# Alberto Fabra

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{{short description|Spanish politician}}
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| name             = Alberto Fabra
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| image            = Alberto Fabra 2015 (cropped).jpg
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| monarch          = [Juan Carlos I](/source/Juan_Carlos_I)<br/>[Felipe VI](/source/Felipe_VI_of_Spain)
| office           = [President of the Valencian Government](/source/President_of_the_Valencian_Government)
| leader           = 
| term_start       = 28 July 2011
| term_end         = 25 June 2015
| predecessor      = [Francisco Camps](/source/Francisco_Camps)
| successor        = [Ximo Puig](/source/Ximo_Puig)
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| birth_date       = {{birth date and age|1964|04|06|df=yes}}
| birth_place      = [Castellón de la Plana](/source/Castell%C3%B3n_de_la_Plana), [Valencian Community](/source/Valencian_Community), [Spain](/source/Spain)
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| spouse           = Cristina Fortanet
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| party            = [PPCV](/source/People's_Party_(Spain))
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| children         = 2
| alma_mater       = [Polytechnic University of Valencia](/source/Polytechnic_University_of_Valencia)
| occupation       = Technical Architect, Politician
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'''Alberto Fabra Part''' ([Castellón de la Plana](/source/Castell%C3%B3n_de_la_Plana), born 6 April 1964) is a Spanish politician who belongs to the [People's Party](/source/People's_Party_(Spain)). He was the fifth [President of the Valencian Government](/source/President_of_the_Valencian_Government) since devolution was granted in 1982.

== Personal life ==
He graduated in technical architecture at the [Polytechnic University of Valencia](/source/Polytechnic_University_of_Valencia) in 1987.

He is married to Cristina Fortanet and has two children. He has denied being a cousin of the former [President of the provincial Council of Castellón](/source/Province_of_Castell%C3%B3n), [Carlos Fabra](/source/Carlos_Fabra).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.elmundo.es/elmundo/tags/13/alberto-fabra.html|title=The other Fabra|publisher=[El Mundo](/source/El_Mundo_(Spain))|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111219074611/http://www.elmundo.es/elmundo/tags/13/alberto-fabra.html|archive-date=2011-12-19|url-status=live}}</ref>

On 23 March 2020, during [COVID-19 pandemic in Spain](/source/COVID-19_pandemic_in_Spain), Fabra was admitted to an [intensive care unit](/source/intensive_care_unit) after testing positive for [COVID-19](/source/COVID-19).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lavanguardia.com/local/valencia/20200323/4859196850/alberto-fabra-empeora-ingresa-en-la-uci-castellon-coronavirus.html|title=Alberto Fabra empeora e ingresa en la UCI por el coronavirus|date=2020-03-23|website=La Vanguardia|language=es|access-date=2020-03-23}}</ref>

== Political career ==
He had his first political office in 1991, when he was elected Councillor of the city of [Castellón de la Plana](/source/Castell%C3%B3n_de_la_Plana). In 1993 he became Councillor for youth and environment and, in 1999, he was appointed Councillor for urban planning. In 2005, he was appointed Mayor of the city, after [José Luis Gimeno](/source/Jos%C3%A9_Luis_Gimeno) resigned. Fabra held the position in the municipal elections of [2007](/source/2007_Spanish_local_elections) and [2011](/source/2011_Spanish_local_elections) (elections in which he was also elected to the [Corts Valencianes](/source/Corts_Valencianes)). In 2009, he was appointed coordinator of the [People's Party](/source/People's_Party_(Spain)) in the [Valencian Community](/source/Valencian_Community).<ref>{{cite web
 |url=http://www.alfonselmagnanim.com/MEDIA/dicci_pol_val.pdf 
 |title=Diccionario Biográfico de Políticos Valencianos 
 |publisher=www.alfonselmagnanim.com 
 |url-status=dead 
 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060214063456/http://www.alfonselmagnanim.com/MEDIA/dicci_pol_val.pdf 
 |archivedate=2006-02-14 
}}</ref>

He was elected to the [15th Congress of Deputies](/source/15th_Congress_of_Deputies) from [Castellón](/source/Castell%C3%B3n_(Congress_of_Deputies_constituency)) in the [2023 Spanish general election](/source/2023_Spanish_general_election).<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-07-06 |title=Alberto Fabra: "Los pactos con Vox hay que explicarlos, pero nadie se va a llevar las manos a la cabeza" |url=https://www.elmundo.es/elecciones/elecciones-generales/2023/07/07/64a71f9b21efa0173a8b45a1.html |access-date=2023-08-20 |website=ELMUNDO |language=es}}</ref>

== President of the Government ==
On 20 July 2011, when [Francisco Camps](/source/Francisco_Camps) resigned, he was appointed [President of the Valencian Government](/source/President_of_the_Valencian_Government).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.elperiodicomediterraneo.com/noticias/noticia.asp?pkid=673488 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130102161349/http://www.elperiodicomediterraneo.com/noticias/noticia.asp?pkid=673488 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2013-01-02 |title=Alberto, president |publisher=El Periódico Mediterráneo }}</ref>

==References==
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