José Manuel Romay Beccaría

José Manuel Romay Beccaría (born 18 January 1934) is a Spanish lawyer and politician.[1] During his political life, he has been regional minister in several occasions in the Regional Government of Galicia, Member of the Congress of Deputies and Senator. The highest and most important offices that he held were Health Minister of Spain and two times President of the Council of State.

José Manuel Romay Beccaría
69th and 71st President of the Council of State
In office
3 May 2012 – 5 July 2018
Preceded byFrancisco Rubio Llorente
Succeeded byMaría Teresa Fernández de la Vega
In office
25 December 2002 – 19 April 2004
Preceded byÍñigo Cavero
Succeeded byFrancisco Rubio Llorente
Senator
In office
29 November 2011 – 2 May 2012
ConstituencyParliament of Galicia
Minister of Health and Consumer Affairs
In office
6 May 1996 – 27 April 2000
Preceded byÁngeles Amador
Succeeded byCelia Villalobos
Vice President of Galicia
In office
22 January 1982 – 7 January 1983
PresidentXerardo Fernández Albor
Preceded byoffice established
Succeeded byJosé Luis Barreiro
Member of the Congress of Deputies
In office
12 March 2000 – 3 January 2003
ConstituencyA Coruña
In office
28 October 1982 – 13 February 1990
ConstituencyA Coruña
Personal details
Born
José Manuel Romay Beccaría

(1934-01-18) 18 January 1934
Betanzos, A Coruña
Political partyPeople's Party (since 1989)
Other political
affiliations		People's Alliance (until 1989)
Alma materUniversity of Santiago de Compostela

Career

Born in Betanzos, Romay was trained as a lawyer at the University of Santiago de Compostela, where he later taught. He became a lawyer for the Spanish Council of State in 1959.[2] Romay was first elected to the Congress of Deputies from A Coruña in 1982.[3] He stepped down in 1990 after his second consecutive term to return to the Xunta de Galicia as an adviser and minister, in which he had first served as vice president between 1982 and 1983. Romay returned to the national government in 1996, accepting an appointment as health minister.

In 2000, Romay began his second stint in the Congress of Deputies, again representing A Coruña.

In 2002, he became president of the Council of State. He was succeeded by Francisco Rubio Llorente in 2004. Romay was appointed to the senate between 2011 and 2012 by the parliament of Galicia. That same year, Romay was named president of the Council of State for the second time.[4]

References
  1. "Romay Beccaría: ¿se puede presidir el Consejo de Estado con 84 años?". El Confidencial. January 19, 2018.
  2. "Presidente" (in Spanish). Spanish Council of State. Retrieved 31 January 2018.
  3. "El ex tesorero del PP Romay Beccaría cree "evidente" que hubo casos de corrupción en el PP". El Mundo (Spain). January 17, 2018.
  4. "El presidente del Consejo de Estado: "No se puede utilizar el poder para romper el Estado"". cope.es. January 23, 2018.
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