Joaquín Abril Martorell (
Picassent
Picassent () is a municipality in the ''comarca'' of Horta Sud in the Valencian Community, Spain.
Picassent is a town of close to twenty thousand people. Originally the town's main economic activity was agriculture, however during the last twen ...
,
Spain
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, 1928) is a Spanish politician who currently belongs to the
People's Party (PP), although he has been a member of several other parties in the past.
An aeronautic engineer, Abril joined the
Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD) which formed the Spanish government from 1977 to 1982.
He took part in its campaign in the
1979 General Election in Valencia Province, in which his brother
Fernando Abril Martorell was re-elected as MP. After the UCD disbanded following the poor result in the
1982 General Election he joined the
Democratic and Social Centre (CDS). At the
1986 General Election he was chosen to head the CDS list for
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 ...
, though this proved controversial as the decision was made by the National Electoral Committee of the party but was opposed by the local branch.
Despite this, he was elected to the
national parliament
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.
He was re-elected at the
1989 General Election but like the other 16 CDS Members of Parliament, lost his seat at the
1993 General Election. He then joined the PP and following the PP victory in the
1996 General Election he was appointed
Secretary of State for Transport and Infrastructure serving until September 1998. He has two sons; Joaquin and Miguel.
External links
Biography at Spanish Congress site
References
1928 births
Living people
People from Horta Sud
Members of the 3rd Congress of Deputies (Spain)
Members of the 4th Congress of Deputies (Spain)
Politicians from the Valencian Community
People's Party (Spain) politicians
Democratic and Social Centre (Spain) politicians
Union of the Democratic Centre (Spain) politicians
Secretaries of State of Spain
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