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==Early life and education==
==Early life and education==
Garcia was born in [[Madrid]] in 1945.<ref name=mded>{{cite web|title=Julián García Vargas|url=http://www.defensa.gob.es/organizacion/quien/desde/personalidades/quien_65.html|work=Ministerio de Defensa|accessdate=11 July 2013}}</ref> He received a degree in economic sciences from [[Universidad Complutense de Madrid|the Universidad Complutense de Madrid]] in 1968.<ref name=typsa>{{cite web|title=Board of Directors|url=http://www.typsa.com/eng/01_3_JGV.html|work=TYPSA Group|accessdate=1 June 2013}}</ref>
Garcia was born in [[Madrid]] in 1945.<ref name=mded>{{cite web|title=Julián García Vargas |url=http://www.defensa.gob.es/organizacion/quien/desde/personalidades/quien_65.html |work=Ministerio de Defensa |accessdate=11 July 2013 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120710131326/http://www.defensa.gob.es/organizacion/quien/desde/personalidades/quien_65.html |archivedate=10 July 2012 |df= }}</ref> He received a degree in economic sciences from [[Universidad Complutense de Madrid|the Universidad Complutense de Madrid]] in 1968.<ref name=typsa>{{cite web|title=Board of Directors |url=http://www.typsa.com/eng/01_3_JGV.html |work=TYPSA Group |accessdate=1 June 2013 }}{{dead link|date=April 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>


==Career and activities==
==Career and activities==
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He was appointed health minister on 26 July 1986 in the cabinet led by the then prime minister [[Felipe Gonzales]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Changes are few as Spain swears in cabinet|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1986/07/27/world/changes-are-few-as-spain-swears-in-cabinet.html|accessdate=5 September 2013|newspaper=The New York Times|date=27 July 1986|author=Edward Schumacher}}</ref> Garcia was in office until March 1991.<ref name=typsa/> He is considered to be one of the three Spanish health ministers who significantly improved health-care system of the country.<ref name=mig2012>{{cite book|title=Contemporary Pediatrics|publisher=InTech|isbn=978-953-51-0154-3|url=http://www.aeped.es/sites/default/files/intech-paediatrics_the_people_and_politicians_in_spain_history_development_reality_and_future.pdf|author=Miguel Labay Matías|editor=Öner Özdemir|chapter=Paediatrics, the People and Politicians in Spain – History, Development, Reality and Future|date=3 March 2012}}</ref> He was appointed defense minister on 12 March 1991 in a cabinet reshuffle.<ref name=mded/> He retained his post in the July 1993 reshuffle.<ref>{{cite news|title=Gonzalez brings independents into Spain's cabinet|url=http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/gonzalez-brings-independents-into-spains-cabinet-the-left-wing-is-shut-out-of-new-government-1484781.html|accessdate=4 September 2013|newspaper=The Independent|date=14 July 1993|author=Phil Davison|location=Madrid}}</ref> However, Garcia resigned from office on 2 July 1995 due to press reports revealing that [[CESED|the military secret services (CESED)]] had been spying on individuals and public figures.<ref name=mded/><ref name=PDiaz1999>{{cite book|author=Víctor Pérez-Díaz|title=Spain at the Crossroads: Civil Society, Politics and the Rule of Law|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=56Jr5M85TEcC&pg=PA87|accessdate=1 June 2013|year=1999|publisher=Harvard University Press|isbn=978-0-674-00052-0|page=87}}</ref> Gustavo Suarez Pertierra succeeded Garcia as defense minister in a cabinet reshuffle.<ref>{{cite news|title=Gonzalez Names New Ministers Following Phone-Tapping Scandal|url=http://www.apnewsarchive.com/1995/Gonzalez-Names-New-Ministers-Following-Phone-Tapping-Scandal/id-3a1a2f77eefb7671f9576fe4dd068647|accessdate=19 October 2013|work=Associated Press|date=30 June 1995}}</ref>
He was appointed health minister on 26 July 1986 in the cabinet led by the then prime minister [[Felipe Gonzales]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Changes are few as Spain swears in cabinet|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1986/07/27/world/changes-are-few-as-spain-swears-in-cabinet.html|accessdate=5 September 2013|newspaper=The New York Times|date=27 July 1986|author=Edward Schumacher}}</ref> Garcia was in office until March 1991.<ref name=typsa/> He is considered to be one of the three Spanish health ministers who significantly improved health-care system of the country.<ref name=mig2012>{{cite book|title=Contemporary Pediatrics|publisher=InTech|isbn=978-953-51-0154-3|url=http://www.aeped.es/sites/default/files/intech-paediatrics_the_people_and_politicians_in_spain_history_development_reality_and_future.pdf|author=Miguel Labay Matías|editor=Öner Özdemir|chapter=Paediatrics, the People and Politicians in Spain – History, Development, Reality and Future|date=3 March 2012}}</ref> He was appointed defense minister on 12 March 1991 in a cabinet reshuffle.<ref name=mded/> He retained his post in the July 1993 reshuffle.<ref>{{cite news|title=Gonzalez brings independents into Spain's cabinet|url=http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/gonzalez-brings-independents-into-spains-cabinet-the-left-wing-is-shut-out-of-new-government-1484781.html|accessdate=4 September 2013|newspaper=The Independent|date=14 July 1993|author=Phil Davison|location=Madrid}}</ref> However, Garcia resigned from office on 2 July 1995 due to press reports revealing that [[CESED|the military secret services (CESED)]] had been spying on individuals and public figures.<ref name=mded/><ref name=PDiaz1999>{{cite book|author=Víctor Pérez-Díaz|title=Spain at the Crossroads: Civil Society, Politics and the Rule of Law|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=56Jr5M85TEcC&pg=PA87|accessdate=1 June 2013|year=1999|publisher=Harvard University Press|isbn=978-0-674-00052-0|page=87}}</ref> Gustavo Suarez Pertierra succeeded Garcia as defense minister in a cabinet reshuffle.<ref>{{cite news|title=Gonzalez Names New Ministers Following Phone-Tapping Scandal|url=http://www.apnewsarchive.com/1995/Gonzalez-Names-New-Ministers-Following-Phone-Tapping-Scandal/id-3a1a2f77eefb7671f9576fe4dd068647|accessdate=19 October 2013|work=Associated Press|date=30 June 1995}}</ref>


