José Bono Martínez (born 14 December 1950) is a politician of the

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(PSOE). He served as President of the

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during the 9th Legislature. Before that, he was the

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of Spain from 18 April 2004 in the Government chaired by

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. He left his ministerial post on 7 April 2006 and was replaced by former

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. Bono had previously served as President of the Autonomous Community of Castile-La Mancha from 6 June 1983 to 17 April 2004. In 2020, he was granted Dominican Republic citizenship by means of a presidential decree.

Minister of Defence

During his cabinet spell, José Bono was involved in certain controversial events, some of them regarding his role as Minister of Defence (e.g. the controversy created by the public declarations of Lt. General about the

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, defending the possibility of an intervention of the

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to maintain the territorial integrity of Spain), and others regarding his membership of the Socialist Workers' Party, the most significant of them being the detention of two members of the Popular Party (PP) who were participating with him in a popular demonstration, after they had allegedly attempted to assault him. He was elected President of the Congress of Deputies on 1 April 2008.

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Minister of Defence

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