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José Luis Ábalos

December 15, 2023

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Ábalos and the second or maternal family name is Meco.

José Luis Ábalos Meco (born 9 December 1959) is a Spanish politician of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party serving as Member of the Congress of Deputies since 2009. He has served as minister of Development (of Transport, Mobility and Urban Agenda since 2020) of the Government of Spain from 2018 to 2021, in the cabinets chaired by Pedro Sánchez. He was also the Secretary of Organization of his party from 2017 to 2021.

The Most Excellent
José Luis Ábalos
Minister of Transport, Mobility and Urban Agenda
In office
7 June 2018 – 14 July 2021
MonarchFelipe VI
Preceded byIñigo de la Serna
Succeeded byRaquel Sánchez
Member of the Congress of Deputies
Assumed office
21 May 2019
ConstituencyValencia
In office
21 April 2009 – 15 June 2018
ConstituencyValencia
Personal details
Born (1959-12-09) 9 December 1959 (age 64)
Torrent, Valencia, Spain
Political partyPSOE
ProfessionPrimary teacher, Politician

Biography edit

Ábalos was born in Torrent (province of Valencia) in 1959.[1] He is the son of bullfighter Heliodoro Ábalos "Carbonerito" and the grandson of a Civil Guard officer, Julián Meco, who died in active service because of a pneumonia during the Revolution of 1934.[2]

He joined the Communist Youth Union of Spain at the age of 17 and in 1978 he officially joined the Communist Party of Spain (PCE). After leaving the PCE, Ábalos joined the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) in 1981.[1][3]

Ábalos worked as a primary school teacher. Within the PSOE, he served as Secretary-General of the PSOE for the Valencia City North region (based around the district of Orriols) from 1988 to 1995 before he became PSOE Secretary-General for Valencia city in the latter year. He also stood as a candidate for Secretary-General of the PSOE in the Valencian Community in 2001 and 2008, but was unsuccessful on both occasions.

He was a member of Valencia City Council from 1999 to 2009[4][5] while also being a member of the Provincial Deputation of Valencia for the 2003–2007 period.[4] For the Spanish General Election of 2008, he was selected as a candidate for the PSOE, being placed eighth on the list for Valencia Province.[6] With the PSOE (as in 2004) winning seven seats, Ábalos initially failed to be elected to the Spanish Congress, but in April 2009 he joined the Congress as a substitute for Inmaculada Rodríguez-Piñero, who had been appointed Secretary-General for Infraestructures within the Ministry of Public Works.[7]

On 24 May 2017, he was appointed Acting Spokesperson of the Socialist Group in Congress after the victory of Pedro Sánchez in the party's leadership election. He served as such until June 19, 2017, when Margarita Robles was appointed Spokesperson[8] and Ábalos was appointed Secretary of Organization of the PSOE.[9]

Minister edit

In June 2018, prime minister Pedro Sánchez appointed Ábalos as Minister of Development.[10] Ábalos, along with ministers Robles and Batet were the only ministers in the first Cabinet of Pedro Sánchez who were also members of parliament. To avoid overlaps in their agendas, they resigned to its seats at the Congress of Deputies.[11]

The Prime Minister called for snap elections twice in 2019, winning the PSOE both of them. In both elections, Ábalos ran for election, being elected MP for the Valencian constituency.

After the November election, PSOE reached a deal with Unidas Podemos to form a coalition government presided by Sánchez, and Ábalos was confirmed on its position as Minister, although the portfolio was renamed as Ministry of Transport, Mobility and Urban Agenda.[12]

In January 2020, Ábalos met in the guest area of the Madrid–Barajas Airport with Delcy Rodríguez, Vice President of Venezuela, despite the entry ban imposed by the European Union.[13]

In July 2021, he was replaced by Raquel Sánchez Jiménez as minister of Transport. He also resigned as Secretary of Organization of PSOE.

