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Luis Solana

Luis Solana

Spanish businessman and politician

Luis Solana Madariaga (born 18 December 1935) is a Spanish businessman and politician.

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Biography

Born on 18 December 1935 in Madrid,[1] he is an older brother of Javier Solana. He graduated in law at the Complutense University of Madrid, and later studied economics in London and Paris.[2] A member of the University Socialist Grouping [es] (ASU), he was jailed in 1959 by the Francoist dictatorship due to his political activities during his student years.[3]

He married Leonor Pérez Pita [es], best known as 'Cuca Solana', pioneer of fashion in Spain and founder of the Pasarela Cibeles.[2][4]

A member of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE),[5] he was elected member of the Congress of Deputies in the 1977 general election in representation of Segovia.[6] He was re-elected in the 1979 and 1982 general elections. In 1985 he became a member of the Spanish group of the Trilateral Commission.[5]

He was the chairman of Telefónica from 1982 to 1989, when he was appointed as Director-General of RTVE.[7] He later became chairman of Inversiones Graminsa, S.A (1991) and member of the board of directors of Amper (2004).[7]

He was widowed in 2019.[4]

References

  1. [1]
    "Luis Solana en Telefónica, de la miel del éxito a la hiel de la crítica". ABC. Madrid: 23. 14 January 1989.
  2. [2]
    López, Irene (20 April 2013). "Mucho más que un nombre". Cinco Días.
  3. [3]
    Sanz Díaz, Benito. "La primera oposición al franquismo en la Universidad de Valencia a final de los años 50. El Partido Comunista de España (PCE) y la Agrupación Socialista Universitaria (ASU)" (PDF): 70. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  4. [4]
    Funes, María Luisa (14 March 2019). "Impulsora de la moda española". ABC: 62.
  5. [5]
    "El socialista Luis Solana, nuevo miembro de la Comisión Trilateral". El País. February 1985.
  6. [6]
    "Solana Madariaga, Luis. Legislatura Constituyente (1977–1979)". Congress of Deputies.
  7. [7]
    "Luis Solana cesa como consejero de Amper por edad". El Economista. 16 June 2006.
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