The Partido Popular in Castile and León confirmed on 2 September 2026 the reappointment of Javier Maroto as a senator to be appointed by the Autonomous Community, and also proposed the president of the Diputación de Salamanca, Javier Iglesias, as an additional candidate. The plenary session of the Cortes of Castile and León on 10 and 11 September 2026 will decide on the three seats—two for the Partido Popular and one for the PSOE.
The personnel proposals were set out in a press release from the Partido Popular and accompanying media reports. According to the party, Javier Iglesias will replace outgoing senator Vidal Galicia Jaramillo. Iglesias has headed the Diputación de Salamanca since 2011. He was previously mayor of Ciudad Rodrigo (1995 to 2015), a councillor in Salamanca (2019 to 2023), and a national-level MP and senator, as well as long-standing chair of the Partido Popular’s provincial association.
Javier Maroto has been a member of the Senate as a senator designated by Castile and León since 2019. He is currently First Vice-President of the Senate; the president is Pedro Rollán. Maroto was previously, among other roles, mayor of Vitoria and spokesperson for the Partido Popular group in the upper house. His renomination is intended to continue the Community’s existing party representation in the Senate.
Meanwhile, on 2 September 2026, the PSOE’s regional leadership committee decided not to renominate Luis Tudanca Instead, the PSOE is proposing the woman from Segovia Clara Martín as the Community’s senator. Party representatives explained the change as an opportunity for other party figures, without questioning Tudanca’s work to date.
The appointment of so-called autonomous-community senators is a regular procedure in Spain at the start of a parliamentary term. The choice is politically significant because it brings figures with roots in the respective region into the upper house, making internal party balances visible. In Castile and León, the appointments will take effect only after a vote in the plenary of the Cortes of Castile and León. If the regional parliament approves the proposals, Javier Iglesias will have to leave the Diputación de Salamanca; the institution’s leadership would then need to be filled in the province. Until the vote, the appointments remain formal proposals from the respective parliamentary groups.
Editor: Mira Cadena (Article created with AI assistance).