Joaquín Leguina Herrán (born 5 May 1941) is a Spanish

politician A politician is a person active in party politics, or a person holding or seeking an elected office in government. Politicians propose, support, reject and create laws that govern the land and by an extension of its people. Broadly speaking ...

and writer. A 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) he became the first

President of the Community of Madrid The president of the Community of Madrid is the highest-ranking officer of the Autonomous Community of Madrid and the head of the executive branch. The office is currently held by Isabel Díaz Ayuso of the People's Party. Origins and election ...

, serving from 1983 and 1995. He also was Secretary-General of the

Socialist Party of Madrid The Spanish Socialist Workers' Party of the Community of Madrid ( es, Partido Socialista Obrero Español de la Comunidad de Madrid, PSOE–M), from 2004 to 2015 the Socialist Party of Madrid ( es, link=no, Partido Socialista de Madrid, PSM–PSOE) ...

from 1979 to 1991.

Biography

After leaving the presidency of the Madrid region, he became a member of the PSOE National Executive Board presided by

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. He also returned to the

Congress of Deputies The Congress of Deputies ( es, link=no, Congreso de los Diputados, italic=unset) is the lower house of the Cortes Generales, Spain's legislative branch. The Congress meets in the Palace of the Parliament () in Madrid. It has 350 members elect ...

, becoming a member of the 6th, 7th and 8th terms of the Lower House in representation of

Madrid Madrid ( , ) is the capital and most populous city of Spain. The city has almost 3.4 million inhabitants and a Madrid metropolitan area, metropolitan area population of approximately 6.7 million. It is the Largest cities of the Europ ...

. During the 8th term he chaired the Defence Committee of the Congress of Deputies.

Positions

A staunch critic of the Catalan pro-independence movement, he became a member of the ''Libres e Iguales'' platform in 2014, signing their manifesto. Later the same year, he likened

Artur Mas Artur Mas i Gavarró (; born 31 January 1956) is a Spanish politician from Catalonia. He was president of the Government of Catalonia from 2010 to 2015 and acting president from September 2015 to 12 January 2016. Mas is a long time member of ...

to the Pied Piper of Hamelin.

Works

* ''Los ríos desbordados, un ensayo político''. Plaza & Janes, 1994. * ''La luz crepuscular''. Alfaguara, 2009. * ''Os salvaré la vida'' (together with Rubén Buren). Espasa, 2017.

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1941 births Leaders of political parties in Spain Living people Spanish Socialist Workers' Party politicians Members of the 1st Assembly of Madrid Members of the 2nd Assembly of Madrid Members of the 3rd Assembly of Madrid Members of the 4th Assembly of Madrid Madrid city councillors (1979–1983) Members of the Socialist Parliamentary Group (Assembly of Madrid) {{Madrid-politician-stub