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Joaquín Leguina Herrán (born 5 May 1941)[1] is a Spanish politician and writer. A member of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE), he became the first President of the Community of Madrid, serving from 1983 and 1995. He also was Secretary-General of the Socialist Party of Madrid from 1979 to 1991.
Joaquín Leguina | |
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| President of the Community of Madrid | |
| In office 13 June 1983 – 30 June 1995 | |
| Monarch | Juan Carlos I |
| Deputy | César Cimadevilla |
| Preceded by | None |
| Succeeded by | Alberto Ruiz-Gallardón |
| Secretary-General of the Madrilenian Socialist Federation | |
| In office 14 December 1979 – 2 February 1991 | |
| Preceded by | Alonso Puerta |
| Succeeded by | Teófilo Serrano |
| Member of the Congress of Deputies | |
| In office 3 March 1996 – 1 April 2008 | |
| Constituency | Madrid |
| In office 28 October 1982 – 8 May 1983 | |
| Constituency | Madrid |
| Member of the Assembly of Madrid | |
| In office 8 May 1983 – 1 July 1995 | |
| Member of Madrid Municipal Council | |
| In office 15 May 1979 – 8 May 1983 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Joaquín Leguina Herrán 5 May 1941 Villaescusa, Spain |
| Political party | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party |
| Alma mater | University of the Basque Country |
Biography
editAfter leaving the presidency of the Madrid region, he became a member of the PSOE National Executive Board presided by Joaquín Almunia.[2] He also returned to the Congress of Deputies, becoming a member of the 6th, 7th and 8th terms of the Lower House in representation of Madrid. During the 8th term he chaired the Defence Committee of the Congress of Deputies.[3]
Positions
editA staunch critic of the Catalan pro-independence movement, he became a member of the Libres e Iguales platform in 2014, signing their manifesto.[4][5][6] Later the same year, he likened Artur Mas to the Pied Piper of Hamelin.[7]
Works
editNotes
edit- ^ Awarded with the Premio de Novela Histórica Alfonso X El Sabio in 2017. The authors were accused by Gabriel Bobé of having plagiarised Arturo Barea's La forja de un rebelde.[11]
References
edit- ^ "Ilmo. Sr. D. Joaquín Leguina Herrán". Assembly of Madrid. Archived from the original on 2018-05-13. Retrieved 2018-09-10.
- ^ Hernández, E.K. (January 1999). "Partidos políticos, procesos electorales y sistema de partidos". In Lourdes López Nieto (ed.). La Comunidad de Madrid: balance de quince años de experiencia autonómica. Tres Cantos: Ediciones Akal. p. 152. ISBN 84-7090-345-4.
- ^ "VIII Legislatura (2004-2008). Leguina Herrán, Joaquín". Congress of Deputies.
- ^ "Firmantes del manifiesto Libres e Iguales". Libertad Digital. 15 July 2014. Archived from the original on 15 August 2019.
- ^ "La plataforma Libres e Iguales llama a la 'responsabilidad civil' de los catalanes". El Mundo. 15 September 2015.
- ^ "'Libres e Iguales', un movimiento cívico contra la independencia de Cataluña". Antena 3. 15 July 2014.
- ^ Canal, Jordi (2018). "Entre el autonomismo y la independencia: nacionalismo, nación y procesos de nacionalización en Cataluña (1980-2015)". In Isidro Sepúlveda Muñoz (ed.). Nación y nacionalismos en la España de las autonomías. Madrid: Agencia Estatal Boletín Oficial del Estado. p. 102. ISBN 978-84-340-2494-6.
- ^ Llamazares, Julio (28 September 2019). "Pactos postelectorales: la sociedad sin culpa". El País.
- ^ "De un tiempo, de un país". Revista de Libros (165). September 2010. Archived from the original on 2012-06-29.
- ^ Pato García, Jorge (15 October 2017). "Joaquín Leguina y Rubén Buren: Os salvaré la vida". El Imparcial.
- ^ Lema, David (6 January 2018). "Acusan de plagio a Joaquín Leguina, ex presidente de la Comunidad de Madrid, y al polifacético Rubén Buren". El Mundo.
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