José María Chiquillo Barber

José María Chiquillo Barber (Sumacàrcer, Spain, 24 November 1964) is a Spanish politician who has served as Senator for Valencia province as part of the People's Party (PP) since 2004.

[2] In 1983 he joined Unió Valenciana (Valencian Union UV), a right wing regional party.

[4] This proved controversial with the membership and led to a split in the party, with opponents accusing Chiquillo of having become "a puppet of the PP.

"[5] Chiquillo then resigned from UV and formed a new party in April 2005: Unió de Progrés per a la Comunitat Valenciana (Progress Union for the Valencian Community).

This grouping subsequently became inactive and in March 2008 Chiquillo was elected to the Senate as a PP member.