José Luis Ábalos Meco

The Most Excellent
José Luis Ábalos
Minister of Development of Spain
Assumed office
7 June 2018
Monarch Felipe VI
Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez
Preceded by Iñigo de la Serna
Member of the Congress of Deputies
In office
21 April 2009 – 15 June 2018
Constituency Valencia
Personal details
Born December 9 1959
Torrent, Valencia, Spain
Political party PSOE
Profession Primary teacher, Politician

José Luis Ábalos Meco (Torrent, Valencia, 9 December 1959) is a Spanish politician for the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE).

Ábalos worked as a primary school teacher and was originally a member of the Communist Party of Spain before joining the PSOE in 1981. Within the PSOE, he served as Secretary General of the PSOE for the Valencia City North region (based around the district of Orriols) from 1988 to 1995 before becoming PSOE Secretary General for Valencia city in the latter year. He also stood as a candidate for Secretary general of the PSOE in the Valencian Community on two occasions, in 2001 and 2008, but was unsuccessful on both occasions.

He was a member of Valencia city council from 1999 to 2003[1] and was elected to the regional parliament, the Corts Valencianes in 2003. For the Spanish General Election of 2008, he was selected as a candidate for the PSOE, being placed eighth on the list for Valencia Province.[2] With the PSOE (as in 2004) winning seven seats, Ábalos initially failed to be elected to the Spanish Congress but in April 2009 joined the Congress as a substitute for Inmaculada Rodríguez-Piñero, who had been appointed Minister of Public Works.[3]

As of June 2018, Ábalos serves the organizational secretary for the PSOE and has been nominated to serve as Minister of Development.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Dictionary of Valencian politicians, p2 Archived 2009-09-20 at the Wayback Machine.
  2. ↑ PSOE candidates list 2008, El Pais Archived 2008-07-20 at the Wayback Machine.
  3. ↑ Blanco nombra a Rodríguez-Piñero secretaria general de Infraestructuras, Levante, 16 April 2009
  4. ↑ https://apnews.com/055ba5dba5f44f1db6dc1b4fa43040fd
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