Javier Lambán
Lambán in 2016
President of Aragon
In office
5 July 2015  11 August 2023
Preceded byLuisa Fernanda Rudi
Succeeded byJorge Azcón
Personal details
Born
Francisco Javier Lambán Montañés

(1957-08-19) 19 August 1957
Ejea de los Caballeros, Spain
Political partyPSOE–Aragón

Francisco Javier Lambán Montañés (born 1957) is a Spanish politician member of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) and President of the Government of Aragon from 5 July 2015 to 11 August 2023.

Biography

Born on 19 August 1957 in Ejea de los Caballeros, he graduated in history at the University of Barcelona.[1] A member of the Ejea city council since 1983 (he also joined the PSOE that year), he was a member of the provincial deputation between 1991 and 2012.[2] He was elected President of the Provincial Deputation of Saragossa on 15 July 1999.[3] He became the Mayor of Ejea in 2007.[3]

A member of the Aragonese regional legislature, the Cortes of Aragon, since 2011,[2] he obtained a PhD in history at the University of Zaragoza in 2014, reading a thesis titled La reforma agraria en Aragón, 1931-1936.[4]

Voted President of the Government of Aragon by the regional legislature after the 2015 election, Lambán was sworn into office on 5 July 2015 at the Aljafería Palace.[5]


References

  1. "Lambán Montañés, Francisco Javier". Cortes de Aragón. 23 June 2022.
  2. 1 2 "Javier Lambán". El Heraldo. 2015-08-05.
  3. 1 2 "Más de 30 años dedicados al ayuntamiento". El Periódico de Aragón. 2014-07-22.
  4. Civieta, Óscar F. (2018-09-14). "La Universidad de Zaragoza hace pública la tesis de Javier Lambán". eldiario.es.
  5. "Lambán: "El amor que sentimos por Aragón nos permitirá forjar grandes acuerdos"". El Heraldo. 5 July 2015.


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