José Domingo Posada González (May 9, 1940 – January 14, 2013), of
Galicia,
Spain
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, was a
member of the European Parliament
A member of the European Parliament (MEP) is a person who has been Election, elected to serve as a popular representative in the European Parliament.
When the European Parliament (then known as the Common Assembly of the European Coal and S ...
from 1994 to 1999 and is the president of
Galician Coalition (a
regionalist political party now integrated in
Commitment to Galicia).
Posada came to the spotlight in 1994 as he was the first member of the Parliament to use
Galician in his spoken and written communications. This was accepted since Galician was considered to be like
Portuguese, which is an official language of the European Union.
Amizade e MDL enviam petição ao Parlamento Europeu em defesa da unidade da língua
Since then Posada is considered a reintegrationist.
Today, his processing plant is one of the biggest producers and exporters of Spanish marron glacé.
References
1940 births
2013 deaths
Politicians from Galicia (Spain)
MEPs for Spain 1989–1994
MEPs for Spain 1994–1999
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