José María Barreda Fontes (born 4 February 1953) is a Spanish politician and historian. A member of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE), he served as President of the Junta of Communities of Castilla–La Mancha from 2004 until 2011.[1] As of 2019, he works as senior lecturer of Contemporary History at the University of Castilla–La Mancha.[2]
José María Barreda | |
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| President of Castile-La Mancha | |
| In office 29 April 2004 – 22 June 2011 | |
| Monarch | Juan Carlos I |
| Preceded by | José Bono |
| Succeeded by | María Dolores de Cospedal |
| President of the Cortes of Castile-La Mancha | |
| In office 21 June 1991 – 8 July 1997 | |
| Preceded by | José Manuel Martínez Cenzano |
| Succeeded by | María del Carmen Blázquez |
| Member of the Congress of Deputies | |
| Assumed office 13 December 2011 | |
| Constituency | Ciudad Real |
| Member of the Senate | |
| In office 21 November 1989 – 16 October 1991 | |
| Constituency | Castile-La Mancha |
| Member of the Cortes of Castile-La Mancha | |
| In office 10 June 1987 – 9 December 2011 | |
| Constituency | Ciudad Real; Toledo |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 4 February 1953 Ciudad Real, Spain |
| Political party | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party |
Biography
editBarreda, who was born in Ciudad Real, is a descendant of a Spanish noble family and holds a doctorate in history and geography and a BA in philosophy and letters from the Complutense University of Madrid.[3] He received a scholarship from the Spanish National Research Council to fund his post-doctoral research and is currently a tenured professor of contemporary history at the University of Castile-La Mancha.[3]
Barreda met his wife, Clementina Díez de Baldeón, a socialist deputy for the Province of Ciudad Real, while still at university; the couple have two children.[3]
Political career
editBarreda's first elected position was to the municipal council of Ciudad Real, a post he held from 1983-1987.[4] During that period, he was the Minister for Education and Culture in the first regional Government of José Bono.[4] As a Minister, he oversaw the creation of the University of Castile-La Mancha, launched the regional network of libraries, cultural centres, theatres and auditoria, and organised the conversion of the library at the Alcázar of Toledo.[4]
Barreda became the regional Minister for Institutional Relations in January 1988; he only held the portfolio for four months, however, as he became the region's vice-president in May of the same year.[5] He served as vice-president until November 1989, when the Cortes of Castile-La Mancha—the regional parliament—appointed him to be one of the region's two representatives in the Spanish Senate.[5] He returned to Castile-La Mancha in June 1991 to serve as the President of the Cortes Regionales.[5] Barreda remained in the post until July 1997, when he was forced to resign following his appointment as the regional general-secretary of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party.[5] Following the 1999 regional elections, Barreda returned to his old post of vice-president of Castile-La Mancha.[5]
President of Castile-La Mancha
editIn April 2004, after more than 20 years as President of Castile-La Mancha, Bono was named as the Minister of Defence in José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero newly elected government.[5] Barreda took over from Bono as President of Castile-La Mancha and was his party's candidate in the 2007 regional elections, where he retained his position, albeit with a reduced majority.[5]
References
edit- ^ Miguel Ángel Marfull (2 February 2010). "Barreda incomoda al PSOE al pedir a Zapatero otro Gobierno" (in Spanish). Público. Retrieved 15 February 2010.
- ^ "José María Barreda ingresará en Instituto de Estudios Manchegos". El Digital Ciudad Real. 15 November 2019. Archived from the original on 21 December 2019. Retrieved 3 August 2020.
- ^ a b c José María Barreda (5 March 2009). "José María Barreda - Mi Perfil" (in Spanish). jmbarreda.com. Archived from the original on 6 April 2010. Retrieved 14 February 2010.
- ^ a b c "Presidencia de la Junta" (in Spanish). Gobiermo de Castile-La Mancha. 2 July 2007. Archived from the original on 8 March 2010. Retrieved 14 February 2010.
- ^ a b c d e f g "José María Barreda Fontes". typicallyspanish.com. 12 March 2008. Archived from the original on 29 September 2011. Retrieved 15 February 2010.
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