Jesús Posada

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Posada and the second or maternal family name is Moreno.

Jesús Posada Moreno
President of the Congress of Deputies
In office 13 December 2011 – 13 January 2016
Monarchs	Juan Carlos I Felipe VI
Preceded by	José Bono Martínez
Succeeded by	Patxi López
Minister of Public Administrations
In office 27 April 2000 – 9 July 2002
Prime Minister	José María Aznar
Preceded by	Ángel Acebes
Succeeded by	Javier Arenas
Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
In office 29 April 1999 – 12 March 2000
Prime Minister	José María Aznar
Preceded by	Loyola de Palacio
Succeeded by	Miguel Arias
President of Castile and León
In office 18 September 1989 – 8 July 1991
Monarch	Juan Carlos I
Preceded by	José María Aznar
Succeeded by	Juan José Lucas
Personal details
Born	(1945-04-04) 4 April 1945 Soria, Spain
Political party	People's Party
Spouse	María Blanca de la Mata y Pobes
Alma mater	Technical University of Madrid Complutense University of Madrid

Jesús Posada Moreno (born 4 April 1945) is the former President of the Congress of Deputies, the lower house of the Spanish Cortes Generales. He has worked as a civil engineer and economist.

From 1979 to 1981 he served as civil governor of the province of Huelva in Andalusia.

He went on to represent Soria in the regional parliament of Castile and Leon from 1983. From 1989 to 1991 he was president of the regional government. He has represented Soria Province in the Congress of Deputies since the election of the fifth legislature on 29 June 1993. He succeeded José Antonio de Miguel Nieto. In the government of José María Aznar, he was Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food from 1999 to 2000, and Minister of Public Administration from 2000 to 2002.

On 13 December 2011 he was elected President of the Congress of Deputies for the tenth legislature, with 202 of a possible 350 votes.

See also

• Académie Belgo-Espagnole d'Histoire