisa, one of the leading companies in the Spanish private health sector. In 1972 he became Nisa's Chief Executive Officer until 1997. In 1998 Giner was named "John Paul II, Family and Life Foundation" chief. He was also CEO of Edifesa, a construction company, until his retirement in 2006 at age 80.
In January 2009, he was one of several former members of the Corts Valencianes who criticised the pension scheme for former members of the legislature as being inadequate.