José Luis Corcuera

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José Luis Corcuera
José Luis Corcuera (1993)
Minister of Interior
In office
12 July 1988 – 23 November 1993
Prime MinisterFelipe González
Preceded byJosé Barrionuevo
Succeeded byAntoni Asunción Hernández
Personal details
Born1944 (age 79–80)
Nationality
Spanish

José Luis Corcuera (born 1944) is a

Spanish
politician who served as interior minister of Spain from 1988 to 1993.

Early life

Corcuera hails from a

Basque family.[1] He was born in 1944 and was raised in Bilbao.[2] He left school at 14.[2]

Career

Corcuera headed the

Burgos Province from 1993 to 1994. He was appointed interior minister to the cabinet led by Prime Minister Felipe González in a reshuffle on 12 July 1988, replacing José Barrionuevo in the post.[1][5] He retained his post in a cabinet reshuffle of July 1993.[6] However, on 23 November 1993 he resigned from office due to the fact that the bill he developed, the Corcuera law, was declared unlawful.[7] Antoni Asunción replaced him as interior minister. Corcuera also resigned from his parliamentary seat.[4]

Controversy

In September 2001, Corcuera and José Barrionuevo were tried for the misuse of the public funds which occurred in 1993.[8][9] Both were found innocent of embezzlement charges in January 2002.[10]

In popular culture

In a detective novel entitled Sabotaje olímpico (Spanish: Olympic Sabotage) written by Manuel Vázquez Montalbán there are frequent references to Corcuera as the interior minister in a critical manner.[11]

References

  1. ^
    ISBN 978-0-87417-162-4
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  2. ^ a b c Tom Burns (9 July 1988). "Cabinet Reshuffle in Madrid Gives Women 2 Posts". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on 5 November 2013. Retrieved 19 October 2013.
  3. ^ Paul Delaney (19 July 1988). "Gonzalez Fights Unrest with Cabinet Shuffle". The New York Times. Retrieved 20 October 2013.
  4. ^ a b Phil Davison (6 May 1994). "Gonzalez stands firm as ministers resign". The Independent. Madrid. Retrieved 19 October 2013.
  5. ISBN 978-1-85918-276-5
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  6. ^ Phil Davison (14 July 1993). "Gonzalez brings independents into Spain's cabinet: The left wing is shut out of new government". The Independent. Madrid. Retrieved 19 October 2013.
  7. ISBN 978-0-674-00052-0
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  8. doi:10.1080/01402389808425272
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  9. ^ Giles Tremlett (20 September 2001). "Spanish ex-ministers on trial for hush fund scandal". The Guardian. Madrid. Retrieved 19 October 2013.
  10. ^ Ciaran Giles (22 January 2002). "Court absolves former Socialist security ministers of embezzlement charges, finds five officials guilty". AP Worldstream. Archived from the original on 5 November 2013. Retrieved 19 October 2013.
  11. S2CID 254873471
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External links
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