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'''David Ortega Gutiérrez''' (born 1966)<ref name=mundo>{{cite news |last1=Gasparet |first1=M. |title=El 'gentleman' que desafía a los sondeos|trans-title=The 'gentleman' who challenged the polls |url=https://www.elmundo.es/madrid/2015/05/16/555672f3e2704ede108b45ac.html |access-date=28 April 2024 |work=[[El Mundo (Spain)|El Mundo]] |date=16 May 2015 |language=Spanish}}</ref> is a Spanish academic and former politician. He served on the [[City Council of Madrid]] from 2011 to 2015, as leader of the [[Union, Progress and Democracy]] (UPyD) group.
==Biography==
Ortega was born in [[Madrid]] and raised in its [[Estrella (Madrid)|Estrella]] neighbourhood.<ref name=mundo/> He graduated in law from the [[Autonomous University of Madrid]] and completed a doctorate in political sciences at the same institution, with studies at the [[University of Oxford]], [[Georgetown University]] and [[McMaster University]] along the way.<ref name=razon>{{cite news |last1=Platón |first1=Núria |title=David Ortega: «Prefiero perder concejales y ser llave de Gobierno»|trans-title=David Ortega: "I prefer to lose councillors and be the kingmaker" |url=https://www.larazon.es/local/madrid...concejales-y-ser-llave-de-gobierno-HX8347559/ |access-date=28 April 2024 |work=[[La Razón (Madrid)|La Razón]] |date=7 January 2015 |language=Spanish}}</ref> He has a further master's degree in philosophy from the [[Francisco de Vitoria University]] and was a substitute judge in [[Torrejón de Ardoz]] from 2000 to 2001.<ref name=razon/><ref name=velasco>{{cite news |title=UPyD elige a Velasco y Ortega como candidatos a Comunidad y Ayuntamiento|trans-title=UPyD chooses Velasco and Ortega as candidates for Community and City Hall|url=https://www.elmundo.es/elmundo/2010/10/23/madrid/1287863355.html |access-date=28 April 2024 |work=El Mundo |agency=[[EFE]] |date=23 October 2010 |language=Spanish}}</ref> He became a professor of constitutional law at the [[King Juan Carlos University]].<ref name=velasco/>
Ortega attended the first congress of [[Union, Progress and Democracy]] (UPyD) in November 2009.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Ortega Gutiérrez |first1=David |title=I Congreso de UPyD|trans-title=1st UPyD Congress |url=https://www.elimparcial.es/noticia/52392/opinion/i-congreso-de-upyd.html |access-date=28 April 2024 |work=El Imparcial |date=24 November 2009 |language=Spanish}}</ref> A year later, he was chosen as their nominee for [[mayor of Madrid]] in the [[2011 Madrid City Council election]].<ref name=velasco/> His party came fourth with 7.85% of the vote, earning five seats on the council.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Gutiérrez Calvo |first1=Vera |last2=Santaeulalia |first2=Inés |title=UPyD entra con fuerza en Madrid|trans-title=UPyD enters with force in Madrid |url=https://elpais.com/politica/2011/05/22/actualidad/1306091863_562463.html |access-date=28 April 2024 |work=[[El País]] |date=23 May 2011 |language=Spanish}}</ref>
During his term in office, Ortega and his party returned the official cars and chauffeurs granted to them, as per their campaign promises.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Bécares |first1=Roberto |title=UPyD renuncia a los coches oficiales y deja en evidencia al resto de grupos|trans-title=UPyD renounce official cars and expose the rest of the groups |url=https://www.elmundo.es/elmundo/2011/05/30/madrid/1306774130.html |access-date=28 April 2024 |work=El Mundo |date=31 May 2011 |language=Spanish}}</ref> He also opposed [[Madrid bid for the 2020 Summer Olympics|Madrid's candidacy]] for the [[2020 Summer Olympics]], citing a survey showing 76% opposition across the capital.<ref>{{cite news |title=Se aprueba la candidatura de Madrid para los JJOO del 2020 con el rechazo de IU y UPyD|trans-title=Madrid candidacy for the 2020 Olympics approved with the rejection of IU and UPyD |url=https://www.publico.es/deportes/aprueba-candidatura-madrid-jjoo-del.html/amp |access-date=28 April 2024 |work=[[Público (Spain)|Público]] |date=20 July 2011 |language=Spanish}}</ref>
