Jesús Posada
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Jesús Posada Moreno | |
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Juan Carlos I | |
Preceded by | José María Aznar |
Succeeded by | Juan José Lucas |
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Born | Soria, Spain | 4 April 1945
Political party | People's Party |
Spouse | María Blanca de la Mata y Pobes |
Alma mater | Technical University of Madrid Complutense University of Madrid |
Jesús Posada Moreno (born 4 April 1945) is the former President of the Congress of Deputies, the lower house of the Spanish Cortes Generales. He has worked as a civil engineer and economist.[1]
From 1979 to 1981 he served as civil governor of the
province of Huelva in Andalusia
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He went on to represent
Soria Province in the Congress of Deputies since the election of the fifth legislature on 29 June 1993.[1] He succeeded José Antonio de Miguel Nieto.[3] In the government of José María Aznar, he was Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food from 1999 to 2000, and Minister of Public Administration from 2000 to 2002.[2]
On 13 December 2011 he was elected President of the Congress of Deputies for the tenth legislature, with 202 of a possible 350 votes.
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