After leaving office he served as the special envoy of [[the European Union]] in [[Mostar]] (Bosnia) from November 1995 to April 1996 for the implementation of [[Dayton Peace Agreement|the Dayton Peace Agreement]].<ref name=typsa/> He was the president of the Spanish Association of Defense Technology, Aeronautics and Space Administration (TEDAE) until his resignation in June 2013.<ref name=efe27jun>{{cite news|title=Julián García Vargas deja de presidir la asociación de empresas de defensa|url=http://www.diariovasco.com/agencias/20130627/economia/julian-garcia-vargas-deja-presidir_201306271825.html|accessdate=9 July 2013|work=diariovasco|date=27 June 2013|agency=EFE|language=Spanish}}</ref> He is the president of the Spanish Atlantic Association.<ref name=incipe>{{cite news|title=European defense and Transatlantic relations|url=http://www.incipe.org/Hispano_Alem_n_Ingl_s.pdf|accessdate=1 June 2013|work=INCIPE|date=15 December 2005}}</ref> He has been board member of several companies.<ref name=typsa/>
After leaving office he served as the special envoy of [[the European Union]] in [[Mostar]] (Bosnia) from November 1995 to April 1996 for the implementation of [[Dayton Peace Agreement|the Dayton Peace Agreement]].<ref name=typsa/> He was the president of the Spanish Association of Defense Technology, Aeronautics and Space Administration (TEDAE) until his resignation in June 2013.<ref name=efe27jun>{{cite news|title=Julián García Vargas deja de presidir la asociación de empresas de defensa|url=http://www.diariovasco.com/agencias/20130627/economia/julian-garcia-vargas-deja-presidir_201306271825.html|accessdate=9 July 2013|work=diariovasco|date=27 June 2013|agency=EFE|language=Spanish}}</ref> He is the president of the Spanish Atlantic Association.<ref name=incipe>{{cite news|title=European defense and Transatlantic relations |url=http://www.incipe.org/Hispano_Alem_n_Ingl_s.pdf |accessdate=1 June 2013 |work=INCIPE |date=15 December 2005 }}{{dead link|date=April 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> He has been board member of several companies.<ref name=typsa/>