Positions held edit

  • Secretary General of the Socialist Party of Valencia PSPV-PSOE (1995–2000)
  • President of the National Committee of the PSPV-PSOE (1997–1999)
  • Councilor of the City Hall of Valencia (1999–2009)
  • Vicesecretary General of PSPV-PSOE (2000–2004)
  • Member of the County Council of Valencia (2003–2007)
  • Member of the Congress of Deputies representing the Constituency of Valencia (2009–2018; 2019–)
  • Secretary General of PSPV in the province of Valencia (2012–2017)
  • Acting Spokesperson of the Socialist Party at the Spanish Congress of Deputies (2017)
  • Organizational Secretary of PSOE (2017–2021)
  • Minister of Development (2018–2020); Minister of Transport, Mobility and Urban Agenda (2020–2021)

Electoral history edit

José Luis Ábalos' electoral history
Election List Constituency # Result Ref.
Valencia municipal election, 1999 PSOE - 2nd (out of 33) Elected [14]
Valencia municipal election, 2003 PSOE - 2nd (out of 33) Elected [15]
Valencia municipal election, 2007 PSOE - 4th (out of 33) Elected [16]
Spanish general election, 2008 (Congress of Deputies) PSOE Valencia 8th (out of 16) Not elected [17][n. 1]
Spanish general election, 2011 (Congress of Deputies) PSOE Valencia 3rd (out of 16) Elected [18]
Spanish general election, 2015 (Congress of Deputies) PSOE Valencia 2nd (out of 15) Elected [19]
Spanish general election, 2016 (Congress of Deputies) PSOE Valencia 2nd (out of 16) Elected [20]
Spanish general election, April 2019 (Congress of Deputies) PSOE Valencia 1st (out of 15) Elected [21]
Spanish general election, November 2019 (Congress of Deputies) PSOE Valencia 1st (out of 15) Elected [22]
  1. ^ Ábalos was proclaimed deputy after the 2009 renouncement of Inmaculada Rodríguez-Piñero.

References edit

  1. ^ a b "17 cosas que no sabías de José Luis Ábalos". El Huffington Post (in Spanish). 2017-05-24. Retrieved 2020-01-18.
  2. ^ "Ábalos, nieto de guardia civil, hijo del torero 'Carbonerito': la historia familiar del poderoso ministro". El Español (in European Spanish). 2018-06-16. Retrieved 2020-01-18.
  3. ^ "José Luis Ábalos, una juventud comunista y una carrera socialista peldaño a peldaño". El Confidencial (in Spanish). 2018-06-05. Retrieved 2020-01-18.
  4. ^ a b García de Blas, Elsa (4 June 2018). "José Luis Ábalos, el pacificador interno". El País (in Spanish). Madrid: Prisa. Retrieved 10 November 2019.
  5. ^ (PDF). Dictionary of Valencian politicians. 2005. p. 2. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 September 2009. Retrieved 10 November 2019.
  6. ^ . El Pais. 9 March 2008. Archived from the original on 20 July 2008. Retrieved 10 November 2019.
  7. ^ Europa Press (16 April 2009). "Blanco nombra a Rodríguez-Piñero secretaria general de Infraestructuras". Levante – El Mercantil Valenciano (in Spanish). Prensa Ibérica. Retrieved 10 November 2019.
  8. ^ "La magistrada Margarita Robles será la nueva portavoz del PSOE en el Congreso de los Diputados". ELMUNDO (in Spanish). 2017-06-18. Retrieved 2020-01-18.
