Francisco Javier Lambán - Carles Puigdemont (cropped - 2)

Francisco Javier Lambán Montañés (born 1957) is a Spanish politician member of the

Spanish Socialist Workers' Party The Spanish Socialist Workers' Party ( es, Partido Socialista Obrero Español ; PSOE ) is a social-democraticThe PSOE is described as a social-democratic party by numerous sources: * * * * political party in Spain. The PSOE has been in gove ...

(PSOE) and President of the Government of Aragon since 5 July 2015.

Biography

Born on 19 August 1957 in

Ejea de los Caballeros Ejea de los Caballeros (); an, Exeya d'os Caballers; (commonly known simply as Ejea) is a town and municipality in the province of Zaragoza, part of the autonomous community of Aragon, Spain. It is one of the five main towns in the ''Comarca de l ...

, he graduated in history at the

University of Barcelona The University of Barcelona ( ca, Universitat de Barcelona, UB; ; es, link=no, Universidad de Barcelona) is a public university located in the city of Barcelona, Catalonia, in Spain. With 63,000 students, it is one of the biggest universities i ...

. A member of the Ejea city council since 1983 (he also joined the PSOE that year), he was a member of the provincial deputation between 1991 and 2012. He was elected President of the Provincial Deputation of Saragossa on 15 July 1999. He became the Mayor of Ejea in 2007. A member of the Aragonese regional legislature, the Cortes of Aragon, since 2011, he obtained a PhD in history at the

University of Zaragoza The University of Zaragoza, sometimes referred to as Saragossa University () is a public university with teaching campuses and research centres spread over the three provinces of Aragon, Spain. Founded in 1542, it is one of the oldest universiti ...

in 2014, reading a thesis titled ''La reforma agraria en Aragón, 1931-1936''. Voted President of the Government of Aragon by the regional legislature after the 2015 election, Lambán was sworn into office on 5 July 2015 at the Aljafería Palace.

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