José Teófilo Serrano Beltrán (born 1950) is a Spanish politician, civil servant and engineer, member of the
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE).
Biography
Born in 1950 in
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*Tudela, Navarre, a town and municipality in northern Spain
** Benjamin of Tudela Medieval Jewish traveller
** William of Tudela, Medieval troubadour who wrote the first part of the ''Song of the Albigensian Crusade''
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, Navarre, he obtained a degree in Road, Channel and Port Engineering and became a civil servant.
He joined the
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) in 1976.
He served as Secretary of State of Public Administration during the González Governments between 1986 and 1991, when he replaced
Joaquín Leguina as Secretary-General of the
Madrilenian Socialist Federation (FSM). In the context of the internecine strifes within the FSM, Serrano, despite actually having been proposed to the post by the
''guerristas'', distanced himself from the ''guerrista'' chief José Acosta, and had to endure tensions coming from the ''guerrista'' camp, having been ultimately identified as a member of the ''renovadores'' in the FSM.
He ran 2nd in the PSOE list for the
1991 Madrilenian regional election
The 1991 Madrilenian regional election was held on Sunday, 26 May 1991, to elect the 3rd Assembly of the Autonomous Community of Madrid. All 101 seats in the Assembly were up for election. The election was held simultaneously with regional electio ...
, and became a member of the 3rd term of the
Assembly of Madrid. He also became a Senator, designated by the regional legislature. Tired of the continuous infighting in the FSM, Serrano gave up in 1994. He was replaced as Secretary-General of the organization by the ''renovador''
Jaime Lissavetzky
Jaime Lissavetzky Díez (born 27 September 1951) is a Spanish chemist and politician. Secretary of State for Sport (2004–2011) and regional minister of Education of the Government of the Community of Madrid. He was member of the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, ...
. He also resigned to his seat in the regional legislature.
Following his exit from Madrilenian politics, he served as Director-General of the
Instituto Geográfico Nacional. He later worked as managing director for Urban Transport of Seville (Tussam) and as CEO and director for Infrastructure Management of Andalusia (GIASA).
Counselor of Labor and Immigration in the Spanish Embassy to the United Kingdom, Serrano was appointed by the
Council of Ministers as President of
Renfe in May 2009.
He left the post in late 2011 with the change of government, as
Mariano Rajoy became prime minister.
References
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Members of the 3rd Assembly of Madrid
Members of the Senate of Spain
Members of the Socialist Parliamentary Group (Assembly of Madrid)
1950 births
Living people