Ortega retained his candidacy for the [[2015 Madrid City Council election]], taking over 80% of votes cast, though just over a quarter of registered UPyD members voted.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Palomino |first1=Sonia |title=Ramón Marcos y David Ortega, candidatos de UPyD en la Comunidad y el Ayuntamiento de Madrid|trans-title=Ramón Marcos and David Ortega, UPyD candidates in the Community and the City Council of Madrid |url=https://cadenaser.com/emisora/2014/10/18/radio_madrid/1413589829_850215.html |access-date=28 April 2024 |publisher=[[Cadena SER]] |date=18 October 2014 |language=Spanish}}</ref> The party lost all its seats and he left its national executive.<ref>{{cite news |title=Rosa Díez dejará la dirección de UPyD tras los malos resultados en las elecciones autonómicas|trans-title=Rosa Díez will leave the leadership of the UPyD after the bad results in autonomous elections |url=https://www.rtve.es/noticias/201505...sultados-elecciones-autonomicas/1149662.shtml |access-date=28 April 2024 |publisher=[[RTVE]] |date=24 May 2015 |language=Spanish}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=David Ortega abandona el Consejo de Dirección de UPyD|trans-title=David Ortega leaves the UPyD executive|url=https://www.telemadrid.es/noticias/...eccion-UPyD-0-1692130797--20150612083955.html |access-date=28 April 2024 |publisher=Madridiario |date=12 June 2015 |language=Spanish}}</ref> He left the party fully at the end of 2015, saying that it had failed in the [[2015 Spanish general election|general election]] by its own errors.<ref>{{cite news |title=David Ortega se dio de baja de UPyD en diciembre y Ramón Marcos está desligado del partido|trans-title=David Ortega quit the UPyD in December and Ramón Marcos is separated from the party|url=https://www.europapress.es/madrid/n...-marcos-desligado-partido-20160208192136.html |access-date=28 April 2024 |agency=Europa Press |date=8 February 2016 |language=Spanish}}</ref>
==References==
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[[Category:Union, Progress and Democracy politicians]]
[[Category:Madrid city councillors (2011–2015)]]
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{{For|the Mexican politician|David Figueroa Ortega}}
[[File
avid_ortega_(cropped).JPG|thumb|upright]]'''David Ortega Gutiérrez''' (born 1966)<ref name=mundo>{{cite news |last1=Gasparet |first1=M. |title=El 'gentleman' que desafía a los sondeos|trans-title=The 'gentleman' who challenged the polls |url=https://www.elmundo.es/madrid/2015/05/16/555672f3e2704ede108b45ac.html |access-date=28 April 2024 |work=[[El Mundo (Spain)|El Mundo]] |date=16 May 2015 |language=Spanish}}</ref> is a Spanish academic and former politician. He served on the [[City Council of Madrid]] from 2011 to 2015, as leader of the [[Union, Progress and Democracy]] (UPyD) group.
==Biography==
Ortega was born in [[Madrid]] and raised in its [[Estrella (Madrid)|Estrella]] neighbourhood.<ref name=mundo/> He graduated in law from the [[Autonomous University of Madrid]] and completed a doctorate in political sciences at the same institution, with studies at the [[University of Oxford]], [[Georgetown University]] and [[McMaster University]] along the way.<ref name=razon>{{cite news |last1=Platón |first1=Núria |title=David Ortega: «Prefiero perder concejales y ser llave de Gobierno»|trans-title=David Ortega: "I prefer to lose councillors and be the kingmaker" |url=https://www.larazon.es/local/madrid...concejales-y-ser-llave-de-gobierno-HX8347559/ |access-date=28 April 2024 |work=[[La Razón (Madrid)|La Razón]] |date=7 January 2015 |language=Spanish}}</ref> He has a further master's degree in philosophy from the [[Francisco de Vitoria University]] and was a substitute judge in [[Torrejón de Ardoz]] from 2000 to 2001.<ref name=razon/><ref name=velasco>{{cite news |title=UPyD elige a Velasco y Ortega como candidatos a Comunidad y Ayuntamiento|trans-title=UPyD chooses Velasco and Ortega as candidates for Community and City Hall|url=https://www.elmundo.es/elmundo/2010/10/23/madrid/1287863355.html |access-date=28 April 2024 |work=El Mundo |agency=[[EFE]] |date=23 October 2010 |language=Spanish}}</ref> He became a professor of constitutional law at the [[King Juan Carlos University]].<ref name=velasco/>