  9. ^ AGENCIAS, RTVE es / (2017-06-15). "Adriana Lastra y José Luis Ábalos, apuestas de Sánchez como números dos y tres de la nueva Ejecutiva". RTVE.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-01-18.
  10. ^ "Los ministros del Gobierno de Pedro Sánchez". El País (in Spanish). 2018-06-07. ISSN 1134-6582. Retrieved 2020-01-18.
  11. ^ Blas, Elsa García de (2018-06-14). "Los tres ministros de Sánchez que son diputados dejarán su escaño". El País (in Spanish). ISSN 1134-6582. Retrieved 2020-01-18.
  12. ^ LaInformacion (10 January 2020). "Fomento cambia de nombre: Ábalos sigue como ministro de Transporte y Movilidad". La Información (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-01-18.
  13. ^ "Spain-Venezuela encounter by tarmac unleashes speculation". AP NEWS. 2020-01-23. Retrieved 2020-02-27.
  14. ^ . Boletín Oficial de la Provincia de Valencia. Junta Electoral de Zona de Valencia (116 (2.º suplemento)): 93. 18 May 1999. Archived from the original on 23 February 2020. Retrieved 29 February 2020.
  15. ^ "Edicto de la Junta Electoral de Zona de Valencia sobre proclamación de candidaturas para las elecciones locales 2003". Boletín oficial de la Provincia de Valencia. Junta Electoral de Zona de Valencia (100). 29 April 2003.
  16. ^ . Boletín Oficial de la Provincia de Valencia. Junta Electoral de Zona de Valencia (suplemento 2 al núm. 103): 92–94. 2 May 1995. Archived from the original on 23 February 2020. Retrieved 29 February 2020.
  17. ^ "Candidaturas proclamadas para las elecciones al Congreso de los Diputados y al Senado, convocadas por Real Decreto 33/2008, de 14 de enero" (PDF). Boletín Oficial del Estado. Juntas Electorales Provinciales (37): 7686. 12 February 2008. ISSN 0212-033X.
  18. ^ "Candidaturas proclamadas para las elecciones al Congreso de los Diputados y al Senado, convocadas por Real Decreto 1329/2011, de 26 de septiembre" (PDF). Boletín Oficial del Estado. Juntas Electorales Provinciales (257): 111473. 25 October 2011. ISSN 0212-033X.
  19. ^ "Candidaturas proclamadas para las elecciones al Congreso de los Diputados y al Senado, convocadas por Real Decreto 977/2015, de 26 de octubre" (PDF). Boletín Oficial del Estado. Juntas Electorales Provinciales (281): 110884. 24 November 2015. ISSN 0212-033X.
  20. ^ "Candidaturas proclamadas para las elecciones al Congreso de los Diputados y al Senado, convocadas por Real Decreto 184/2016, de 3 de mayo" (PDF). Boletín Oficial del Estado. Juntas Electorales Provinciales (131): 35559. 31 May 2016. ISSN 0212-033X.
  21. ^ "Candidaturas proclamadas para las elecciones al Congreso de los Diputados y al Senado, convocadas por Real Decreto 129/2019, de 4 de marzo" (PDF). Boletín Oficial del Estado. Juntas Electorales Provinciales (79): 34435. 2 April 2019. ISSN 0212-033X.
  22. ^ "Candidaturas proclamadas para las elecciones al Congreso de los Diputados y al Senado, convocadas por Real Decreto 551/2019, de 24 de septiembre" (PDF). Boletín Oficial del Estado. Juntas Electorales Provinciales (248): 113718. 15 October 2019. ISSN 0212-033X.

