Gerardo Camps Devesa (born 30 June 1963) is a Spanish politician who belongs to the
People's Party (PP).
Camps was born in
Barcelona
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,
Spain
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, and qualified in law. He is married with two children. He entered politics in the 1980s, serving as Provincial secretary of
the Popular Alliance (the predecessor of the current PP) from 1984–1986 and Regional Secretary 1985–1986. He also served as Regional President of
the party's youth wing. In 1993 he was elected to the
Spanish Congress of Deputies
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representing
Valencia province
Valencia ( ca-valencia, València) is a province of Spain, in the central part of the autonomous Valencian Community. Of the province's over 2.5 million people (2018), one-third live in the capital, Valencia, which is also the capital of the au ...
. In Congress, he served as PP spokesman on issues related to Social Security, serving for example on the Commission established by the
Pact of Toledo which aimed to study the future viability of the Spanish pension system. He was re-elected to Congress in 1996 and 2000, but on the latter occasion, resigned after just one month after being named
Secretary of State for Social Security. In 2003, he was appointed Minister for Economy, Manufacturing and Employment in the
Valencian regional administration. He was succeeded in this role by
José Manuel Vela Bargues
José Manuel Vela Bargues (1962 – 16 July 2022) was a Spanish economist and politician from the Valencian Community. Vela served as the Valencian from 22 June 2011 until his resignation on 30 November 2012. Vela was a member of the People's ...
in 2011.
El PP impide que Camps y Olivas expliquen la crisis de la CAM
El País, 29 April 2013
References
1963 births
Living people
Politicians from Barcelona
Members of the 5th Congress of Deputies (Spain)
Members of the 6th Congress of Deputies (Spain)
Members of the 7th Congress of Deputies (Spain)
Politicians from the Valencian Community
People's Party (Spain) politicians
Members of the 12th Congress of Deputies (Spain)
Secretaries of State of Spain
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