Joaquín Leguina

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Joaquín Leguina
President of the Community of Madrid
In office 13 June 1983 – 30 June 1995
Monarch	Juan Carlos I
Deputy	César Cimadevilla
Preceded by	None
Succeeded by	Alberto Ruiz-Gallardón
Secretary-General of the Madrilenian Socialist Federation
In office 14 December 1979 – 2 February 1991
Preceded by	Alonso Puerta
Succeeded by	Teófilo Serrano
Member of the Congress of Deputies
In office 3 March 1996 – 1 April 2008
Constituency	Madrid
In office 28 October 1982 – 8 May 1983
Constituency	Madrid
Member of the Assembly of Madrid
In office 8 May 1983 – 1 July 1995
Member of Madrid Municipal Council
In office 15 May 1979 – 8 May 1983
Personal details
Born	Joaquín Leguina Herrán (1941-05-05) 5 May 1941 (age 83) Villaescusa, Spain
Political party	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party
Alma mater	University of the Basque Country

Joaquín Leguina Herrán (born 5 May 1941)^[1] is a Spanish politician and writer. A member of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE), he became the first President of the Community of Madrid, serving from 1983 and 1995. He also was Secretary-General of the Socialist Party of Madrid from 1979 to 1991.

After leaving the presidency of the Madrid region, he became a member of the PSOE National Executive Board presided by Joaquín Almunia.^[2] He also returned to the Congress of Deputies, becoming a member of the 6th, 7th and 8th terms of the Lower House in representation of Madrid. During the 8th term he chaired the Defence Committee of the Congress of Deputies.^[3]

A staunch critic of the Catalan pro-independence movement, he became a member of the Libres e Iguales platform in 2014, signing their manifesto.^[4][5][6] Later the same year, he likened Artur Mas to the Pied Piper of Hamelin.^[7]

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• Los ríos desbordados, un ensayo político. Plaza & Janes, 1994.^[8]
• La luz crepuscular. Alfaguara, 2009.^[9]
• Os salvaré la vida (together with Rubén Buren). Espasa, 2017.^{[10][n. 1]}

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