José María Barreda
| José María Barreda | |
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| President of Castile-La Mancha | |
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In office 29 April 2004 – 22 June 2011 | |
| Preceded by | José Bono Martínez |
| Succeeded by | María Dolores de Cospedal |
| President of the Cortes of Castile-La Mancha | |
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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 | |
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Assumed office 13 December 2011 | |
| Constituency | Ciudad Real |
| Member of the Senate | |
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In office 21 November 1989 – 16 October 1991 | |
| Constituency | Castile-La Mancha |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
4 February 1953 Ciudad Real, Castile-La Mancha, Spain |
| Political party | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party |
José María Barreda Fontes (born 4 February 1953) is a Spanish politician and academic. A member of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party, he was the President of the autonomous community of Castile-La Mancha from 2004 until 2011.[1]
Biography
Barreda, who was born in Ciudad Real, he is a descendent 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.[2] 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.[2]
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.[2]
Political career
Barreda's first elected position was to the municipal council of Ciudad Real, a post he held from 1983-1987.[3] During that period, he was the Minister for Education and Culture in the first regional Government of José Bono Martínez.[3] 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.[3]
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.[4] 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.[4] He returned to Castile-La Mancha in June 1991 to serve as the President of the Cortes Regionales.[4] 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.[4] Following the 1999 regional elections, Barreda returned to his old post of vice-president of Castile-La Mancha.[4]
President of Castile-La Mancha
In 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.[4] 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.[4]
References
- ↑ Miguel Ángel Marfull (2 February 2010). "Barreda incomoda al PSOE al pedir a Zapatero otro Gobierno" (in Spanish). Público. Retrieved 15 February 2010.
- 1 2 3 José María Barreda (5 March 2009). "José María Barreda - Mi Perfil" (in Spanish). jmbarreda.com. Retrieved 14 February 2010.
- 1 2 3 "Presidencia de la Junta" (in Spanish). Gobiermo de Castile-La Mancha. 2 July 2007. Retrieved 14 February 2010.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "José María Barreda Fontes". typicallyspanish.com. 12 March 2008. Retrieved 15 February 2010.
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| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by Vicente Acebedo Flórez |
Regional Minister of Educaction and Culture 1983–1987 |
Succeeded by Juan Sisino Pérez Garzón |
| Preceded by None |
Vice President of Castile-La Mancha 1988-1989 |
Succeeded by Fernando López Carrasco |
| Preceded by José Manuel Martínez Cenzano |
President of the Cortes of Castile-La Mancha 1991–1997 |
Succeeded by María del Carmen Blázquez |
| Preceded by Fernando López Carrasco |
Vice President of Castile-La Mancha 1999-2004 |
Succeeded by María Luisa Araújo |
| Preceded by Manuel Marín |
President of Castile-La Mancha 2004-2011 |
Succeeded by María Dolores de Cospedal |
| Party political offices | ||
| Preceded by Juan Pedro Hernández Moltó |
Secretary-General of the PSOE-Castile-La Mancha 1997-2012 |
Succeeded by Emiliano García-Page |