Santiago Cervera

Santiago Cervera Soto (Pamplona, Spain, 27 March 1965) is a Spanish former politician who belonged to the People's Party (PP) of Navarre.

Divorced, Cervera began his political career in 1988 when he was elected to Pamplona council for the Navarrese People's Union (Spanish: Unión del Pueblo Navarro).

He served one term in the Senate and at the 1996 General Election he was placed third on the UPN list for the Spanish Congress of Deputies, missing out on the final seat by just 170 votes.

[2] In September 2007 he accepted an offer to head the UPN list for the 2008 General election and was returned as MP for Navarra Province.

[3][4] On 9 December 2012 he was arrested on suspicion of involvement in attempted blackmail of the President of Caja Navarra (CAN), José Antonio Asiaín.