External links edit

  • Biography at Spanish Congress site
  • Spanish Socialist Workers Party Transparency Portal – Jose Luis Ábalos Meco
  • La Moncloa – Jose Luis Abalos Meco – Minister of Development
  • Personal blog
Political offices
Preceded by Minister of Development
2018–present 		Incumbent
Party political offices
Preceded by Leader of the Socialist Group in the Congress of Deputies
Acting
2017 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Secretary of Organization of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party
2017-present 		Incumbent

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In this Spanish name the first or paternal surname is Abalos and the second or maternal family name is Meco Jose Luis Abalos Meco born 9 December 1959 is a Spanish politician of the Spanish Socialist Workers Party serving as Member of the Congress of Deputies since 2009 He has served as minister of Development of Transport Mobility and Urban Agenda since 2020 of the Government of Spain from 2018 to 2021 in the cabinets chaired by Pedro Sanchez He was also the Secretary of Organization of his party from 2017 to 2021 The Most ExcellentJose Luis AbalosMinister of Transport Mobility and Urban AgendaIn office 7 June 2018 14 July 2021MonarchFelipe VIPreceded byInigo de la SernaSucceeded byRaquel SanchezMember of the Congress of DeputiesIncumbentAssumed office 21 May 2019ConstituencyValenciaIn office 21 April 2009 15 June 2018ConstituencyValenciaPersonal detailsBorn 1959 12 09 9 December 1959 age 64 Torrent Valencia SpainPolitical partyPSOEProfessionPrimary teacher Politician Contents 1 Biography 1 1 Minister 2 Positions held 3 Electoral history 4 References 5 External linksBiography editAbalos was born in Torrent province of Valencia in 1959 1 He is the son of bullfighter Heliodoro Abalos Carbonerito and the grandson of a Civil Guard officer Julian Meco who died in active service because of a pneumonia during the Revolution of 1934 2 He joined the Communist Youth Union of Spain at the age of 17 and in 1978 he officially joined the Communist Party of Spain PCE After leaving the PCE Abalos joined the Spanish Socialist Workers Party PSOE in 1981 1 3 Abalos worked as a primary school teacher Within the PSOE he served as Secretary General of the PSOE for the Valencia City North region based around the district of Orriols from 1988 to 1995 before he became PSOE Secretary General for Valencia city in the latter year He also stood as a candidate for Secretary General of the PSOE in the Valencian Community in 2001 and 2008 but was unsuccessful on both occasions He was a member of Valencia City Council from 1999 to 2009 4 5 while also being a member of the Provincial Deputation of Valencia for the 2003 2007 period 4 For the Spanish General Election of 2008 he was selected as a candidate for the PSOE being placed eighth on the list for Valencia Province 6 With the PSOE as in 2004 winning seven seats Abalos initially failed to be elected to the Spanish Congress but in April 2009 he joined the Congress as a substitute for Inmaculada Rodriguez Pinero who had been appointed Secretary General for Infraestructures within the Ministry of Public Works 7 On 24 May 2017 he was appointed Acting Spokesperson of the Socialist Group in Congress after the victory of Pedro Sanchez in the party s leadership election He served as such until June 19 2017 when Margarita Robles was appointed Spokesperson 8 and Abalos was appointed Secretary of Organization of the PSOE 9 Minister edit In June 2018 prime minister Pedro Sanchez appointed Abalos as Minister of Development 10 Abalos along with ministers Robles and Batet were the only ministers in the first Cabinet of Pedro Sanchez who were also members of parliament To avoid overlaps in their agendas they resigned to its seats at the Congress of Deputies 11 The Prime Minister called for snap elections twice in 2019 winning the PSOE both of them In both elections Abalos ran for election being elected MP for the Valencian constituency After the November election PSOE reached a deal with Unidas Podemos to form a coalition government presided by Sanchez and Abalos was confirmed on its position as Minister although the portfolio was renamed as Ministry of Transport Mobility and Urban Agenda 12 In January 2020 Abalos met in the guest area of the Madrid Barajas Airport with Delcy Rodriguez Vice President of Venezuela despite the entry ban imposed by the European Union 13 In July 2021 he was replaced by Raquel Sanchez Jimenez as minister of Transport He also resigned as Secretary of Organization of PSOE Positions held editSecretary General of the Socialist Party of Valencia PSPV PSOE 1995 2000 President of the National Committee of the PSPV PSOE 1997 1999 Councilor of the City Hall of Valencia 1999 2009 Vicesecretary General of PSPV PSOE 2000 2004 Member of the County Council of Valencia 2003 2007 Member of the Congress of Deputies representing the Constituency of Valencia 2009 2018 2019 Secretary General of PSPV in the province of Valencia 2012 2017 Acting Spokesperson of the Socialist Party at the Spanish Congress of Deputies 2017 Organizational Secretary of PSOE 2017 2021 Minister of Development 2018 2020 Minister of Transport Mobility and Urban Agenda 2020 2021 Electoral history editJose Luis Abalos electoral history Election List Constituency Result Ref Valencia municipal election 1999 PSOE 2nd out of 33 Elected 14 Valencia municipal election 2003 PSOE 2nd out of 33 Elected 15 Valencia municipal election 2007 PSOE 4th out of 