People's Party of the Valencian Community

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People's Party of the Valencian Community Partido Popular de la Comunidad Valenciana
President	Carlos Mazón
Secretary-General	María José Catalá
Spokesperson	María José Catalá
Founded	1989
Headquarters	C/ Quart, 102 46008 Valencia, Spain
Ideology	Conservatism Liberal conservatism Christian democracy Monarchism Blaverism
Political position	Centre-right to right-wing
National affiliation	PP
Colors	Sky blue
Corts Valencianes	40 / 99
Congress of Deputies	13 / 33
Senate	11 / 18
Local Government (2015)	2,219 / 5,784
Website
www.ppcv.com
Politics of Spain Political parties Elections

The People's Party of the Valencian Community (Spanish: Partido Popular de la Comunidad Valenciana; Valencian: Partit Popular de la Comunitat Valenciana, PP or PPCV) is the Valencian branch of the People's Party, as well as one of the historically most powerful organizations within the PP.

Upon its foundation, the PPCV remained at opposition under the leadership of Pedro Agramunt. However, after Eduardo Zaplana was elected as new party leader in 1993, the party was able to win the 1995 election by a simple majority and form a coalition government with Valencian Union. In 1999 the party obtained the absolute majority in the Valencian Courts, which it held for the next 16 years.

The party, which turned into one of the most powerful organizations in the Valencian Community, was expelled from government in the 2015 election after a 20-year uninterrupted stay in power amid accusations of political corruption and illegal financing. Post-election agreements between Compromís, PSPV and Podemos, as well as other minor left-wing forces, deprived it from the government of most main cities in the Community, which it had been controlling for decades.