Javier Lambán
Javier Lambán | |
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.jpg) Lambán in 2016 | |
| President of Aragon | |
| In office 5 July 2015 – 11 August 2023 | |
| Preceded by | Luisa Fernanda Rudi |
| Succeeded by | Jorge Azcón |
| Secretary-General of the Socialist Workers' Party of Aragón | |
| In office 31 March 2012 – 16 March 2025 | |
| Preceded by | Marcelino Iglesias |
| Succeeded by | Pilar Alegría |
| Mayor of Ejea de los Caballeros | |
| In office 11 June 2007 – 15 July 2014 | |
| Preceded by | Eduardo Alonso Lizondo |
| Succeeded by | Teresa Ladrero |
| President of Provincial Deputation of Zaragoza | |
| In office 4 August 1999 – 22 June 2011 | |
| Preceded by | José Ignacio Senao |
| Succeeded by | Luis María Beamonte |
| Member of the Senate | |
| In office 6 September 2023 – 30 January 2025 | |
| Constituency | Cortes of Aragon |
| Member of the Cortes of Aragon | |
| In office 21 June 2011 – 6 September 2023 | |
| Constituency | Zaragoza |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Francisco Javier Lambán Montañés 19 August 1957 Ejea de los Caballeros, Spain |
| Died | 15 August 2025 (aged 67) Ejea de los Caballeros, Spain |
| Political party | PSOE–Aragón |
Francisco Javier Lambán Montañés (Spanish: [fɾanˈθisko xaˈβjeɾ lamˈbam montaˈɲes]; 19 August 1957 – 15 August 2025) was a Spanish politician who was a member of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) and served as President of the Government of Aragon from 5 July 2015 to 11 August 2023.
Life and career
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 from 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, from 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] He lost the re-election in the 2023 Aragonese regional election, and was succeeded by Jorge Azcón.[6]
He was an open and strong critic of Pedro Sánchez.[7]
Lambán died on 15 August 2025, at the age of 67, from the colon cancer he had been suffering since 2021.[8]
References
- ^ "Lambán Montañés, Francisco Javier". Cortes de Aragón. 23 June 2022.
- ^ a b "Javier Lambán". El Heraldo. 2015-08-05.
- ^ a b "Más de 30 años dedicados al ayuntamiento". El Periódico de Aragón. 2014-07-22.
- ^ Civieta, Óscar F. (2018-09-14). "La Universidad de Zaragoza hace pública la tesis de Javier Lambán". eldiario.es.
- ^ "Lambán: "El amor que sentimos por Aragón nos permitirá forjar grandes acuerdos"". El Heraldo. 5 July 2015.
- ^ Vuelco en Aragón: el PP suma mayoría con Vox y arrebata a Lambán el gobierno autonómico (in Spanish)
- ^ Javier Lambán, el barón socialista que nunca conectó con Pedro Sánchez (in Spanish)
- ^ Muere Javier Lambán, expresidente de Aragón, a los 67 años (in Spanish)
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