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José Luis García Ferrero

José Luis García Ferrero

Spanish politician (1929–2020)


José Luis García Ferrero (30 November 1929 – 28 July 2020) was a Spanish veterinarian and politician.

A native of Fuensalida born on 30 November 1929,[1][2] García Ferrero studied veterinary science at the Complutense University of Madrid.[3]

From February 1968,[4] García Ferrero was deputy director in charge of preventative healthcare and hygiene for livestock, and was appointed leader of a regional laboratory affiliated with the Animal Health Center in December 1971.[5][6] He was named director-general of agricultural industry in July 1976,[7] and appointed director-general of agricultural production in March 1978.[8] From October 1980,[9] García Ferrero was deputy agriculture minister.[3] Conservation was added to his portfolio in December 1981.[10] García Ferrero was appointed head of the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food on 13 September 1982, succeeding José Luis Álvarez, who left the Calvo-Sotelo Government for the People's Democratic Party.[11][12] After the government was voted out of office, García Ferrero worked for a private agricultural company.[13] García Ferrero's tenure as a government minister was the shortest following the Spanish transition to democracy, until Màxim Huerta's tenure in the Sánchez I Government.[1][14]

García Ferrero died at the age of 90 on 28 July 2020.[1][2]

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References

  1. "Fallece un ex ministro toledano que ha pasado a la historia de España". El Digital Castilla La Mancha (in Spanish). 28 July 2020. Retrieved 28 July 2020.
  2. "Fallece el veterinario José Luis García Ferrero, ex ministro de Agricultura". Animal's Health (in Spanish). 28 July 2020. Retrieved 31 July 2020.
  3. "Biografías". El País (in Spanish). 23 July 1976. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
  4. "José Luis García Ferrero". El País (in Spanish). 13 September 1982. Retrieved 31 July 2020.
  5. "Calvo Sotelo cesa a Jose Luis Alvarez, que anuncia su pase al PDP". El País (in Spanish). 12 September 1982. Retrieved 31 July 2020.
  6. "El ministro más efímero de la democracia". Heraldo (in Spanish). 13 June 2018. Retrieved 31 July 2020.
  7. Allende y García-Baxter, Tomás (15 May 1970), "Decreto 1356/1970, de 15 de mayo, por el que se concede la Gran Cruz de la Orden Civil del Mérito Agrícola a don José Luis García Ferrero", Boletín Oficial del Estado (BOE) (in Spanish), no. 116, Madrid, p. 7593, retrieved 28 July 2020
  8. "Condecorados los miembros del anterior Gobierno". El País (in Spanish). Madrid. 4 December 1982. Retrieved 28 July 2020.
  9. "Juan Abascal Mazorra recibió la medalla de oro de los veterinarios". Diario Montañés (in Spanish). Santander. 27 February 2007. Retrieved 28 July 2020.
  10. Jauregui Atondo, Ramón (22 February 2011), "Real Decreto 225/2011, de 18 de febrero, por el que se concede la Medalla de la Orden del Mérito Constitucional a don José Luis García Ferrero", Boletín Oficial del Estado (BOE) (in Spanish), no. 45, Madrid, p. 20575, retrieved 28 July 2020

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