José María Barreda
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| President of Castile-La Mancha | |
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In office 29 April 2004 – 22 June 2011 |
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| Preceded by | José Bono Martínez |
| Succeeded by | María Dolores de Cospedal |
| President of the Cortes of Castile-La Mancha | |
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In office 21 June 1991 – 8 July 1997 |
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| Preceded by | José Manuel Martínez Cenzano |
| Succeeded by | María del Carmen Blázquez |
| Member of the Congress of Deputies | |
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Assumed office 13 December 2011 |
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| Constituency | Ciudad Real |
| Member of the Senate | |
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In office 21 November 1989 – 16 October 1991 |
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| Constituency | Castile-La Mancha |
| Personal details | |
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4 February 1953 Ciudad Real, Castile-La Mancha, Spain |
| Political party | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party |
José María Barreda Fontes (born 4 February 1953) is a Spanish politician and academic. A member of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party, he was the President of the autonomous community of Castile-La Mancha from 2004 until 2011.
Barreda, who was born in Ciudad Real, he is a descendent of a Spanish noble family and holds a doctorate in history and geography and a BA in philosophy and letters from the Complutense University of Madrid. He received a scholarship from the Spanish National Research Council to fund his post-doctoral research and is currently a tenured professor of contemporary history at the University of Castile-La Mancha.
Barreda met his wife, Clementina Díez de Baldeón, a socialist deputy for the Province of Ciudad Real, while still at university; the couple have two children.
Barreda's first elected position was to the municipal council of Ciudad Real, a post he held from 1983-1987. During that period, he was the Minister for Education and Culture in the first regional Government of José Bono Martínez. As a Minister, he oversaw the creation of the University of Castile-La Mancha, launched the regional network of libraries, cultural centres, theatres and auditoria, and organised the conversion of the library at the Alcázar of Toledo.
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