Lorenzo Olarte Cullén

Lorenzo Olarte Cullen (8 December 1932 – 2 February 2024) was a Canarian politician and lawyer. He was president of the Canary Islands autonomous region but served only three years of his four-year term.

Olarte Cullen was awarded the Gran Cruz de San Raimundo de Peñafort, the highest honor for a Spanish jurist, the Gran Cruz del Mérito Civil, created by the Spanish King Alfonso XIII, recognizes the services of Spanish and foreign citizens on behalf of Spain, the Gran Cruz del Mérito Militar, for his collaboration in the decolonization of the former Spanish Sahara, the Alfonso X el Sabio, for his contribution to the development of Education and the Gran Collar de las Islas Canarias, the highest honor in the Canary Islands.

After the ban on bullfighting in Catalonia, Olarte Cullen argued that the 1991 Canarian law of animal protection did not forbid bullfighting against what was being claimed.

Olarte Cullen died on 2 February 2024, at the age of 91.

Electoral history Election House Constituency Party No. Result 1979 Congress of Deputies Las Palmas UCD 1st (out of 6) Elected 1982 Congress of Deputies Las Palmas CDS 1st (out of 6) 1983 Parliament of the Canary Islands Gran Canaria CDS 1st (out of 15) Elected 1987 Parliament of the Canary Islands Gran Canaria CDS 1st (out of 15) Elected 1991 Parliament of the Canary Islands Gran Canaria CDS 1st (out of 15) Elected 1993 Congress of Deputies Las Palmas CC 1st (out of 7) Elected 1995 Parliament of the Canary Islands Gran Canaria CC 1st (out of 15) Elected 2003 Parliament of the Canary Islands Gran Canaria UC–FNC 1st (out of 15) 2007 Parliament of the Canary Islands Gran Canaria CCN 1st (out of 15) 2007 Island Council of Gran Canaria — CCN 1st (out of 29)