José Bono Martínez

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President of the Spanish Congress of Deputies
José Bono

Incumbent
Assumed office March 31, 2008
President	José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero
Preceded by	Manuel Marín

Born	October 21, 1949 (1949-10-21) (age 58) Salobre,Albacete
Nationality	Spanish
Political party	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party
Spouse	Ana Rodríguez Mosquera
Religion	Catholic

José Bono Martínez (December 14, 1950) is a Spanish politician, born in Salobre, Albacete. A member of the Spanish Workers' Socialist Party (PSOE), he is the President of the Congress of Deputies. Before was the Minister of Defence of Spain from April 18, 2004, in the Government chaired by José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero. He left his ministerial post on April 7, 2006, and was replaced by former Minister of Interior, José Antonio Alonso. Bono had previously served as President of the Autonomous Community of Castilla-La Mancha from June 6, 1983 to April 17, 2004. During his period as a member of the Government, José Bono was involved in certain controversial events, some of them regarding his role as Minister of Defence (e.g. the controversy created by the public declarations of Lt. General José Mena Aguado about the 1978 Spanish Constitution, defending the possibility of an intervention of the armed forces to maintain the territorial integrity of Spain), and others regarding his membership of the Socialist Workers' Party, the most significant of them being the detention of two members of the Popular Party (PP) who were participating with him in a popular demonstration, after they had allegedly attempted to assault him. He was elected President of the Congress of Deputies on April 1, 2008.

Preceded by Jesús Fuentes Lázaro	President of Castile-La Mancha 1983 - 2004	Succeeded by José María Barreda Fontes
Preceded by Federico Trillo Figueroa	Minister of Defence of Spain 2004 - 2006	Succeeded by José Antonio Alonso Suárez
Preceded by Manuel Marín	President of the Spanish Congress of Deputies 2008 – present	Incumbent