Jesús Posada

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Jesús Posada Moreno
Juan Carlos I
Preceded byJosé María Aznar
Succeeded byJuan José Lucas
Personal details
Born (1945-04-04) 4 April 1945 (age 79)
Soria, Spain
Political partyPeople's Party
SpouseMaría Blanca de la Mata y Pobes
Alma materTechnical 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
.

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.

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "HOME - Congreso de los Diputados".
  2. ^ a b Posada presidirá el Congreso y García-Escudero el Senado - Público.es
  3. ^ "HOME - Congreso de los Diputados".
Political offices
Preceded by President of Castile and León
1989-1991
Succeeded by
Preceded by Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
1999-2000
Succeeded by
Preceded by
Minister of Public Administrations

2000-2002
Succeeded by
Javier Arenas
Preceded by
José Bono Martínez
President of the Congress of Deputies
2011-2016
Succeeded by