| Excelentísimo Señor Don José Antonio Griñán Martínez |
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| 4th President of Andalusia | |
| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office 2009-04-23 |
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| Preceded by | Manuel Chaves Caretaker |
| Second Vice President of Andalusia | |
| In office 2008-04-18–2009-04-23 |
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| Preceded by | (none) |
| Succeeded by | (none) |
| Minister of Economy and Finance of Andalusia | |
| In office 2005-04-24–2009-04-23 |
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| Preceded by | José Salgueiro |
| Succeeded by | Carmen Martínez Aguayo |
| Minister of Labor and Social Policy of Spain | |
| In office 1993-07-13–1996-05-05 |
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| President | Felipe González |
| Preceded by | Luis Martínez Noval |
| Succeeded by | Javier Arenas |
| Minister of Health and Consumption of Spain | |
| In office 1992-01-14–1993-07-13 |
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| President | Felipe González |
| Preceded by | Julián García Valverde |
| Succeeded by | Ángeles Amador |
| Personal details | |
| Born | June 7, 1946 Madrid, Spain |
| Political party | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) |
| Spouse(s) | María Teresa Caravaca de Juan |
| Alma mater | University of Seville |
| Profession | Public servant |
José Antonio Griñán Martínez (b. June 7, 1946) is a Spanish politician of the left-of-center PSOE.
As of 2009 he is a Member of the Andalusian Parliament for the district of Córdoba elected at the 2008 election and since April 23, 2009, he holds the position of President of the Andalusian Autonomous Government,[1] replacing Manuel Chaves when Chaves was named Third Vice President in charge of Territorial Policy.[2]
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Born in Madrid in 1946, his family moved to Andalusia. He graduated in Law at the University of Seville, and started a public service career, finishing with the third best result on the 1969 competitive examination for the position of junior labour inspector, his first assignment was in 1970 in Zaragoza and he finally established in 1974, in Seville.
He joined the PSOE at the beginning of the 1980s, and after the socialist victory in the Andalusian parliamentary elections of May 23, 1982 (the first such elections to be held, since the Spanish transition to democracy), served as vice minister of Labour in the Andalusian governments presided over by Rafael Escuredo and José Rodríguez de la Borbolla, until in 1986 when he was named vice minister of Health. In 1987 he was named Technical Secretary General of the Andalusian Labour Ministry and in 1990 was named as Minister of Health in the first government of Manuel Chaves. He served three terms as a deputy for Cordoba at the Congress of Deputies. First elected in the 1993 Spanish General election, he was reelected in 1996 and 2000. There, he served as twice as a minister during the Felipe González presidency: from 1992 to 1993 at the Ministry of Health and Consumption and from 1993 to 1996 at Ministry Labour and Social Affairs. From March 2004 he served instead as deputy for Córdoba in the Parliament of Andalusia.
In April 2004, Manuel Chaves named him Minister of Economy and Finance, and later, in 2008, he was given the additional role of Second Vice President of Andalusia . On April 5, 2009, after the naming of Chaves as their Vice President of Spain, his name was announced as the most likely successor Chaves at the Presidency of Andalusia, and eight days later the Regional Committee of the PSOE-A (the Andalusian federation of PSOE) officially proclaimed his candidature.
On April 22, 2009 Griñán was voted in as President of Andalusia by the Andalusian parliament,[1] with 56 votes in favor (PSOE) and 53 against (PP and IU). He took office April 23. Three former Andalusian presidents attended the ceremony—Rafael Escuredo, José Rodríguez de la Borbolla and Manuel Chaves—together with the President of Castile-La Mancha, José María Barreda; the Secretary of State for Immigration, Consuelo Rumí; and the President of the High Court of Andalusia, Augusto Méndez de Lugo.
Griñán is a recipient of the Grand Cross of the Order of Charles III, which gives him the honorific of Excelentísimo Señor.
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