Francisco Fernández Marugán
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Francisco Fernández Marugán (born 6 October 1946 in
Cáceres, Spain Cáceres ( , ) is a city and Spanish municipality located in the center of the autonomous community of Extremadura. It is the capital and most populated municipality of the province of Cáceres and houses the headquarters of the Superior Court ...
) is a Spanish economist and politician for the
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(PSOE) and a long serving member of the Spanish Congress. Married with two children, he belongs to the State Bodies of Senior Tax Inspectors and Senior State Administrators Marugán entered national politics at the 1982 General Election when he was elected to the
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representing
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. He changed districts for the 1986 election, returning to his native region of
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and was elected for
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being re-elected in all subsequent General elections in 1989, 1993, 1996, 2000, 2004 and 2008. Marugán has usually been identified with the "Guerrista" sector of the PSOE (which takes its name from the veteran deputy
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) and in a 2005 article supported Guerra in criticising the actions of the PSOE such as entering into a tripartite Government in
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. He is also considered a close associate of former president of Extremadura Juan Carlos Rodriguez Ibarra, also identified with the Guerrista sector. Within the PSOE he served as Secretary for Economic issues and he coordinated the PSOE campaigns for both the 1986 and 1993 General Elections. Following the narrow PSOE victory at the 1993 election he served as Secretary of State for Economic and Social issues in the last PSOE government of
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which lasted until the 1996 election. In 1999 Marugán became involved in a shouting match with the Partido Popular minister
Josep Piqué Josep Piqué Camps (21 February 1955 – 6 April 2023) was a Spanish politician of the conservative People's Party (PP). He served in ministerial departments under the José María Aznar government. He also helmed the People's Party of Catalo ...
in the Spanish Congress chamber which ended with Piqué calling Marugán a "hijo de puta" (son of a bitch).El Mundo 2 December 1999
/ref> Since 21 July 2017, he has been the acting Ombudsman of Spain.


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