Juan José Lucas Giménez (born 10 May 1944) is a Spanish attorney, professor and politician in the People's Party.[1]

Juan José Lucas Giménez
First Vice President of the Senate
In office
13 December 2011 – 16 January 2016
PresidentPío García-Escudero
Preceded byIsidre Molas
Succeeded byPedro Sanz
57th President of the Senate of Spain
In office
16 October 2002 – 2 April 2004
Preceded byEsperanza Aguirre
Succeeded byJavier Rojo
Minister for the Presidency
In office
27 February 2001 – 10 July 2002
Prime MinisterJosé María Aznar
Preceded byMariano Rajoy
Succeeded byMariano Rajoy
President of the Junta of Castile and León
In office
4 July 1991 – 27 February 2001
Prime MinisterFelipe González (1991–1996)
José María Aznar (1996–2001)
Preceded byJesús Posada
Succeeded byJuan Vicente Herrera
President of the People's Party of Castile and León
In office
1991–2002
Preceded byJosé María Aznar
Succeeded byJuan Vicente Herrera
Member of the Congress of Deputies
In office
22 June 1986 – 8 September 1987
ConstituencySoria
In office
28 October 1989 – 20 June 1991
ConstituencySoria
Member of the Senate
Assumed office
22 March 2002
ConstituencyCastile and León
Member of the Cortes of Castile and León
In office
21 June 1991 – 27 February 2001
ConstituencySoria
Personal details
Born
Juan José Lucas Giménez

(1944-05-10) 10 May 1944 (age 80)
El Burgo de Osma, Soria, Spain
Political partyPeople's Party (1989–present)
Alma materUniversidad Complutense de Madrid

Early life and education

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Giménez was born in Burgo de Osma, Soria, Spain, on 10 May 1944. He graduated from the Universidad Complutense de Madrid with a degree in law.

Professional career

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Giménez worked as a professor in 1968 and 1969 and was also a tutor in Soria University. He joined INEM as a technician, and later held positions as secretary, Provincial Director, and Deputy Director General. He left the agency in 1982 to begin work in the Instituto Nacional de Colonización's sociologist group. He was Deputy Director General of Cooperatives in the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs.

Senate of Spain career

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The Cortes of Castile and León appointed Giménez as a Senator on 22 March 2002. He later held the Presidency of the Senate of Spain, between 16 October 2002 and 2 April 2004, before his party lost its absolute majority in both houses in the general elections of 2004. Between 2004 and 2011 he was Second Vice President of the Senate. On 12 December 2011, Mariano Rajoy proposed Giménez to his party as Deputy President of the Senate of Spain for the 10th Legislature.

References

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  1. ^ Quién es quién: sus señorías los diputados Manuel Ángel Menéndez Gijón, Manuel Ángel Menéndez, Ignacio Fontes – 2002 Page 468 Lucas Jiménez, Juan José. Burgo de Osma (Soria), 10 May 1944. Casado con María Dolores López .