Julián García Vargas
Julián García Vargas | |
|---|---|
 Julián García Vargas in 1986 | |
| Minister of Defense | |
| In office 13 March 1991 – 28 June 1995 | |
| Prime Minister | Felipe González |
| Preceded by | Narcís Serra |
| Succeeded by | Gustavo Suárez Pertierra |
| Minister of Health and Consumer Affairs | |
| In office 26 July 1986 – 13 March 1991 | |
| Prime Minister | Felipe González |
| Preceded by | Ernest Lluch |
| Succeeded by | Julián García Valverde |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1945 (age 78–79) Madrid, Spain |
| Political party | Socialist Workers' Party |
| Alma mater | Universidad Complutense de Madrid |
Julián García Vargas (born 1945) is a Spanish economist and socialist politician who served in different cabinets of Spain.
Early life and education
Garcia was born in Madrid in 1945.[1] He received a degree in economic sciences from the Universidad Complutense de Madrid in 1968.[2]
Career and activities
Garcia is an economist and healthcare expert by profession.[3] He is a member of the Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE).[3] He began his career in private sector and then joined public sector where he worked until 1986.[2]
He was appointed health minister on 26 July 1986 in the cabinet led by the Prime Minister Felipe Gonzales[4] and was in office until March 1991.[2] As of 2012 he was considered to be one of the three Spanish health ministers who significantly improved health-care system of the country.[5] He was appointed defense minister on 12 March 1991 in a cabinet reshuffle.[1] He retained his post in the July 1993 reshuffle.[6] However, Garcia resigned from office on 2 July 1995 due to press reports revealing that the military secret services (CESED) had been spying on individuals and public figures.[1][7] Gustavo Suarez Pertierra succeeded Garcia as defense minister in a cabinet reshuffle.[8]
After leaving office García served as the special envoy of the European Union in Mostar, Bosnia, from November 1995 to April 1996 for the implementation of the Dayton Peace Agreement.[2] He was the president of the Spanish Association of Defense Technology, Aeronautics and Space Administration (TEDAE) until his resignation in June 2013.[9] As of 2005 he was the president of the Spanish Atlantic Association.[10]
García has been board member of several companies.[2] As of 2021 he was the president of a foundation entitled FEINDEF, the International Fair of Defence and Security (Spanish: Feria Internacional de Defensa y Seguridad), which organizes yearly meetings in Madrid with the representatives of major international arms companies, high-ranking military commanders and political figures.[11]
References
- ^ a b c "Julián García Vargas". Ministerio de Defensa. Archived from the original on 10 July 2012. Retrieved 11 July 2013.
- ^ a b c d e "Board of Directors". TYPSA Group. Archived from the original on 30 June 2013. Retrieved 1 June 2013.
- ^ a b "The Spanish healthcare system will survive, but it requires urgent changes". ESADE. 28 February 2013. Archived from the original on 3 March 2013. Retrieved 1 June 2013.
- ^ Edward Schumacher (27 July 1986). "Changes are few as Spain swears in cabinet". The New York Times. Retrieved 5 September 2013.
- ^ Miguel Labay Matías (2012). "Paediatrics, the People and Politicians in Spain – History, Development, Reality and Future" (PDF). In Öner Özdemir (ed.). Contemporary Pediatrics. InTech. ISBN 978-953-51-0154-3.
- ^ Phil Davison (14 July 1993). "Gonzalez brings independents into Spain's cabinet". The Independent. Madrid. Retrieved 4 September 2013.
- ^ Víctor Pérez-Díaz (1999). Spain at the Crossroads: Civil Society, Politics and the Rule of Law. Cambridge, MA, London: Harvard University Press. p. 87. ISBN 978-0-674-00052-0.
- ^ "Gonzalez Names New Ministers Following Phone-Tapping Scandal". Associated Press. 30 June 1995. Retrieved 19 October 2013.
- ^ "Julián García Vargas deja de presidir la asociación de empresas de defensa". El Diario Vasco (in Spanish). Madrid. EFE. 27 June 2013. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 9 July 2013.
- ^ "European defense and Transatlantic relations" (PDF). INCIPE. 15 December 2005. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 February 2006. Retrieved 1 June 2013.
- ^ Xavier Bohigas; Pere Ortega; Quique Sánchez Ochoa. "Report 50: Spain's real military expenditure for 2022. Investments in weapons shoot up the Defence Budget in the middle of the pandemic". Centre Delàs d’Estudis per la Pau. p. 24. Retrieved 23 January 2024.
External links
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