Preceded by Jose Bono Martinez Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar Succeeded by Javier Arenas | Preceded by Angel Acebes Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar Name Jesus Posada | |
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Monarch Juan Carlos I
Felipe VI | ||
Jesús Posada, elegido para presidir el Congreso
Jesús Posada Moreno is the former President of the Congress of Deputies, the lower house of the Spanish Cortes Generales. Born on 4 April 1945, he has worked as a civil engineer and economist.
From 1979 to 1981 he served as civil governor of the province of Huelva in Andalusia.
He went on to represent Soria in the regional government of Castile and Leon from 1983. From 1989 to 1991 he was president of the regional government. He has represented Soria Province in the Congress of Deputies since the election of the fifth legislature on 29 June 1993. He succeeded José Antonio de Miguel Nieto. He is a member of the conservative People's Party, to which Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy also belongs. In the government of José María Aznar, he was Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food from 1999 to 2000, and Minister of Public Administration from 2000 to 2002.
On 13 December 2011 he was elected President of the Congress of Deputies for the tenth legislature, with 202 of a possible 350 votes.