Julián García Vargas

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Julián García Vargas
Minister of Defense
In office
13 March 1991 – 28 June 1995
Prime MinisterFelipe González
Preceded byNarcís Serra
Succeeded byGustavo Suárez Pertierra
Minister of Health and Consumer Affairs
In office
26 July 1986 – 13 March 1991
Prime MinisterFelipe González
Preceded byErnest Lluch
Succeeded byJulián García Valverde
Personal details
Born1945 (age 78–79)
Universidad Complutense de Madrid

Julián García Vargas (born 1945) is a Spanish economist and socialist politician who served in different cabinets of Spain.

Early life and education

Garcia was born in

Universidad Complutense de Madrid in 1968.[2]

Career and activities

Garcia is an economist and healthcare expert by profession.[3] He is a member of the Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE).[3] He began his career in private sector and then joined public sector where he worked until 1986.[2]

He was appointed health minister on 26 July 1986 in the

the military secret services (CESED) had been spying on individuals and public figures.[1][7] Gustavo Suarez Pertierra succeeded Garcia as defense minister in a cabinet reshuffle.[8]

After leaving office García served as the special envoy of the

Dayton Peace Agreement.[2] He was the president of the Spanish Association of Defense Technology, Aeronautics and Space Administration (TEDAE) until his resignation in June 2013.[9] As of 2005 he was the president of the Spanish Atlantic Association.[10]

García has been board member of several companies.[2] As of 2021 he was the president of a foundation entitled FEINDEF, the International Fair of Defence and Security (Spanish: Feria Internacional de Defensa y Seguridad), which organizes yearly meetings in Madrid with the representatives of major international arms companies, high-ranking military commanders and political figures.[11]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Julián García Vargas". Ministerio de Defensa. Archived from the original on 10 July 2012. Retrieved 11 July 2013.
  2. ^ a b c d e "Board of Directors". TYPSA Group. Archived from the original on 30 June 2013. Retrieved 1 June 2013.
  3. ^ a b "The Spanish healthcare system will survive, but it requires urgent changes". ESADE. 28 February 2013. Archived from the original on 3 March 2013. Retrieved 1 June 2013.
  4. ^ Edward Schumacher (27 July 1986). "Changes are few as Spain swears in cabinet". The New York Times. Retrieved 5 September 2013.
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  6. ^ Phil Davison (14 July 1993). "Gonzalez brings independents into Spain's cabinet". The Independent. Madrid. Retrieved 4 September 2013.
  7. ISBN 978-0-674-00052-0
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  8. ^ "Gonzalez Names New Ministers Following Phone-Tapping Scandal". Associated Press. 30 June 1995. Retrieved 19 October 2013.
  9. ^ "Julián García Vargas deja de presidir la asociación de empresas de defensa". El Diario Vasco (in Spanish). Madrid. EFE. 27 June 2013. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 9 July 2013.
  10. ^ "European defense and Transatlantic relations" (PDF). INCIPE. 15 December 2005. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 February 2006. Retrieved 1 June 2013.
  11. ^ Xavier Bohigas; Pere Ortega; Quique Sánchez Ochoa. "Report 50: Spain's real military expenditure for 2022. Investments in weapons shoot up the Defence Budget in the middle of the pandemic". Centre Delàs d’Estudis per la Pau. p. 24. Retrieved 23 January 2024.

External links

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