Javier Lambán
{{short description|Spanish politician}}
{{family name hatnote|Lambán|Montañés|lang=Spanish}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Javier Lambán
| office = President of Aragon
| predecessor = Luisa Fernanda Rudi
| successor = Jorge Azcón
| term_start = 5 July 2015
| term_end = 11 August 2023
| image = Francisco Javier Lambán - Carles Puigdemont (cropped - 2).jpg
| caption = Lambán in 2016
| birth_name = Francisco Javier Lambán Montañés
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1957|8|19|df=y}}
| birth_place = Ejea de los Caballeros, Spain
| death_date =
| death_place =
| party = PSOE–Aragón
}}
Francisco Javier Lambán Montañés (born 1957) is a Spanish politician member of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) and President of the Government of Aragon from 5 July 2015 to 11 August 2023.
Biography
Born on 19 August 1957 in Ejea de los Caballeros, he graduated in history at the University of Barcelona.{{Cite web|url=https://www.cortesaragon.es/Ficha-Personal.781.0.html?&L=2&tx_parlament_pi5%5BshowUid%5D=1698|publisher=Cortes de Aragón|title=Lambán Montañés, Francisco Javier|date=23 June 2022 }}
A member of the Ejea city council since 1983 (he also joined the PSOE that year), he was a member of the provincial deputation between 1991 and 2012. He was elected President of the Provincial Deputation of Saragossa on 15 July 1999. He became the Mayor of Ejea in 2007.{{Cite journal|url=https://www.elperiodicodearagon.com/noticias/la-cronica-de-ejea-y-sus-pueblos/mas-30-anos-dedicados-ayuntamiento_958280.html|journal=El Periódico de Aragón|date=2014-07-22|title=Más de 30 años dedicados al ayuntamiento}}
A member of the Aragonese regional legislature, the Cortes of Aragon, since 2011,{{Cite journal|title=Javier Lambán |journal=El Heraldo |date=2015-08-05 |url=https://www.heraldo.es/noticias/aragon/elecciones_aragon/2015/05/08/javier_lamban_359091_2021027.html}} he obtained a PhD in history at the University of Zaragoza in 2014, reading a thesis titled La reforma agraria en Aragón, 1931-1936.{{Cite journal|last=Civieta |first=Óscar F. |title=La Universidad de Zaragoza hace pública la tesis de Javier Lambán |journal=eldiario.es |date=2018-09-14 |url=https://www.eldiario.es/aragon/politica/Universidad-Zaragoza-publica-Javier-Lamban_0_814368702.html}}
Voted President of the Government of Aragon by the regional legislature after the 2015 election, Lambán was sworn into office on 5 July 2015 at the Aljafería Palace.{{Cite journal|url=https://www.heraldo.es/noticias/aragon/2015/07/05/javier_lamban_nuevo_presidente_del_gobierno_aragon_377811_300.html|journal=El Heraldo|date=5 July 2015|title=Lambán: "El amor que sentimos por Aragón nos permitirá forjar grandes acuerdos"}}
References
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{{s-ttl|title=President of the Provincial Deputation of Saragossa|years=1999–2011}}
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{{s-ttl|title=Mayor of Ejea de los Caballeros|years=2007–2014}}
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{{s-bef|before=Luisa Fernanda Rudi}}
{{s-ttl|title=President of the Government of Aragon|years=2015–2023}}
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{{s-bef|before=Marcelino Iglesias}}
{{s-ttl|title=Secretary-General of the Socialist Workers' Party of Aragón|years=2012-present}}
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Category:Mayors of places in Aragon
Category:Presidents of the Government of Aragon
Category:Members of the Cortes of Aragon
Category:Municipal councillors in the province of Zaragoza
Category:University of Barcelona alumni
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