Jesús Posada

This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Posada and the second or maternal family name is Moreno.
Jesús Posada Moreno
President of the Congress of Deputies
In office
13 December 2011  13 January 2016
Monarch Juan Carlos I
Felipe VI
Preceded by José Bono Martínez
Succeeded by Patxi López
Minister of Public Administrations
In office
27 April 2000  9 July 2002
Prime Minister José María Aznar
Preceded by Ángel Acebes
Succeeded by Javier Arenas
Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
In office
29 April 1999  12 March 2000
Prime Minister José María Aznar
Preceded by Ignacia Loyola de Palacios
Succeeded by Miguel Arias
President of Castile and León
In office
18 September 1989  8 July 1991
Monarch Juan Carlos I
Preceded by José María Aznar
Succeeded by Juan José Lucas
Personal details
Born (1945-04-04) 4 April 1945
Soria, Spain
Political party Popular Party
Spouse(s) María Blanca de la Mata
Alma mater Technical University of Madrid
Complutense University of Madrid

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.[1]

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.[2] He has represented Soria Province in the Congress of Deputies since the election of the fifth legislature on 29 June 1993.[1] He succeeded José Antonio de Miguel Nieto.[3] 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.[2]

On 13 December 2011 he was elected President of the Congress of Deputies for the tenth legislature, with 202 of a possible 350 votes.

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Political offices
Preceded by
José María Aznar
President of Castile and León
1989-1991
Succeeded by
Juan José Lucas
Preceded by
Ignacia de Loyola de Palacio
Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
1999-2000
Succeeded by
Miguel Arias
Preceded by
Ángel Acebes
Minister of Public Administrations
2000-2002
Succeeded by
Javier Arenas
Preceded by
José Bono Martínez
President of the Congress of Deputies
2011-present
Succeeded by
Incumbent
Spanish Congress of Deputies
Preceded by
José Antonio de Miguel Nieto
Deputy for Soria province
1993-present
Succeeded by
Incumbent
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