Santiago Lanzuela Marina (27 September 1948 – 16 April 2020) was a Spanish economist and politician for the People's Party (PP), who served as

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, one of the Spanish regional administrations.

Life

Lanzuela was born in

Teruel Teruel () is a city in Aragon, located in eastern Spain, and is also the capital of Teruel Province. It has a population of 35,675 in 2014 making it the least populated provincial capital in the country. It is noted for its harsh climate, with a ...

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. An economist by profession, he was married with two children. In 1974 he became head of the office for Spanish co-operation with

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and then served as a director in the Spanish Employment Ministry from 1976 to 1981. In 1987, he was elected to the Aragonese Regional Assembly and, in 1989, the PP entered a coalition government with the

Aragonese Party The Aragonese Party ( es, Partido Aragonés, PAR) is a political party which advocates the interests of Aragon within Spain. The party was founded in 1978 under the name Aragonese Regionalist Party, but changed its name in 1990, keeping the initia ...

(PAR) with Lanzuela serving as Economics Minister until 1993. On 28 May 1995, the PP received the most votes in the Aragonese regional elections and as lead PP candidate, he was elected President of Aragon, defeating

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of the

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(PSOE). Although the PP increased their number of votes and seats in the 1999 elections, the PAR instead backed the candidate of the rival PSOE for President. At the 2000 General Election he was elected to the Spanish Congress, representing Teruel constituency and was re-elected at the subsequent elections in 2004 and 2008.

Death

Santiago Lanzuela died, aged 71, from

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-related causes on 16 April 2020, in Madrid.

References

External links

Biography at Spanish Congress site.
1948 births Presidents of the Government of Aragon People from Teruel Members of the 7th Congress of Deputies (Spain) Members of the 8th Congress of Deputies (Spain) Members of the 9th Congress of Deputies (Spain) People's Party (Spain) politicians Members of the Cortes of Aragon 2020 deaths Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in Spain {{Aragon-politician-stub