José Luis Ábalos, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

José Luis Ábalos

Member of Spanish Congress

Date of Birth: 09-Dec-1959

Place of Birth: Torrent, Valencian Community, Spain

Profession: politician, school teacher

Nationality: Spain

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

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About José Luis Ábalos

  • José Luis Ábalos Meco (born December 9, 1959 in Torrent, Valencia) is a Spanish politician member of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party.
  • In June 2018 he was appointed Minister of Development of Spain. Ábalos worked as a primary school teacher and was originally a member of the Communist Party of Spain before joining the PSOE in 1981.
  • 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 while also being a member of the Provincial Deputation of Valencia for the 2003–2007 period.
  • 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.
  • 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 Minister of Public Works.As of June 2018, Ábalos serves as Minister of Development of Spain and as Organizational Secretary of the PSOE.Currently he is also a Member of the Spanish Congress of Deputies for the Constituency of Valencia after the Spanish General Elections held on 28 April 2019.

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