Luis Solana Madariaga (born 18 December 1935) is a Spanish businessman and politician.

Biography

Born on 18 December 1935 in

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, he is an older brother of

Javier Solana Francisco Javier Solana de Madariaga (; born 14 July 1942) is a Spanish physicist and PSOE politician. After serving in the Spanish government as Foreign Affairs Minister under Felipe González (1992–1995) and as the Secretary General of NA ...

. He graduated in Law at the

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, and later studied Economics in London and Paris. A member of the (ASU), he was jailed in 1959 by the

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due to his political activities during his student years. He married to , best known as 'Cuca Solana', pioneer of fashion in Spain and founder of the Pasarela Cibeles. A member of the

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(PSOE), he was elected member of the

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in the 1977 general election in representation of

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. He was re-elected in the

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and 1982 general elections. In 1985 he became a member of the Spanish group of the

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. He was the chairman of

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from 1982 to 1989, when he was appointed as Director-General of RTVE. He later became chairman of Inversiones Graminsa, S.A (1991) and member of the board of directors of Amper (2004). He was widowed in 2019.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Solana, Luis 1935 births Members of the constituent Congress of Deputies (Spain) Members of the 1st Congress of Deputies (Spain) Members of the 2nd Congress of Deputies (Spain) Living people Politicians from Madrid Spanish Socialist Workers' Party politicians Complutense University of Madrid alumni Spanish mass media owners