José Manuel Romay Beccaría (born 18 January 1934) is a Spanish lawyer and politician. During his political life, he has been regional minister in several occasions in the Regional Government of Galicia,

Member of the Congress of Deputies The Congress of Deputies () is the lower house of the , Spain's legislative branch, the upper house being the Senate. The Congress meets in the Palace of the Parliament () in Madrid. Congress has 350 members elected from fifty-two constituencie ...

and

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. The highest and most important offices that he held were Health Minister of Spain and two times President of the Council of State.

Career

Born in Betanzos, Romay was trained as a lawyer at the

University of Santiago de Compostela The University of Santiago de Compostela - USC (, ) is a public university located in the city of Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Spain. A second campus is located in Lugo, Galicia. It is one of the world's oldest universities in continuous o ...

, where he later taught. He became a lawyer for the

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in 1959. Romay was first elected to the

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from

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in 1982. He stepped down in 1990 after his second consecutive term to return to the

Xunta de Galicia The Xunta de Galicia (; "Regional Government of Galicia") is the collective decision-making body of the government of the autonomous community of Galicia, composed of the President, the Vice-president(s) and the specialized ministers (''Consel ...

as an adviser and minister, in which he had first served as vice president between 1982 and 1983. Romay returned to the national government in 1996, accepting an appointment as health minister. In 2000, Romay began his second stint in the Congress of Deputies, again representing A Coruña. In 2002, he became president of the Council of State. He was succeeded by Francisco Rubio Llorente in 2004. Romay was appointed to the senate between 2011 and 2012 by the

parliament of Galicia The Parliament of Galicia () is the unicameral legislature of the autonomous community of Galicia (Spain), Galicia, Spain. It is formed by 75 deputies (). Deputies are elected every four years in ordinary period, or extraordinarily upon dissolu ...

. That same year, Romay was named president of the Council of State for the second time.

References

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