Andrés Hernández Ros (July 30, 1948 – June 26, 2016) was a Spanish politician and member of the

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(PSOE) from the Region of Murcia. Hernández served as the first

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from July 1982 until March 9, 1984, following the establishment of autonomy in 1982. Prior to autonomy, he held the office of President of Regional Council, the head of the pre-autonomous government of Murcia, from May 5, 1979, until July 1982. Hernández Ros, who was a

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by profession, first joined the

(PSOE) in 1974 and became the PSOE secretary in 1977. On May 1, 1978, he was elected party Secretary General following the merger of the PSOE with the People's Socialist Party, which had been led by

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. In 1979, Andrés Hernández Ros was nominated as the PSOE candidate for President of the President of Regional Council of Murcia, which was the per-autonomous body which governed Murcia prior to the creation of the autonomous community in 1982. Hernández was elected President of the Regional Council on May 5, 1979. He held the office from May 5, 1979, until July 1982. Andrés Hernández Ros became the first

, or head of government, in July 1982 following the creation of the

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that same year. He served as Murcia's first President of the Region from July 1982 until March 9, 1984. Hernández Ros resigned from the Presidency of the Region on March 9, 1984, in the wake of a

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scandal. He had been accused of allegedly bribing two

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s from the ''La Verdad'' newspaper in exchange for not criticising him in the newspaper. Though he resigned as President, Hernández retained his seat in the

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until the end of the legislature in 1987, when he retired from politics. Hernández Ros had four children with his first wife, Josefa Cebrián; the marriage ended in divorce. In 1988, he married and moved to

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with his second wife, María Elena Sarmiento, a Chilean. Hernández owned and operated a

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near

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and a Spanish restaurant in

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. He and his second wife, María Elena Sarmiento, separated in 1994. He returned to politics only once, when he attended a 1994 PSOE meeting to elect delegates in support of

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. In 2012, Hernández Ros was awarded the Gold Medal of the Region of Murcia (''la Medalla de Oro de la Región de Murcia''), the highest honor awarded by the autonomous government of Murcia. Andrés Hernández Ros died on June 26, 2016, at the age of 67.

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