Manuel Hermoso

Manuel Antonio Hermoso Rojas (24 June 1935 – 17 June 2025) was a Canarian politician.

Hermoso was mayor of Santa Cruz de Tenerife from 1979 until 1991 and the fourth president of the Canary Islands Autonomous Region between 1993 and 1999. He represented the Canarian Coalition party and was the first politician ever to bring his party and himself into power in 1993. He was later succeeded after the elections by another Canarian Coalition politician Román Rodríguez Rodríguez in 1999.

Early life Hermoso was born on 24 June 1935 in San Cristóbal de La Laguna, which was then part of the Second Spanish Republic. His parents were Manuel Hermoso Banderas and Amparo Rojas Ortega, both of whom were from Cártama and intended to immigrate to the United States but stayed in Spain. When he was seven months old, his family moved to Santa Cruz de Tenerife. He then served as mayor of Santa Cruz de Tenerife between 1979 and 1991.