Toni Cantó
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| Member of the Congress of Deputies | |
| In office 1 April 2011 – 5 March 2019 | |
| Constituency | Valencia |
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| Born | 14 January 1965 Valencia, Spain |
| Political party | UPyD (Until 2015) C's |
Antonio Cantó García del Moral, known as Toni Cantó (born Valencia, 14 January 1965) is a Spanish actor, Citizens party politician and former UPyD politician, who represented Valencia Province in the Congress of Deputies from 2011 to April 2015 and again from December 2015 until 2019.[1]
Career as actor
Prior to his involvement in politics, Cantó worked extensively in theatre, film and television, starring in Spanish series such as the sitcom 7 vidas.[2]
As politician
In 2011, Cantó was selected to head the UPyD list in Valencia Province[3] for the 2011 general election, where he gained a seat. In 2014, he was selected as UPyD candidate for President of the Valencian Government in the 2015 regional elections.[4] He resigned his seat in Congress in April 2015 and announced that he would also not be standing for President in the Valencian regional elections.[5] In his resignation announcement he stated that he would consider whether to remain in UPyD after the party's congress in June 2015.[5]
Cantó had been one of the UPyD figures most critical of the leadership of Rosa Díez.[6] Following poor local and regional election results,[7] Díez resigned and Cantó supported Irene Lozano in the subsequent leadership election on 12 July 2015, in which Lozano lost to Andrés Herzog. 4 days later, Cantó announced that he would sit as an independent and would seek the number two position on the Citizens' list for the 2015 Spanish general election.[8] He was chosen as the second candidate[9] and was elected to Congress in the 2015 election.[10]
References
- ^ Gracia, Ana (12 April 2014). "62 diputados con vivienda en Madrid siguen cobrando 1.800 € al mes para "alojamiento"". El Confidencial (in Spanish). Retrieved 14 December 2014.
- ^ Vilches, Isabel (13 March 2011). "La 'Vida loca' de Toni Cantó, Esther Arroyo y Lolita". El Mundo (in Spanish). Retrieved 14 December 2014.
- ^ Pi, Vanessa (2 September 2011). "Toni Cantó encabezará la lista electoral de UPyD en Valencia". El País (in Spanish). Retrieved 14 December 2014.
- ^ Vázquez, Cristina (18 October 2014). "Toni Cantó será el candidato de UPyD a la presidencia de la Generalitat". El País (in Spanish). Valencia. Retrieved 14 December 2014.
- ^ a b Beltran, Adolf (7 April 2015). "Cantó renuncia a su acta de diputado y a ser candidato de UPyD por Valencia". El País (in Spanish). Valencia. Retrieved 7 April 2015.
- ^ Sanjuan, Hector (24 March 2015). "Toni Cantó lidera la facción crítica y pide acercarse a Ciudadanos". El Mundo (in Spanish). Valencia. Retrieved 29 August 2015.
- ^ García De Blas, Elsa (25 May 2015). "IU y UPyD son las principales víctimas del cambio político". El País (in Spanish). Valencia. Retrieved 29 August 2015.
- ^ Mateo, Juan (16 July 2015). "Rivera apuesta por Cantó, que se alista a las primarias de Ciudadanos". El País (in Spanish). Valencia. Retrieved 29 August 2015.
- ^ "Toni Cantó será el número dos de la lista de Ciudadanos por Valencia". Público (in Spanish). Madrid. 17 July 2015. Retrieved 21 December 2015.
- ^ "Elecciones Generales: Los nuevos diputados valencianos". Levante-EMV (in Spanish). Valencia. 21 December 2015. Retrieved 21 December 2015.
