Juan Carlos Rodríguez Ibarra

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Juan Carlos Rodríguez Ibarra (born 19 January 1948) is a Spanish politician of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE). He was President of the Regional Government of Extremadura for 24 years (1983–2007).

He gained a degree in philosophy from the University of Seville. In 1977 he was elected to the

The University of Córdoba in Argentina granted him an honorary doctorate on 16 September 2003.

He is married to Leonor Godoy and has a daughter.

At the end of his term of office he was very criticised because of his support to the Balboa oil-refinery, property of his close friend Alfonso Gallardo, one of the most known businessman in the region.

• Biography at Spanish Congress site