Biography:Julián García Vargas
Julián García Vargas | |
|---|---|
 Julián García Vargas in 1986 | |
| Minister of Defense | |
| In office 13 March 1991 – 28 June 1995 | |
| Prime Minister | Felipe González |
| Preceded by | Narcís Serra |
| Succeeded by | Gustavo Suárez Pertierra |
| Minister of Health and Consumer Affairs | |
| In office 26 July 1986 – 13 March 1991 | |
| Prime Minister | Felipe González |
| Preceded by | Ernest Lluch |
| Succeeded by | Julián García Valverde |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Madrid, Spain |
| Nationality | Spanish |
| Political party | Socialist Workers' Party |
| Alma mater | Universidad Complutense de Madrid |
Julián García Vargas (born 1945) is a Spanish economist and socialist politician who served in different cabinets of Spain.
Early life and education
Garcia was born in Madrid in 1945.[1] He received a degree in economic sciences from the Universidad Complutense de Madrid in 1968.[2]
Career and activities
Garcia is an economist and healthcare expert by profession.[3] He is a member of the Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE).[3] He began his career in private sector and then joined public sector where he worked until 1986.[2]
He was appointed health minister on 26 July 1986 in the cabinet led by the Prime Minister Felipe Gonzales[4] and was in office until March 1991.[2] As of 2012 he was considered to be one of the three Spanish health ministers who significantly improved health-care system of the country.[5] He was appointed defense minister on 12 March 1991 in a cabinet reshuffle.[1] He retained his post in the July 1993 reshuffle.[6] However, Garcia resigned from office on 2 July 1995 due to press reports revealing that the military secret services (CESED) had been spying on individuals and public figures.[1][7] Gustavo Suarez Pertierra succeeded Garcia as defense minister in a cabinet reshuffle.[8]
After leaving office García served as the special envoy of the European Union in Mostar, Bosnia, from November 1995 to April 1996 for the implementation of the Dayton Peace Agreement.[2] He was the president of the Spanish Association of Defense Technology, Aeronautics and Space Administration (TEDAE) until his resignation in June 2013.[9] As of 2005 he was the president of the Spanish Atlantic Association.[10]
García has been board member of several companies.[2] As of 2021 he was the president of a foundation entitled FEINDEF, the International Fair of Defence and Security (Spanish: Feria Internacional de Defensa y Seguridad), which organizes yearly meetings in Madrid with the representatives of major international arms companies, high-ranking military commanders and political figures.[11]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Julián García Vargas". Ministerio de Defensa. http://www.defensa.gob.es/organizacion/quien/desde/personalidades/quien_65.html.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 "Board of Directors". TYPSA Group. http://www.typsa.com/eng/01_3_JGV.html.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "The Spanish healthcare system will survive, but it requires urgent changes". ESADE. 28 February 2013. http://www.esade.edu/web/eng/about-esade/today/news/viewelement/282401/1/former-minister-julian-garcia-vargas,-at-esade:-the-spanish-healthcare-system-will-survive,-but-it-requires-urgent-changes-.
- ↑ Edward Schumacher (27 July 1986). "Changes are few as Spain swears in cabinet". The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/1986/07/27/world/changes-are-few-as-spain-swears-in-cabinet.html.
- ↑ Miguel Labay Matías (2012). "Paediatrics, the People and Politicians in Spain – History, Development, Reality and Future". in Öner Özdemir. Contemporary Pediatrics. InTech. ISBN 978-953-51-0154-3. http://www.aeped.es/sites/default/files/intech-paediatrics_the_people_and_politicians_in_spain_history_development_reality_and_future.pdf.
- ↑ Phil Davison (14 July 1993). "Gonzalez brings independents into Spain's cabinet". The Independent (Madrid). https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/gonzalez-brings-independents-into-spains-cabinet-the-left-wing-is-shut-out-of-new-government-1484781.html.
- ↑ Víctor Pérez-Díaz (1999). Spain at the Crossroads: Civil Society, Politics and the Rule of Law. Cambridge, MA, London: Harvard University Press. p. 87. ISBN 978-0-674-00052-0. https://books.google.com/books?id=56Jr5M85TEcC&pg=PA87.
- ↑ "Gonzalez Names New Ministers Following Phone-Tapping Scandal". Associated Press. 30 June 1995. https://apnews.com/3a1a2f77eefb7671f9576fe4dd068647.
- ↑ "Julián García Vargas deja de presidir la asociación de empresas de defensa" (in es). El Diario Vasco. EFE (Madrid). 27 June 2013. http://www.diariovasco.com/agencias/20130627/economia/julian-garcia-vargas-deja-presidir_201306271825.html.
- ↑ "European defense and Transatlantic relations". INCIPE. 15 December 2005. http://www.incipe.org/Hispano_Alem_n_Ingl_s.pdf.
- ↑ "Report 50: Spain’s real military expenditure for 2022. Investments in weapons shoot up the Defence Budget in the middle of the pandemic". Centre Delàs d’Estudis per la Pau. p. 24. https://centredelas.org/publicacions/elgastomilitarreal2022/?lang=en.
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