Joaquín Leguina facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Joaquín Leguina
President of the Community of Madrid
In office 13 June 1983 – 30 June 1995
Monarch	Juan Carlos I
Deputy	César Cimadevilla
Preceded by	None
Succeeded by	Alberto Ruiz-Gallardón
Secretary-General of the Madrilenian Socialist Federation
In office 14 December 1979 – 2 February 1991
Preceded by	Alonso Puerta
Succeeded by	Teófilo Serrano
Member of the Congress of Deputies
In office 3 March 1996 – 1 April 2008
Constituency	Madrid
In office 28 October 1982 – 8 May 1983
Constituency	Madrid
Member of the Assembly of Madrid
In office 8 May 1983 – 1 July 1995
Member of Madrid Municipal Council
In office 15 May 1979 – 8 May 1983
Personal details
Born	Joaquín Leguina Herrán (1941-05-05) 5 May 1941 (age 83) Villaescusa, Spain
Political party	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party
Alma mater	University of the Basque Country

Joaquín Leguina Herrán (born 5 May 1941) is a Spanish politician and writer. A member of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE), he became the first President of the Community of Madrid, serving from 1983 and 1995. He also was Secretary-General of the Socialist Party of Madrid from 1979 to 1991.

Biography

After leaving the presidency of the Madrid region, he became a member of the PSOE National Executive Board presided by Joaquín Almunia. He also returned to the Congress of Deputies, becoming a member of the 6th, 7th and 8th terms of the Lower House in representation of Madrid. During the 8th term he chaired the Defence Committee of the Congress of Deputies.

Positions

A staunch critic of the Catalan pro-independence movement, he became a member of the Libres e Iguales platform in 2014, signing their manifesto. Later the same year, he likened Artur Mas to the Pied Piper of Hamelin.

Works

• Los ríos desbordados, un ensayo político. Plaza & Janes, 1994.
• La luz crepuscular. Alfaguara, 2009.
• Os salvaré la vida (together with Rubén Buren). Espasa, 2017.

See also

In Spanish: Joaquín Leguina para niños