Juan José Lucas

The Most Excellent
Juan José Lucas Giménez
MP OI
Deputy President of the Senate of Spain
Assumed office
13 December 2011
Monarch Juan Carlos I
President Pío García-Escudero
Preceded by Isidre Molas
President of the Senate of Spain
In office
16 October 2002  2 April 2004
Preceded by Esperanza Aguirre
Succeeded by Francisco Javier Rojo
Minister for the Presidency
In office
27 February 2001  10 July 2002
Prime Minister José María Aznar
Preceded by Mariano Rajoy
Succeeded by Mariano Rajoy
President of the Junta of Castile and León
In office
4 July 1991  27 February 2001
Prime Minister Felipe González (1991–1996)
José María Aznar (1996–2001)
Preceded by Jesús Posada
Succeeded by Juan Vicente Herrera
President of the People's Party of Castile and León
In office
1991–2002
Preceded by José María Aznar
Succeeded by Juan Vicente Herrera
Deputy in the General Courts of Spain
In office
22 June 1896  8 September 1987
In office
28 October 1989  20 June 1991
Senator in the General Courts of Spain
Assumed office
22 March 2002
Solicitor in the Cortes of Castile and León
In office
21 June 1991  27 February 2001
Personal details
Born Juan José Lucas Giménez
(1944-05-10) 10 May 1944
El Burgo de Osma, Soria, Spain
Political party People's Party (1989–present)
Alma mater Universidad Complutense de Madrid

Juan José Lucas Giménez (Burgo de Osma, 10 May 1944) is a Spanish attorney, professor and politician in the People's Party.[1]

Early life and education

Giménez was born in Burgo de Osma, Soria, Spain, on 10 May 1944. He graduated from the Universidad Complutense de Madrid with a degree in law.

Professional career

Giménez worked as a professor in 1968 and 1969 and was also a tutor in Soria University. He joined INEM as a technician, and later held positions as secretary, Provincial Director, and Deputy Director General. He left the agency in 1982 to begin work in the Instituto Nacional de Colonización's sociologist group. He was Deputy Director General of Cooperatives in the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs.

Senate of Spain career

The Cortes of Castile and León appointed Giménez as a Senator on 22 March 2001. He later held the Presidency of the Senate of Spain, between 16 October 2002 and 2 April 2004, before his party lost its absolute majority in both houses in the general elections of 2004. Between 2004 and 2011 he was Second Vice President of the Senate. On 12 December 2011, Mariano Rajoy proposed Giménez to his party as Deputy President of the Senate of Spain for the 10th Legislature.

References

  1. Quién es quién: sus señorías los diputados Manuel Ángel Menéndez Gijón, Manuel Ángel Menéndez, Ignacio Fontes – 2002 Page 468 Lucas Jiménez, Juan José. Burgo de Osma (Soria), 10.5.1944. Casado con María Dolores López .
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