Ignacio González (politician)
Ignacio González | |
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| 4th President of the Community of Madrid | |
| In office 26 September 2012 – 24 June 2015 Acting: 17–26 September 2012 | |
| Monarchs | Juan Carlos I Felipe VI |
| Preceded by | Esperanza Aguirre |
| Succeeded by | Cristina Cifuentes |
| Member of the Assembly of Madrid | |
| In office 27 May 2007 – 8 June 2015 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 19 October 1960 Madrid, Spain |
| Political party | PP |
| Spouse | Lourdes Cavero Mestre[1] |
| Relations | Pablo (brother)[2] |
Jaime Ignacio González González (born 19 October 1960 Madrid, Spain) is a Spanish politician and member of the Partido Popular. González served as the President of the Community of Madrid, one of the seventeen autonomous communities of Spain, from 26 September 2012 to June 2015.
Political career[edit]
González´ predecessor, Esperanza Aguirre, resigned from office in September 2012 citing declining health.[3] González held his first official meeting with Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy at Moncloa Palace on 15 October 2012, two weeks after taking office as President of the Community.[4] González continued to be involved with running the public water company Canal de Isabel II.[5][6]
Investigations[edit]
Since 2016 González has been subject to an investigation into the relationship between the himself, the former Worker Minister and businessmen linked to politics.[7] As a result of these investigations known as Operación Lezo, González was arrested on corruption charges on 19 April 2017.[6][8] He was held on remand from April to November 2017 at Soto del Real prison.[2]
References[edit]
- ^ Escudero, Jesús; Grasso, Daniele (4 April 2016). "Mossack Fonseca ayudó a españoles a ocultar su patrimonio en paraísos fiscales". elconfidencial.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 1 October 2019.
- ^ a b "Ignacio González comparte celda con su hermano". elplural.com (in Spanish). 26 April 2017. Retrieved 1 October 2019.
- ^ Garcia, Luis B. (2012-09-17). "Esperanza Aguirre deja el gobierno de la Comunidad de Madrid". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). Retrieved 2013-07-08.
- ^ "Mariano Rajoy receives Ignacio González, President of the Regional Government of Madrid". La Moncloa. Government of Spain. 2012-10-15. Retrieved 12 May 2017.
- ^ "Madrid water company was used in Púnica graft case, inquiry shows". El País. 18 February 2016.
- ^ a b "Detenen l'expresident de Madrid Ignacio González en una operació anticorrupció" [Ignacio González arrested in anti-corruption operation in Madrid]. CCMA (in Catalan). Corporació Catalana de Mitjans Audiovisuals, SA. 19 April 2017. Retrieved 19 April 2017.
- ^ Brown, Gordon (24 April 2017). "The judge is investigating Zaplana, López Viejo, Villar Mir and the father of Ignacio González in the Lezo case". The Reader. Archived from the original on 7 February 2018. Retrieved 1 October 2019.
- ^ Barroso, Francisco Javier (21 April 2017). "¿Por qué se llama Operación Lezo?". El Pais (in Spanish). Prisa. Retrieved 1 October 2019.
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