Joaquín Leguina

Joaquín Leguina
Joaquín Leguina
President of the Community of Madrid
	In office; 13 June 1983 – 30 June 1995
Monarch	Juan Carlos I
Deputy
Preceded by	None
Succeeded by	Alberto Ruiz-Gallardón
Secretary-General of the Socialist Party of Madrid
	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; 5 May 1941 (age 80); Villaescusa, Spain
Political party	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party
Alma mater	University of the Basque Country

Joaquín Leguina Herrán (born 5 May 1941)^[1] 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.^[2] 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.^[3]

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.^[4]^[5]^[6] Later the same year he likened Artur Mas to the Pied Piper of Hamelin.^[7]

Works[]

Los ríos desbordados, un ensayo político. Plaza & Janes, 1994.^[8]
La luz crepuscular. Alfaguara, 2009.^[9]
Os salvaré la vida (together with Rubén Buren). Espasa, 2017.^[10]^{[n. 1]}

Notes[]

^ Awarded with the Premio de Novela Histórica Alfonso X El Sabio in 2017. The authors were accused by Gabriel Bobé of having plagiarised Arturo Barea's La forja de un rebelde.^[11]

References[]

^ "Ilmo. Sr. D. Joaquín Leguina Herrán". Assembly of Madrid. Archived from the original on 2018-05-13. Retrieved 2018-09-10.
^ Hernández, E.K. "Partidos políticos, procesos electorales y sistema de partidos". In Lourdes López Nieto (ed.). La Comunidad de Madrid: balance de quince años de experiencia autonómica. Tres Cantos: Ediciones Akal. p. 152. ISBN 84-7090-345-4.
^ "VIII Legislatura (2004-2008). Leguina Herrán, Joaquín". Congress of Deputies.
^ "Firmantes del manifiesto Libres e Iguales". Libertad Digital. 15 July 2014. Archived from the original on 15 August 2019.
^ "La plataforma Libres e Iguales llama a la 'responsabilidad civil' de los catalanes". El Mundo. 15 September 2015.
^ "'Libres e Iguales', un movimiento cívico contra la independencia de Cataluña". Antena 3. 15 July 2014.
^ Canal, Jordi (2018). "Entre el autonomismo y la independencia: nacionalismo, nación y procesos de nacionalización en Cataluña (1980-2015)". In Isidro Sepúlveda Muñoz (ed.). Nación y nacionalismos en la España de las autonomías. Madrid: Agencia Estatal Boletín Oficial del Estado. p. 102. ISBN 978-84-340-2494-6.
^ Llamazares, Julio (28 September 2019). "Pactos postelectorales: la sociedad sin culpa". El País.
^ "De un tiempo, de un país". Revista de Libros (165). September 2010. Archived from the original on 2012-06-29.
^ Pato García, Jorge (15 October 2017). "Joaquín Leguina y Rubén Buren: Os salvaré la vida". El Imparcial.
^ Lema, David (6 January 2018). "Acusan de plagio a Joaquín Leguina, ex presidente de la Comunidad de Madrid, y al polifacético Rubén Buren". El Mundo.

Political offices
Preceded by Office created	President of the Community of Madrid 1983–1995	Succeeded by Alberto Ruiz-Gallardón
Preceded by [es]	Chair of the Defence Committee of the Congress of Deputies 2004–2008	Succeeded by Ciprià Ciscar
Party political offices
Preceded by Alonso Puerta	Secretary-General of the Madrilenian Socialist Federation 1979–1991	Succeeded by Teófilo Serrano

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[12] Awarded with the Premio de Novela Histórica Alfonso X El Sabio in 2017. The authors were accused by Gabriel Bobé of having plagiarised Arturo Barea's La forja de un rebelde.^[11]

[am-1] "Ilmo. Sr. D. Joaquín Leguina Herrán". Assembly of Madrid. Archived from the original on 2018-05-13. Retrieved 2018-09-10.

[2] Hernández, E.K. "Partidos políticos, procesos electorales y sistema de partidos". In Lourdes López Nieto (ed.). La Comunidad de Madrid: balance de quince años de experiencia autonómica. Tres Cantos: Ediciones Akal. p. 152. ISBN 84-7090-345-4.

[3] "VIII Legislatura (2004-2008). Leguina Herrán, Joaquín". Congress of Deputies.

[4] "Firmantes del manifiesto Libres e Iguales". Libertad Digital. 15 July 2014. Archived from the original on 15 August 2019.

[5] "La plataforma Libres e Iguales llama a la 'responsabilidad civil' de los catalanes". El Mundo. 15 September 2015.

[6] "'Libres e Iguales', un movimiento cívico contra la independencia de Cataluña". Antena 3. 15 July 2014.

[7] Canal, Jordi (2018). "Entre el autonomismo y la independencia: nacionalismo, nación y procesos de nacionalización en Cataluña (1980-2015)". In Isidro Sepúlveda Muñoz (ed.). Nación y nacionalismos en la España de las autonomías. Madrid: Agencia Estatal Boletín Oficial del Estado. p. 102. ISBN 978-84-340-2494-6.

[8] Llamazares, Julio (28 September 2019). "Pactos postelectorales: la sociedad sin culpa". El País.

[9] "De un tiempo, de un país". Revista de Libros (165). September 2010. Archived from the original on 2012-06-29.

[10] Pato García, Jorge (15 October 2017). "Joaquín Leguina y Rubén Buren: Os salvaré la vida". El Imparcial.

[11] Lema, David (6 January 2018). "Acusan de plagio a Joaquín Leguina, ex presidente de la Comunidad de Madrid, y al polifacético Rubén Buren". El Mundo.

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Joaquín Leguina


President of the Community of Madrid
In office 13 June 1983 – 30 June 1995
Monarch	Juan Carlos I
Deputy
Preceded by	None
Succeeded by	Alberto Ruiz-Gallardón
Secretary-General of the Socialist Party of Madrid
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 80) Villaescusa, Spain
Political party	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party
Alma mater	University of the Basque Country