Ortega attended the first congress of [[Union, Progress and Democracy]] (UPyD) in November 2009.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Ortega Gutiérrez |first1=David |title=I Congreso de UPyD|trans-title=1st UPyD Congress |url=https://www.elimparcial.es/noticia/52392/opinion/i-congreso-de-upyd.html |access-date=28 April 2024 |work=El Imparcial |date=24 November 2009 |language=Spanish}}</ref> A year later, he was chosen as their nominee for [[mayor of Madrid]] in the [[2011 Madrid City Council election]].<ref name=velasco/> His party came fourth with 7.85% of the vote, earning five seats on the council.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Gutiérrez Calvo |first1=Vera |last2=Santaeulalia |first2=Inés |title=UPyD entra con fuerza en Madrid|trans-title=UPyD enters with force in Madrid |url=https://elpais.com/politica/2011/05/22/actualidad/1306091863_562463.html |access-date=28 April 2024 |work=[[El País]] |date=23 May 2011 |language=Spanish}}</ref>
During his term in office, Ortega and his party returned the official cars and chauffeurs granted to them, as per their campaign promises.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Bécares |first1=Roberto |title=UPyD renuncia a los coches oficiales y deja en evidencia al resto de grupos|trans-title=UPyD renounce official cars and expose the rest of the groups |url=https://www.elmundo.es/elmundo/2011/05/30/madrid/1306774130.html |access-date=28 April 2024 |work=El Mundo |date=31 May 2011 |language=Spanish}}</ref> He also opposed [[Madrid bid for the 2020 Summer Olympics|Madrid's candidacy]] for the [[2020 Summer Olympics]], citing a survey showing 76% opposition across the capital.<ref>{{cite news |title=Se aprueba la candidatura de Madrid para los JJOO del 2020 con el rechazo de IU y UPyD|trans-title=Madrid candidacy for the 2020 Olympics approved with the rejection of IU and UPyD |url=https://www.publico.es/deportes/aprueba-candidatura-madrid-jjoo-del.html/amp |access-date=28 April 2024 |work=[[Público (Spain)|Público]] |date=20 July 2011 |language=Spanish}}</ref>
Ortega retained his candidacy for the [[2015 Madrid City Council election]], taking over 80% of votes cast, though just over a quarter of registered UPyD members voted.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Palomino |first1=Sonia |title=Ramón Marcos y David Ortega, candidatos de UPyD en la Comunidad y el Ayuntamiento de Madrid|trans-title=Ramón Marcos and David Ortega, UPyD candidates in the Community and the City Council of Madrid |url=https://cadenaser.com/emisora/2014/10/18/radio_madrid/1413589829_850215.html |access-date=28 April 2024 |publisher=[[Cadena SER]] |date=18 October 2014 |language=Spanish}}</ref> The party lost all its seats and he left its national executive.<ref>{{cite news |title=Rosa Díez dejará la dirección de UPyD tras los malos resultados en las elecciones autonómicas|trans-title=Rosa Díez will leave the leadership of the UPyD after the bad results in autonomous elections |url=https://www.rtve.es/noticias/201505...sultados-elecciones-autonomicas/1149662.shtml |access-date=28 April 2024 |publisher=[[RTVE]] |date=24 May 2015 |language=Spanish}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=David Ortega abandona el Consejo de Dirección de UPyD|trans-title=David Ortega leaves the UPyD executive|url=https://www.telemadrid.es/noticias/...eccion-UPyD-0-1692130797--20150612083955.html |access-date=28 April 2024 |publisher=Madridiario |date=12 June 2015 |language=Spanish}}</ref> He left the party fully at the end of 2015, saying that it had failed in the [[2015 Spanish general election|general election]] by its own errors.<ref>{{cite news |title=David Ortega se dio de baja de UPyD en diciembre y Ramón Marcos está desligado del partido|trans-title=David Ortega quit the UPyD in December and Ramón Marcos is separated from the party|url=https://www.europapress.es/madrid/n...-marcos-desligado-partido-20160208192136.html |access-date=28 April 2024 |agency=Europa Press |date=8 February 2016 |language=Spanish}}</ref>
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ortega, David}}
[[Category:1966 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Autonomous University of Madrid alumni]]
[[Category:University of Oxford alumni]]
[[Category:Georgetown University alumni]]
[[Category:McMaster University alumni]]
[[Category:Francisco de Vitoria University alumni]]
[[Category:Union, Progress and Democracy politicians]]
[[Category:Madrid city councillors (2011–2015)]]
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