Ramón Luis Valcárcel

Ramon Luis Valcárcel Siso (born November 16, 1954) is a Spanish politician and Member of the European Parliament from Spain. He has served as President of the Autonomous Community of the Region of Murcia from 1995 to 2014, and former president of the Committee of the Regions (CoR) of the European Union.

Member of the European Parliament, 2014–present
Valcárcel has since been serving as Vice-President of the European Parliament and a member of its Committee on Regional Development. In his capacity as vice-president, he is also in charge of overseeing the parliament's research service and library; relations with national parliaments; and relations with the Committee of the Regions and the European Economic and Social Committee.

In 2015, news media reported that Valcárcel was included in a Russian blacklist of prominent people from the European Union who are not allowed to enter the country.