Luis Planas
Córdoba | |
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| Member of the Senate | |
| In office 17 April 1996 – 13 June 1996 | |
| Constituency | Andalusia |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 20 November 1952 Valencia, Spain |
| Political party | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party |
| Alma mater | University of Valencia |
Luis Planas Puchades (pronounced
Planas was born in
In 1993, Andalusian president, Manuel Chaves, appointed him as Regional Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and in 1994 he was appointed Regional Minister of the Presidency. In 1996, he was designated as senator by the Parliament of Andalusia but he was quickly appointed Chief of Staff of the European Commission Vice President, Manuel Marín. He continued in European posts until 2004, when he was appointed Spanish Ambassador before Morocco. In 2010, he was appointed Permanent Representative of Spain to the European Union.
In 2013 Andalusian president, José Antonio Griñán, appointed him Regional Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Environment until late 2013. In 2014, he was elected Secretary-General of the European Economic and Social Committee, an office he left in June 2018 when prime minister Pedro Sánchez appointed him as Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food.
Early life and education
Planas was born in Valencia in 1952.[1] He is the nephew of Josep Maria Planes, a distinguish journalist who was one of the promoters of the investigative journalism in Catalonia and that was murdered by anarchist militiamen at the beginning of the Spanish Civil War.[2] He studied at the University of Valencia where he received his law degree and an Extraordinary Degree award.[3]
Early career
Labour Inspector and first contacts with politics
In 1980, he joined by public contest to the Labour Inspectorate and was assigned to Córdoba. In the 1982 general election, Planas was elected Member to the Cortes Generales for Córdoba. While serving, he was a member of the Constitutional Committee and the Committee on Foreign Affairs, he served as spokesman for the Socialist Parliamentary Group on European Affairs and member of the Joint Committee on Cortes Generales-European Parliament.
Member of the European Parliament, 1986–1993
From 1986 to 1993 Planas served as a
First stage as Regional Minister, 1993–1996
In 1993 Planas was appointed Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries of Andalusia and the following year, Minister of the Presidency of Andalusia, both positions under Manuel Chaves.[3] He was also appointed member of the European Committee of the Regions.[3] At the same time, he also served as Member of the Parliament of Andalusia for Cordoba. In 1996, he briefly served as senator to Cortes Generales by designation of the regional parliament of Andalusia.
European Commission, 1996–2004
At the end of 1996, Planas returned to
Diplomatic career
In 2004, Planas was appointed Ambassador of Spain in Morocco, serving from May 1, 2004, until October 5, 2010.[1] He then served as Permanent Representative of Spain to the European Union from October 5, 2010, and until December 31, 2011.
Briefly, after the 2012 general election, Planas returned to Spain to be appointed Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Environment in the Government of Andalusia under President José Antonio Griñán on May 7, 2012,[3] a position he left on late September 2013. On March 1, 2014, Planas returned to the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) as Secretary-General.[4]
Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
On June 6, 2018, Planas, who at that time was still secretary-general of the EESC, was appointed as
In early 2020, Planas had to face rural unrest due to the
In April 2023, Planas wrote to the European Commissioner for Agriculture, Janusz Wojciechowski, to request for aid for Spain’s 890,000 farm workers and ranchers amid extreme drought conditions in its agricultural heartlands.[13]
References
- ^ a b c "elmundo.es – Luis Planas Puchades, nuevo embajador en Marruecos". www.elmundo.es. Retrieved 2018-07-24.
- ^ "Las diferencias políticas entre Susana Díaz y Luis Planas". sevilla (in Spanish). 2013-07-01. Retrieved 2020-03-07.
- ^ a b c d e "El exconsejero andaluz Luis Planas, nuevo ministro de Agricultura". eldiario.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 2018-07-24.
- European Voice, January 22, 2014.
- ^ "Los ministros del Gobierno de Pedro Sánchez". El País (in Spanish). 2018-06-07. Retrieved 2018-07-24.
- ^ "Planas asume Política Territorial y Función Pública tras la marcha de Batet para presidir el Congreso". Europa Press. 2019-05-21. Retrieved 2019-08-01.
- New York Times.
- ^ Joan Faus and Emma Pinedo (September 20, 2019), Spain approves 774 million euro help package after floods, wildfires Reuters.
- ^ Corner, The (2020-02-24). "Amid Spanish farmers' protests, the EU budget cuts agriculture and cohesion funds significantly". The Corner. Retrieved 2020-03-07.
- ^ Bock, Pauline (2020-02-18). "Why are Spanish farmers protesting against low prices?". euronews. Retrieved 2020-03-07.
- ISSN 1134-6582. Retrieved 2020-03-07.
- ^ "El BOE publica hoy el Real Decreto-Ley 5/2020 de medidas urgentes en materia de agricultura y alimentación". Revistafrisona.com (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2020-03-07.
- ^ "Spain pleads for EU crisis funds as drought hits farmers". 2 May 2023.
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