Juan Alberto Belloch
Juan Alberto Belloch | |
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![]() Belloch in 2011 | |
Mayor of Zaragoza | |
In office 14 June 2003 – 13 June 2015 | |
Preceded by | José Atarés |
Succeeded by | Pedro Santisteve |
Minister of Interior | |
In office 5 May 1994 – 6 May 1996 | |
Prime Minister | Felipe González |
Preceded by | Antoni Asunción Hernández |
Succeeded by | Jaime Mayor Oreja |
Minister of Justice | |
In office 14 July 1993 – 6 May 1996 | |
Prime Minister | Felipe González |
Preceded by | Tomás Fernández del Castillo |
Succeeded by | Margarita Mariscal de Gante |
Personal details | |
Born | Juan Alberto Belloch Julbe 1950 (age 73–74) Mora de Rubielos, Teruel Province |
Nationality | Spanish |
Political party | Socialist Party |
Spouse | Mari Cruz Soriano |
Alma mater | University of Barcelona |
Juan Alberto Belloch (born 1950) is a Spanish judge and socialist politician, who served in different cabinet posts. He served as the mayor of Zaragoza between June 2003 and 13 June 2015.
Early life and education
[edit]Belloch was born in Mora de Rubielos, Teruel Province, in 1950.[1] He graduated from the University of Barcelona with a law degree.[2]
Career and activities
[edit]Belloch worked as a judge in the Basque county.[1] He is the founder of the Judges for Democracy and was an active member of the organization until 1990.[2] He also established the association for human rights in 1984.[1] He served as the president of the provincial court of Vizcaya.[3] In 1990, he was appointed a member of the general council of the judiciary.[1]
Belloch is a member of Spain's Socialist Party.[4] On 14 July 1993 he was appointed justice minister in a cabinet reshuffle and became part of the cabinet led by the prime minister Felipe Gonzalez.[5] However, he was an independent member of the cabinet.[1] He served in the post until 6 May 1996.[3][6]
He was also appointed interior minister on 5 May 1994, replacing Antoni Asunción Hernández in the post,[7][8][9] who resigned from office in late April 1994.[10] Therefore, both justice ministry and interior ministry were headed by Belloch.[10] His attempts to clean the ministry of interior led to the discovery of the GAL affair which triggered the trial and arrest of the former interior minister José Barrionuevo.[7] The affair then was searched by an inquiry committee in the Spanish senate and following the inquiry it was dissolved.[7] Belloch was in office until 6 May 1996 and was succeeded by Jaime Mayor Oreja in the post.[6] He became a member of the Spanish parliament in 1996, representing Zaragoza province. and served there until 2000.[3] Next he became a senator for Zaragoza and held the post from 2000 to 2004.[3]
After leaving office, he became a Zaragoza councilman.[11] He ran for the mayor of Zaragoza and was elected to the post in June 2003.[3][11] He was reelected for office in 2007 and in 2011.[4] In 2008, he was appointed the chairman of the association of cities and regions hosting an international exposition (AVE).[12] He attempted to make Zaragoza the European Capital of Culture for 2016.[2] His other significant activity as mayor was to make the city the host of the Winter Olympics in 2022.[2] In the municipal elections in May 2015 he lost and Pedro Santisteve was elected as the mayor of Zaragoza.[13]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e Eamonn Rodgers; Valerie Rodgers, eds. (1999). Encyclopedia of Contemporary Spanish Culture (PDF). London: Routledge. p. 54. ISBN 0-415-13187-1. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 December 2020.
- ^ a b c d "Sustainable Water Management in Cities". UN. December 2010. Retrieved 23 April 2013.
- ^ a b c d e "Expo, not just a one-time event". Shanghai Daily News. 27 September 2006. Retrieved 23 April 2013.
- ^ a b Alidad Vassigh (20 August 2011). "Spanish Mayors". City Mayors. Retrieved 23 April 2013.
- ^ Phil Davison (14 July 1993). "Gonzalez brings independents into Spain's cabinet". The Independent. Madrid. Retrieved 4 September 2013.
- ^ a b "Spain – Ministries, etc". Rulers. Retrieved 27 April 2013.
- ^ a b c José María Magone (2009). Contemporary Spanish Politics. Taylor & Francis. p. 117. ISBN 978-0-415-42188-1.
- ^ Rory Watson (7 December 1995). "EU faces attack over crime-fighting record". Retrieved 23 April 2013.
- ^ "Gonzalez pledges to fight on: Ministerial resignations deal heavy blow to Spanish PM". Financial Times. 6 May 1994. Archived from the original on 2 July 2013. Retrieved 23 April 2013.
- ^ a b Phil Davison (6 May 1994). "Gonzalez stands firm as ministers resign". The Independent. Madrid. Retrieved 5 September 2013.
- ^ a b "Spaniards Consider Putting on Tux". Wired. 9 May 2003. Retrieved 23 April 2013.
- ^ "Zaragoza mayor appointed chairman of AVE". Expo. 14 September 2008. Archived from the original on 28 June 2013. Retrieved 23 April 2013.
- ^ Fernando Garea (15 June 2015). "Municipal politics completes shift to the left as new councils voted in". El Pais. Madrid. Retrieved 12 June 2016.
External links
[edit]Media related to Juan Alberto Belloch at Wikimedia Commons
- 20th-century Spanish judges
- 1950 births
- Interior ministers of Spain
- Justice ministers of Spain
- Living people
- Mayors of Zaragoza
- Members of the 6th Congress of Deputies (Spain)
- Members of the General Council of the Judiciary
- Members of the Senate of Spain
- Municipal councillors in the province of Zaragoza
- People from Gúdar-Javalambre
- Spanish human rights activists
- Spanish Socialist Workers' Party politicians
- University of Barcelona alumni