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Quienquiera que mejore la educación ganará la elección.

Quienquiera que mejore la educación ganará la elección.
Whoever improves education will win the election.
From Lesson 352:Indefinite expressions (cualquiera que, dondequiera que)·Spanish (Latin America)

Questions & Answers about Quienquiera que mejore la educación ganará la elección.

Why is mejore in the subjunctive here instead of the indicative mejora?
The expression quienquiera que (whoever) sets up a hypothetical or unknown situation. Since we don't yet know who this person is, Spanish requires the subjunctive mejore to show that their identity is indefinite.
Does quienquiera que change to a plural form if we are talking about multiple people?
Yes. If you are referring to a plural group of people, it changes to quienesquiera que. However, since a single overall winner is implied in this sentence, we use the singular quienquiera que.
Why is there a la before educación when the English translation is just 'education'?
In Spanish, abstract nouns and nouns referring to a general concept or entire class of things, like educación, require a definite article (el, la, los, or las) even though it is usually left out in English.
Could I just say quien instead of quienquiera que?
Yes, you could say quien mejore or el que mejore. However, quienquiera que adds a much stronger sense of 'no matter who it is,' giving the sentence a more emphatic and slightly more formal tone than a simple relative pronoun.

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