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Santiago Lanzuela Marina
Santiago Lanzuela Marina
	Lanzuela in 1996
President of the Government of Aragon
	In office; 2 July 1995 – 2 August 1999
Preceded by	Ramón Tejedor
Succeeded by	Marcelino Iglesias
Minister of Economics and Housing for the Government of Aragon
	In office; 13 March 1989 – 17 September 1993
President	Hipólito Gómez de las Roces; Emilio Eiroa
Preceded by	Antonio Laguarta
Succeeded by	Eugenio Nadal
Member of the Congress of Deputies for Teruel
	In office; 12 March 2000 – 28 July 2014
Member of the Aragonese Corts for Zaragoza
	In office; 28 May 1991 – 27 March 2000
Personal details
Born	27 September 1948; Teruel, Spain
Died	16 April 2020 (aged 71); Madrid, Spain
Political party	People's Party of Aragon; People's Party
Alma mater	University of Valencia
Profession	Economist; Politician

Santiago Lanzuela Marina (27 September 1948 – 16 April 2020) was a Spanish economist and politician for the People's Party (PP), who served as President of the Government of Aragon, one of the Spanish regional administrations.

Life

Lanzuela was born in Teruel, Spain. An economist by profession, he was married with two children. In 1974 he became head of the office for Spanish co-operation with Nicaragua and then served as a director in the Spanish Employment Ministry from 1976 to 1981. In 1987, he was elected to the Aragonese Regional Assembly and, in 1989, the PP entered a coalition government with the Aragonese Party (PAR) with Lanzuela serving as Economics Minister until 1993.

On 28 May 1995, the PP received the most votes in the Aragonese regional elections and as lead PP candidate, he was elected President of Aragon, defeating Ángela Abós Ballarín of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE).^[1]

Although the PP increased their number of votes and seats in the 1999 elections, the PAR instead backed the candidate of the rival PSOE for President.^[2] At the 2000 General Election he was elected to the Spanish Congress, representing Teruel constituency and was re-elected at the subsequent elections in 2004 and 2008.^[3]

Death

Santiago Lanzuela died, aged 71, from COVID-19-related causes on 16 April 2020, in Madrid.^[4]

References

^ Clemente, Eloy Fernández (1 October 2014). "In the 80 years of Ángela Abós". El Periódico de Aragón (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 July 2022.
^ Profile, 20minutes.es. 5 March 2008; accessed 9 August 2009.
^ Electoral info Archived 2011-07-18 at the Wayback Machine, El Periódico de Aragon, 9 March 2008; accessed 9 August 2009.
^ "Muere el expresidente Santiago Lanzuela". Heraldo de Aragón (in Spanish). Retrieved 16 April 2020.