Javier Luis Sáenz de Cosculluela (born 11 October 1944,

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) is a

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and

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lawyer. He served as a Minister in the second, third and fourth terms of

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Biography

Sáenz studied law at the

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, specializing in

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. He participated in the political activity against

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in the 1970s. He was secretly a member of the

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and of the

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in 1973 and was one of the founders of the Socialist Federation of The Rioja. Sáenz was chosen

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to the

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in the

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in 1977 by the province of Logroño, and re-elected five more times until he left the seat in 1996. He was Minister of Public Works and Transport. On 6 June 2008, he was appointed new President of the National Association of Community Managers(AERCO) during the celebration of the Extraordinary General Assembly of this Association.

Posts held

* General secretary of the PSOE of The Rioja (1973-1981). * Deputy by The Rioja in the Congress of Deputies (1977-1996). * General secretary of the Socialist Group in the Congress of Deputies (1981-1982). * Spokesman of the Socialist Group in the Congress of Deputies (1982-1985). * Minister of Public Works and Transportation of Spain (1985-1991).

References

Javier Sáenz de Cosculluela
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