33 Elected 16 Spanish general election 2008 Congress of Deputies PSOE Valencia 8th out of 16 Not elected 17 n 1 Spanish general election 2011 Congress of Deputies PSOE Valencia 3rd out of 16 Elected 18 Spanish general election 2015 Congress of Deputies PSOE Valencia 2nd out of 15 Elected 19 Spanish general election 2016 Congress of Deputies PSOE Valencia 2nd out of 16 Elected 20 Spanish general election April 2019 Congress of Deputies PSOE Valencia 1st out of 15 Elected 21 Spanish general election November 2019 Congress of Deputies PSOE Valencia 1st out of 15 Elected 22 Abalos was proclaimed deputy after the 2009 renouncement of Inmaculada Rodriguez Pinero References edit a b 17 cosas que no sabias de Jose Luis Abalos El Huffington Post in Spanish 2017 05 24 Retrieved 2020 01 18 Abalos nieto de guardia civil hijo del torero Carbonerito la historia familiar del poderoso ministro El Espanol in European Spanish 2018 06 16 Retrieved 2020 01 18 Jose Luis Abalos una juventud comunista y una carrera socialista peldano a peldano El Confidencial in Spanish 2018 06 05 Retrieved 2020 01 18 a b Garcia de Blas Elsa 4 June 2018 Jose Luis Abalos el pacificador interno El Pais in Spanish Madrid Prisa Retrieved 10 November 2019 ABALOS MECO Jose Luis Torrent 1959 PDF Dictionary of Valencian politicians 2005 p 2 Archived from the original PDF on 20 September 2009 Retrieved 10 November 2019 PSOE candidates list 2008 El Pais 9 March 2008 Archived from the original on 20 July 2008 Retrieved 10 November 2019 Europa Press 16 April 2009 Blanco nombra a Rodriguez Pinero secretaria general de Infraestructuras Levante El Mercantil Valenciano in Spanish Prensa Iberica Retrieved 10 November 2019 La magistrada Margarita Robles sera la nueva portavoz del PSOE en el Congreso de los Diputados ELMUNDO in Spanish 2017 06 18 Retrieved 2020 01 18 AGENCIAS RTVE es 2017 06 15 Adriana Lastra y Jose Luis Abalos apuestas de Sanchez como numeros dos y tres de la nueva Ejecutiva RTVE es in Spanish Retrieved 2020 01 18 Los ministros del Gobierno de Pedro Sanchez El Pais in Spanish 2018 06 07 ISSN 1134 6582 Retrieved 2020 01 18 Blas Elsa Garcia de 2018 06 14 Los tres ministros de Sanchez que son diputados dejaran su escano El Pais in Spanish ISSN 1134 6582 Retrieved 2020 01 18 LaInformacion 10 January 2020 Fomento cambia de nombre Abalos sigue como ministro de Transporte y Movilidad La Informacion in Spanish Retrieved 2020 01 18 Spain Venezuela encounter by tarmac unleashes speculation AP NEWS 2020 01 23 Retrieved 2020 02 27 Edicto de la Junta Electoral de Zona de Valencia sobre proclamacion de candidaturas para las elecciones locales 1999 Boletin Oficial de la Provincia de Valencia Junta Electoral de Zona de Valencia 116 2 º suplemento 93 18 May 1999 Archived from the original on 23 February 2020 Retrieved 29 February 2020 Edicto de la Junta Electoral de Zona de Valencia sobre proclamacion de candidaturas para las elecciones locales 2003 Boletin oficial de la Provincia de Valencia Junta Electoral de Zona de Valencia 100 29 April 2003 Edicto de la Junta Electoral de Zona de Valencia sobre proclamacion de candidaturas para las elecciones locales Boletin Oficial de la Provincia de Valencia Junta Electoral de Zona de Valencia suplemento 2 al num 103 92 94 2 May 1995 Archived from the original on 23 February 2020 Retrieved 29 February 2020 Candidaturas proclamadas para las elecciones al Congreso de los Diputados y al Senado convocadas por Real Decreto 33 2008 de 14 de enero PDF Boletin Oficial del Estado Juntas Electorales Provinciales 37 7686 12 February 2008 ISSN 0212 033X Candidaturas proclamadas para las elecciones al Congreso de los Diputados y al Senado convocadas por Real Decreto 1329 2011 de 26 de septiembre PDF Boletin Oficial del Estado Juntas Electorales Provinciales 257 111473 25 October 2011 ISSN 0212 033X Candidaturas proclamadas para las elecciones al Congreso de los Diputados y al Senado convocadas por Real Decreto 977 2015 de 26 de octubre PDF Boletin Oficial del Estado Juntas Electorales Provinciales 281 110884 24 November 2015 ISSN 0212 033X Candidaturas proclamadas para las elecciones al Congreso de los Diputados y al Senado convocadas por Real Decreto 184 2016 de 3 de mayo PDF Boletin Oficial del Estado Juntas Electorales Provinciales 131 35559 31 May 2016 ISSN 0212 033X Candidaturas proclamadas para las elecciones al Congreso de los Diputados y al Senado convocadas por Real Decreto 129 2019 de 4 de marzo PDF Boletin Oficial del Estado Juntas Electorales Provinciales 79 34435 2 April 2019 ISSN 0212 033X Candidaturas proclamadas para las elecciones al Congreso de los Diputados y al Senado convocadas por Real Decreto 551 2019 de 24 de septiembre PDF Boletin Oficial del Estado Juntas Electorales Provinciales 248 113718 15 October 2019 ISSN 0212 033X External links editBiography at Spanish Congress site Spanish Socialist Workers Party Transparency Portal Jose Luis Abalos Meco La Moncloa Jose Luis Abalos Meco Minister of Development Personal blogPolitical officesPreceded byInigo de la Serna Minister of Development2018 present IncumbentParty political officesPreceded byAntonio Hernando Leader of the Socialist Group in the Congress of DeputiesActing2017 Succeeded byMargarita RoblesPreceded byCesar Luena Secretary of Organization of the Spanish Socialist Workers Party2017 present Incumbent Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Jose Luis Abalos amp oldid 1185008234, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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