Cayetano Polo

Cayetano Polo Naharro[1] (born 1973)[2] is a Spanish former politician who was in the Citizens party. He was their leader for the 2019 Extremaduran regional election, where he won a seat in the Assembly of Extremadura.

Biography

Born in Cáceres, Polo qualified in Forestry from the Polytechnic University of Madrid and possesses a Master of Business Administration from the EOI Business School.[3] He was uninvolved in politics until 2014, when he joined Citizens due to his admiration of party leader Albert Rivera's liberal policies.[3] The following year, he led the party in his hometown's city council elections, and was elected.[3]

In early 2019, he was the only candidate to lead Citizens in May's Extremaduran elections, as the party's only regional legislator, Victoria Domínguez, declined to stand.[3] They came third, with seven seats and 11.3% of votes.[4]

Polo resigned from his party and his seat in September 2020, due to differences in opinion with the party's national leadership under Rivera's successor, Inés Arrimadas.[5] In November, he was hired as Head of Institutional Relations for Infinity Lithium, an Australian corporation intending to mine for lithium near Cáceres.[6]

References
  1. "Ciudadanos agradece el trabajo de Cayetano Polo Naharro como portavoz del Grupo Parlamentario del partido en la Asamblea" [Citizens thank the work of Cayetano Polo Naharro as spokesperson for the party's parliamentary group in the Assembly] (in Spanish). Digital Extremadura. 24 September 2020. Retrieved 2 March 2021.
  2. Rumbo Ortega, Sira (10 April 2015). "Cayetano Polo es el candidato a la alcaldía por Ciudadanos" [Cayetano Polo is Citizens' candidate for mayor]. El Periódico de Extremadura (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 March 2021.
  3. Barajas, Eduardo (25 May 2019). "¿Quién es ese candidato?" [Who is that candidate?]. El Periódico de Extremadura (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 March 2021.
  4. Hernández, José Luis (27 May 2019). "Vara consigue la mayoría absoluta" [Vara gets the absolute majority] (in Spanish). Cadena SER. Retrieved 2 March 2021.
  5. Soriano, Juan (24 September 2020). "Cayetano Polo deja Ciudadanos por discrepancias con la dirección nacional" [Cayetano Polo leaves Citizens due to discrepancies with the national leadership]. Hoy (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 March 2021.
  6. Birney, Matt (10 November 2020). "Infinity locks in key Spanish management". The West Australian. Retrieved 2 March 2021.


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