Ángel Víctor Torres

Ángel Víctor Torres Pérez (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈaŋxel ˈβiɣtoɾ ˈtores ˈpeɾeθ]; born 30 March 1966) is a Spanish politician currently serving as minister for Territorial Policy and Democratic Memory since 2023 and secretary-general of the Socialist Party of the Canaries (PSC–PSOE) since 2019.

Born on 30 March 1966, in Arucas, on the island of Gran Canaria, Ángel Víctor Torres obtained a degree in Hispanic Philology at the University of La Laguna.

[3] From 2009 to 2011, he served as a member of the Congress of Deputies, taking in the vacant seat left by Juan Fernando López Aguilar in 2009,[4] who was later elected to the European Parliament.

[2] Following the results of the 2019 Canarian regional election (in which Torres was elected member of the Parliament of the Canary Islands), Torres (representing the PSC-PSOE) reached a deal with the leaders of the New Canaries, Sí Podemos and Gomera Socialist Group (respectively, Román Rodríguez, Noemí Santana and Casimiro Curbelo) in June 2019 to form a regional government headed by Torres that would oust the government of the Canarian Coalition after a 26-year-long rule of the Canary Islands.

[5] On 21 November 2023, King Felipe VI appointed him as minister of Territorial Policy and Democratic Memory in the third government of Pedro Sánchez.