==References==
==References==

Revision as of 10:51, 29 April 2017

Julián García Vargas
Minister of Defense
In office
12 March 1991 – 2 July 1995
Prime MinisterFelipe González Márquez
Succeeded byGustavo Suarez
Minister of Health and Consumers
In office
26 July 1986 – March 1991
Prime MinisterFelipe González Márquez
Personal details
Born1945 (age 78–79)
Madrid
NationalitySpanish
Alma materUniversidad Complutense de Madrid

Julián García Vargas (born 1945) is a Spanish economist and socialist politician who served in different cabinets of Spain.

Early life and education

Garcia was born in Madrid in 1945.[1] He received a degree in economic sciences from the Universidad Complutense de Madrid in 1968.[2]

Career and activities

Garcia is an economist and healthcare expert by profession.[3] He is a member of the Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE).[3] He began his career in private sector and then joined public sector where he worked until 1986.[2]

He was appointed health minister on 26 July 1986 in the cabinet led by the then prime minister Felipe Gonzales.[4] Garcia was in office until March 1991.[2] He is considered to be one of the three Spanish health ministers who significantly improved health-care system of the country.[5] He was appointed defense minister on 12 March 1991 in a cabinet reshuffle.[1] He retained his post in the July 1993 reshuffle.[6] However, Garcia resigned from office on 2 July 1995 due to press reports revealing that the military secret services (CESED) had been spying on individuals and public figures.[1][7] Gustavo Suarez Pertierra succeeded Garcia as defense minister in a cabinet reshuffle.[8]

After leaving office he served as the special envoy of the European Union in Mostar (Bosnia) from November 1995 to April 1996 for the implementation of the Dayton Peace Agreement.[2] He was the president of the Spanish Association of Defense Technology, Aeronautics and Space Administration (TEDAE) until his resignation in June 2013.[9] He is the president of the Spanish Atlantic Association.[10] He has been board member of several companies.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Julián García Vargas". Ministerio de Defensa. Archived from the original on 10 July 2012. Retrieved 11 July 2013. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  2. ^ a b c d e "Board of Directors". TYPSA Group. Retrieved 1 June 2013.[permanent dead link]
  3. ^ a b "The Spanish healthcare system will survive, but it requires urgent changes". ESADE. 28 February 2013. Retrieved 1 June 2013.
  4. ^ Edward Schumacher (27 July 1986). "Changes are few as Spain swears in cabinet". The New York Times. Retrieved 5 September 2013.
  5. ^ Miguel Labay Matías (3 March 2012). "Paediatrics, the People and Politicians in Spain – History, Development, Reality and Future". In Öner Özdemir (ed.). Contemporary Pediatrics (PDF). InTech. ISBN 978-953-51-0154-3.
  6. ^ Phil Davison (14 July 1993). "Gonzalez brings independents into Spain's cabinet". The Independent. Madrid. Retrieved 4 September 2013.
  7. ^ Víctor Pérez-Díaz (1999). Spain at the Crossroads: Civil Society, Politics and the Rule of Law. Harvard University Press. p. 87. ISBN 978-0-674-00052-0. Retrieved 1 June 2013.
  8. ^ "Gonzalez Names New Ministers Following Phone-Tapping Scandal". Associated Press. 30 June 1995. Retrieved 19 October 2013.
  9. ^ "Julián García Vargas deja de presidir la asociación de empresas de defensa". diariovasco (in Spanish). EFE. 27 June 2013. Retrieved 9 July 2013.
  10. ^ "European defense and Transatlantic relations" (PDF). INCIPE. 15 December 2005. Retrieved 1 June 2013.[permanent dead link]