José Domingo Posada González (May 9, 1940 - January 14, 2013), of

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, was a

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from 1994 to 1999 and is the president of

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(a regionalist political party now integrated in Commitment to Galicia). Posada came to the spotlight in 1994 as he was the first member of the Parliament to use Galician in his spoken and written communications. This was accepted since Galician was considered to be like Portuguese, which is an official language of the European Union.Amizade e MDL enviam petição ao Parlamento Europeu em defesa da unidade da língua
Since then Posada is considered a reintegrationist. Today, his processing plant is one of the biggest producers and exporters of Spanish

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. It was established in 1955. He died on January 14, 2013.

References

1940 births 2013 deaths People from Galicia (Spain) MEPs for Spain 1989–1994 MEPs for Spain 1994–1999 {{Spain-MEP-stub