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José Barrionuevo
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Barrionuevo in March 1986
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| Minister of Interior | |
| In office 3 December 1982 – 12 July 1988 |
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| Prime Minister | Felipe González |
| Preceded by | Juan José Rosón |
| Succeeded by | José Luis Corcuera |
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| Born | 13 March 1942 Berja, Spain |
| Political party | Socialist Workers' Party |
José Barrionuevo (born 13 March 1942) is a Spanish politician. He was the minister of interior from 1982 to 1988. He was jailed from 1998 to 2001 due to his involvement in a dirty war against ETA members.
Early life and education
Barrionuevo was born in Berja near Almería in 1942. He obtained bachelor degrees in law and journalism.
Career and activities
Barrionuevo was a member of the pro-Franco student union where he likely met Rodolfo Martín Villa, then interior minister. Barrionuevo became a member of the Socialist Workers' Party. He served as deputy mayor of Madrid and was in charge of the municipal police.
Barrionuevo was a member of the Parliament representing Madrid for four terms in the legislatures of III, IV, V, and VI. He was appointed interior minister on 3 December 1982 in the first government of Prime Minister Felipe Gonzalez. He succeeded Juan José Rosón in the post. It was Rosón who advised Gonzalez to appoint Barrionuevo as interior minister.
Barrionuevo followed the security policies set by his predecessor. However, in early 1983 he and other security officials created a new operational strategy known as Plan Zona Especial Norte (Spanish: Plan ZEN, Plan Special Zone North) to reduce and eliminate the effects of the separatist group ETA in the Basque region. Two former interior ministers, namely Rodolfo Martín Villa and Juan José Rosón, also involved in the development of the plan. In addition, Barrionuevo consolidated the police forces forming a security secretariat.
He was in office until 12 July 1988 when José Luis Corcuera replaced him as interior minister in a cabinet reshuffle. Barrionuevo became the minister of transport, tourism and communications in the same reshuffle. Barrionuevo was among the classical social democrats like José Maravall, Javier Solana and Joaquín Almunia who served as a minority group in the cabinets led by Prime Minister Felipe Gonzalez.
Personal life
Barrionuevo is married and has three children.
See also
In Spanish: José Barrionuevo para niños
