Alfonso Rus

Alfonso Rus Terol (Xátiva, Valencia, October 13, 1950) is a Spanish politician, mayor of Xátiva between 1995 and 2015, president of the Diputación de Valencia between 2007 and 2015, president of the Partido Popular in the province of Valencia between 2004 and 2015 and president of the Club Deportivo Olímpic de Xàtiva.[1]

Biography

Born in Xátiva on October 13, 1950, in a family of merchants, he became a businessman and was a drummer in several musical groups.[2]

Corruption

On May 2, 2015 he was suspended from militancy in the Partido Popular and removed from the Presidency of the party. The cause of the expulsions was the publication in the media of a recording in which he was counting money from the collection of an illegal commission,[3] although Rus denied being the person recorded.[4] On January 26, 2016 he was arrested in an operation against corruption at local and regional level in the Valencian Community along with several dozens of people.[5]

In February 2018, a new separate piece was opened to investigate Alfonso Rus and Máximo Caturla. The magistrate investigated the awarding of contracts without respecting the principles of "legality, effective concurrence, impartiality and proscription of arbitrariness" with the aim of "contractually favoring" certain companies.[6]

References
  1. AGENCIAS, RTVE es / (2015-05-12). "Rus deja la Presidencia de la Diputación de Valencia l RTVE". RTVE.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-04-24.
  2. "La caída del faraón Alfonso Rus". Las Provincias (in European Spanish). 2015-05-02. Retrieved 2023-04-24.
  3. Beltran, Adolf (2015-05-02). "Fabra suspende al dirigente provincial de Valencia, que se niega a dimitir". El País (in Spanish). ISSN 1134-6582. Retrieved 2023-04-24.
  4. "Rus pide amparo al Fiscal para que le cite a dar explicaciones y "desmentir acusaciones"". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). 2015-04-28. Retrieved 2023-04-24.
  5. "Detenido el ex presidente del PPCV, Alfonso Rus, por corrupción y blanqueo". ELMUNDO (in Spanish). 2016-01-26. Retrieved 2023-04-24.
  6. "El juez abre una nueva pieza separada sobre Ciegsa en la que investiga a Alfonso Rus y Máximo Caturla". abc (in Spanish). 2018-02-23. Retrieved 2023-04-24.
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