Jaime de Berenguer

Jaime María de Berenguer de Santiago (born 25 October 1967) is a Spanish politician and nobleman who has been a member of the Assembly of Madrid since 2011. He is a member of the House of Silva and holds the title of the 21st Count of Cifuentes.[1]

Jaime de Berenguer
Member of the Assembly of Madrid
Assumed office
2011
Personal details
Born
Jaime María de Berenguer de Santiago

(1967-10-25) 25 October 1967
Political partyVox (2016-)
Union, Progress and Democracy (2011-2016)
Alma materAutonomous University of Madrid

Biography

de Berenguer was born in Madrid to a Spanish noble family and is a descendant of Ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Barcelona. He is the son of Juan de Berenguer y Casani, 5th Count of Cifuentes.

He graduated with a PhD in psychology at the Autonomous University of Madrid (UAM) in 1998 with a published thesis Attitudes and environmental beliefs: a psychosocial explanation of ecological behavior. He subsequently worked as a professor at the UAM.[2]

He first entered politics in 2011 in which he was elected as a city councilor in Madrid on the list for the Union, Progress and Democracy party. In 2016, he switched his support to the nationalist Vox party and won a seat in the Assembly of Madrid elections of 2019.[3]

References
  1. "Orden JUS/1273/2015, de 18 de junio, por la que se manda expedir, sin perjuicio de tercero de mejor derecho, Real Carta de Sucesión en el título de Conde de Cifuentes, con Grandeza de España, a favor de don Jaime María de Berenguer y de Santiago". Por cesión de su padre, don Juan de Berenguer y Casani. Retrieved 30 June 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  2. Ramírez, Daniel (16 September 2017). "Un descendiente de Wifredo el Velloso lanza una campaña contra el separatismo". El Español. Retrieved 13 July 2019.
  3. "Publicación candidaturas. Fase proclamación" (PDF). Boletín Oficial de la Comunidad de Madrid: 30–60. ISSN 1989-4791.


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