Manuel Chaves (politician)

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Manuel Chaves
Cádiz
Personal details
Born (1945-07-07) 7 July 1945 (age 79)
Ceuta, Spanish State
Political partySocialist Workers' Party

Manuel Chaves González (born 7 July 1945) is a Spanish politician who served as

President of the Regional Government of Andalusia.[2][3]
He is a trustee of the Fundacion IDEAS, a
President of Andalusia, José Antonio Griñán
, was implicated in the ERE case, a huge corruption scandal in the region.

National MP

Chaves entered national politics in 1977 when he was elected to the Spanish Congress of Deputies, representing

Cádiz serving in Congress until 1990.[1]

Minister of the Spanish Government (1986-1990)

Manuel served as the Minister of Work and National Health Service (Seguridad Social) of Spain between 1986 and 1990, under Prime Minister Felipe Gonzalez.

In 1988, he suffered a general strike (first in the current Spanish democracy) call by, among others, the UGT and CCOO due to a proposed law change.

President of the Autonomous Community of Andalusia (1990-2009)

In 1990, he became president of the Regional Government of Andalusia.[1] At the time he was considered to be one of three barons of the PSOE, together with Juan Carlos Rodríguez Ibarra and José Bono, who were also autonomous presidents.

After the defeat of his party in the general election of 12 March 2000, after which Joaquín Almunia resigned as General Secretary of the party, Manuel took charge of the Political Commission. He organized the 35th Congress of the PSOE, which elected José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero as General Secretary.

Deputy Prime Minister of Spain (2009-2011)

In April 2009, Prime Minister Zapatero designated Chaves as Third Vice President of the Government and Minister of Territorial Policy (the former Ministry of Public Administrations).[1] Chaves was promoted to Second Deputy Prime Minister of Spain in July 2011 after Elena Salgado became First Deputy Prime Minister. He left office in December 2011.

References

  1. ^
    Gobierno de España. Archived from the original
    on 11 April 2010. Retrieved 9 August 2010.
  2. ^ h.b. (20 September 2007). "Manuel Chaves González: President of the Junta de Andalucía". Typically Spanish. Archived from the original on 30 August 2008.
  3. Prisa. 9 August 2010. Archived from the original
    on 5 August 2010.
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Political offices
Preceded by
Minister of Labor and National Health Service

1986-1990 		Succeeded by
Luís Martínez Noval
Preceded by
José Rodríguez de la Borbolla
 President of the Regional Government of Andalusia
1990-2009 		Succeeded by
Preceded by
Position created
Third Deputy Prime Minister of Spain

2009-2011 		Succeeded by
Position abolished
Preceded by
Minister of Territorial Policy

2009-2010 		Succeeded by
Himself
(As Minister of Territorial Policy
and Public Administration)
Preceded by
Himself
(As Minister of Territorial Policy)
Minister of Territorial Policy and Public Administration

2010-2011 		Succeeded by
Cristóbal Montoro
(As Minister of Finance
and Public Administration)
Preceded by
Second Deputy Prime Minister of Spain

2011 		Succeeded by
Office abolished
Party political offices
Preceded by Secretary-General of the
Socialist Workers Party of Andalusia

1994-2010 		Succeeded by
Preceded by
Interim Political Committee
 President of the
Spanish Socialist Workers Party

2000-2012 		Succeeded by
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