José Montilla
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The Very Honourable José Montilla |
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| 128th President of the Generalitat de Catalunya | |
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In office 28 November 2006 – 27 December 2010 |
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| Vice President | Josep-Lluís Carod-Rovira |
| Preceded by | Pasqual Maragall |
| Succeeded by | Artur Mas |
| Mayor of Cornellà de Llobregat | |
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In office 1985 – 17 April 2004 |
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| Preceded by | Frederic Prieto |
| Succeeded by | Antonio Balmón i Arévalo |
| Minister of Industry, Trade and Tourism | |
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In office 17 April 2004 – 8 September 2006 |
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| President | José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero |
| Preceded by | Juan Costa Climent |
| Succeeded by | Joan Clos |
| Personal details | |
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15 January 1955 Iznájar, Córdoba |
| Political party | Socialists' Party of Catalonia |
| Spouse(s) | Anna Hernández |
| Children | Three sons and two daughters |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Religion | Roman Catholicism |
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José Montilla Aguilera (born 15 January 1955 in Iznájar, Córdoba, Spain) is a Spanish politician who is currently a member of the Spanish Senate. He was the 128th President of Generalitat de Catalunya. He became the First Secretary of the Socialists' Party of Catalonia on 18 June 2000, and a member of the Federal Executive Committee and the Federal Committee of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) on 23 July 2000. He served as Minister of Industry, Tourism and Trade in the government of José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero from 18 April 2004 until 9 September 2006. He is married and has five children. On 29 November 2010 he announced he would not stand again for the post of First Secretary of the PSC due to his party's having obtained its worst-ever results in the 2010 election.
At the age of sixteen, he moved from his native Andalusia to Catalonia and settled in Sant Joan Despí.
His higher education began with vocational training, but later he studied Law for one year and Economics for two years at the University of Barcelona. He himself has said that he gave up his university career as he was working and studying at the same time.
Having joined the Socialists' Party of Catalonia in 1978, two years later he became a member of the party's National Council.
At the age of 25, he was appointed Deputy mayor for Local Taxation in Sant Joan Despí, where he was also the spokesman of the Socialist group on the council. Subsequently, between 1985 and April 2004, he was mayor of Cornellà de Llobregat. In the 1999 elections and again in 2003 he was re-elected with an absolute majority.
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