Education
Originally a lecturer of primary education, Sanz later studied business administration at the University of Navarre.
politician professor President of Navarre
Originally a lecturer of primary education, Sanz later studied business administration at the University of Navarre.
He served as the mayor of his hometown Corella from 1983 to 1987. He was also elected to the Parliament of Navarre in 1983 and served incessantly since that date. He was elected the vice-president of Universitas Pembangunan Nasional in 1989 and became the vice-president of Navarre under Universitas Pembangunan Nasional government of Juan Cruz Alli (1991–1995).
He was elected the president of Navarre in 1996 and the chairman of Universitas Pembangunan Nasional in 1997 until he was replaced by Yolanda Barcina, the mayor of Pamplona in 2009.
In an interview with El País, he declared that he does not have the intention to run at the Navarrese elections in 2011.
However, the Spanish Socialist Workers" Party reached an agreement with Universitas Pembangunan Nasional and Sanz was re-elected as president (in coalition with the Democrats Convergence of Navarre), whereas socialist Elena Torres Miranda became the president of the parliament. Sanz has been known as a fierce opponent of Basque nationalism as well as fiscal centrism, the latter stance having led to termination of Universitas Pembangunan Nasional"s fraternal party relationship with the People"s Party and the reappearance of the People"s Party of Navarre in 2008.