José María Gil-Robles
José María Gil-Robles | |
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President of the European Parliament | |
In office 14 January 1997 – 20 July 1999 | |
Preceded by | Klaus Hänsch |
Succeeded by | Nicole Fontaine |
Personal details | |
Born | Madrid, Spain | 17 June 1935
Died | 13 February 2023 Madrid | (aged 87)
Political party | EPP |
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José María Gil-Robles y Gil-Delgado (17 June 1935 – 13 February 2023) was a Spanish lawyer and politician. He was a Member of the European Parliament in the European People's Party group, and was President of the European Parliament from 1997 to 1999.[1]
Early life
José María Gil-Robles was born on 17 June 1935 in Madrid, during the
Due to the Civil War, the family went into exile in
Political career
In 1989, and after the re-foundation of
In 1994, after being re-elected MEP in the 1994 election, was appointed Vice-President of the European Parliament, a position he held until 1997.[2] In January of that year he was elected President of the European Parliament after obtaining a large majority of 338 votes,[4] office he held until 1999.[2] This position allowed him to play a key role in the negotiation of the Treaty of Amsterdam of 1997, treaty that expanded the powers of the European Parliament.[4] He also oversaw the beginning of negotiations of the accession of new state members to the European Union, and the approval of the Agenda 2000.[3][4] He also had to manage the institutional crisis after the resignation of the Santer Commission.[5]
In the 1999 European Parliament election Gil-Robles was reelected member of the European Parliament and succeeded on 20 July by Nicole Fontaine as its president.[4] In the 2004 elections he no longer repeated as an MEP.[3]
Gil-Robles was president of the Jean Monnet Foundation for Europe between 2009 and 2014.[4]
Personal life and death
He was married with Magdalena Casanueva, with whom he had four children.[4]
Gil-Robles died on 13 February 2023, at the age of 87.[6]
Honors
- Robert Schuman Medal, EPP Group (1995).
- Grand Cross of the Order of Isabella the Catholic (2000).[7] and the Grand Cross of Civil Merit (Spain).
References
- ^ European Parliament page
- ^ a b c d e f g h i E., S. (13 February 2023). "Muere José María Gil-Robles y Gil-Delgado, expresidente del Parlamento Europeo, a los 87 años". ABC.
- ^ a b c d e f Méndez de Vigo, Íñigo (15 February 2023). "Demócrata y europeísta". ElDebate.com.
- ^ a b c d e f Gil-Robles, una larga carrera entre el derecho y la política europea (in Spanish)
- ^ José Maria Gil-Robles y Gil-Delgado, demócrata español y europeo (in Spanish)
- ^ "Muere el expresidente del Parlamento Europeo José María Gil-Robles" (in Spanish). El Pais. Retrieved 14 February 2023.
- ^ Real Decreto 485/2000, de 7 de abril, por el que se concede la Gran Cruz de la Orden de Isabel la Católica a don José María Gil-Robles y Gil-Delgado. (in Spanish)
External links
- José Maria Gil-Robles's archives at the "Fondation Jean Monnet"