| Order | President of the Canary Islands |
|---|---|
| Term start | 6 April 1993 |
| Term end | 17 July 1999 |
| Predecessor | Jerónimo Saavedra |
| Successor | Román Rodríguez Rodríguez |
| Office 3 | Vice President of the Canary Islands |
| Predecessor 3 | Vicente Álvarez Pedreira |
| Successor 3 | José Mendoza Cabrera |
| President 3 | Jerónimo Saavedra |
| Term start 3 | 12 July 1991 |
| Term end 3 | 2 April 1993 |
| Office 4 | Mayor of Santa Cruz de Tenerife |
| Predecessor 4 | Félix Álvaro Acuña |
| Successor 4 | José Emilio García Gómez |
| Term start 4 | 15 May 1979 |
| Term end 4 | 15 June 1991 |
| Birth date | 24 July 1935 |
| Birth place | San Cristóbal de La Laguna, Spain |
| Death date | 17 June 2025 (aged 89) |
| Party | Canarian Coalition |
Manuel Antonio Hermoso Rojas (24 June 1935 – 17 June 2025) was a Canarian politician.
Hermoso was mayor of Santa Cruz de Tenerife from 1979 until 1991 and the fourth president of the Canary Islands Autonomous Region between 1993 and 1999. He represented the Canarian Coalition party and was the first politician ever to bring his party and himself into power in 1993. He was later succeeded after the elections by another Canarian Coalition politician Román Rodríguez Rodríguez in 1999.[1]
Early life
Hermoso was born on 24 June 1935 in San Cristóbal de La Laguna, which was then part of the Second Spanish Republic.[2] His parents were Manuel Hermoso Banderas and Amparo Rojas Ortega, both of whom were from Cártama and intended to immigrate to the United States but stayed in Spain.[3][4] When he was seven months old, his family moved to Santa Cruz de Tenerife.[4] After completing his secondary education, he began studying industrial engineering in the hall of Colegio Mayor Santa María de Europa at the Complutense University of Madrid, where he was roommates with future Minister of the Interior Rodolfo Martín Villa.[4] After graduating with his bachelor's degree he chose to work in several companies in Bilbao and Galicia as there were not many opportunities in the Canary Islands at the time.[4] After his father's health worsened, he returned to the Canary Islands and directed his father's furniture company on Rambla Pulido.[4]
Political career
During the early 1970s he became a promoter of the Tenerife Group of Independents, which became integrated into the Canary Islands Coalition.[5] He then served as mayor of Santa Cruz de Tenerife between 1979 and 1991.[5] He was also elected a member of the Congress of Deputies in 1986.[5]
Death
Hermoso died on 17 June 2025, at the age of 89.[6][7]
References
- ^ "Coalición Canaria" (in Spanish). historiaelectoral.com. Retrieved 9 August 2010.
- ^ Cabrera, Javier (17 June 2025). "Fallece Manuel Hermoso, expresidente del Gobierno de Canarias (I)" (in Spanish). Canal 4 Tenerife. Retrieved 2 July 2025.
- ^ "Muere Manuel Hermoso, cuarto presidente de Canarias y exalcalde de Santa Cruz" (in Spanish). 18 June 2025. Retrieved 2 July 2025.
- ^ Lachica, Salvador (17 June 2025). "Muere Manuel Hermoso Rojas, expresidente del Gobierno de Canarias y figura clave del nacionalismo canario" (in Spanish). El Dia. Retrieved 2 July 2025.
- ^ "Fallece Manuel Hermoso, expresidente del Gobierno de Canarias" (in Spanish). Diario de Avisos. 17 June 2025. Retrieved 2 July 2025.
- ^ "Tres millones de euros para-Manuel Hermoso y familia". Canarias Ahora.es. Retrieved 9 August 2010.
- ^ Vega, Guillermo (17 June 2025). "Fallece el expresidente de Canarias Manuel Hermoso, clave en la creación de Coalición Canaria" (in Spanish). El País. Retrieved 2 July 2025.