Vicente González Lizondo

Vicente González Lizondo (22 August 1942 in Casas-Ibáñez – 23 December 1996) was a Spanish politician and co-founder of the regional party Valencian Union (Unió Valenciana.

Politically he was conservative[2] and strongly anti-Catalan, opposing those who favoured a pan-Catalan approach which would link the Valencian Community with Catalunya and other Catalan speaking areas[3] Consequently, on 30 August 1982 he joined other members of URV in forming the Valencian Union (UV) becoming President for Valencia Province.

One year later, in October 1994, he resigned his parliamentary seat and was replaced by his party colleague José María Chiquillo Barber.

[3] He was expelled from UV on 30 November 1996[5] and three weeks later collapsed of a heart attack during a parliamentary session which was discussing the creation of the Miguel Hernández University of Elche.

UV's results had continued to decline in this period and they had lost their representation in both the Corts Valencianes[8] and Valencia city council in 1999[9] and in the national parliament in 2000.