Pío García-Escudero

Pío García-Escudero Márquez, 4th Count of Badarán (born 28 October 1952) is a Spanish architect and politician who served as the 59th President of the Senate of Spain from 2011 to 2019.[1] Since 21 May 2019, Escudero has served as the Second Vice President of the Senate.

The Most Excellent The Count of Badarán OC OSP MS
Second Vice President of the Senate
Incumbent
Assumed office 21 May 2019
President	Manuel Cruz Rodríguez Pilar Llop
Preceded by	Joan Lerma
President of the Senate
In office 13 December 2011 – 20 May 2019
Monarch	Juan Carlos I Felipe VI
Vice President	Juan José Lucas Pedro Sanz Yolanda Vicente González Joan Lerma
Preceded by	Javier Rojo
Succeeded by	Manuel Cruz Rodríguez
Member of the Senate
Incumbent
Assumed office 2 April 2004
Constituency	Madrid
Personal details
Born	Pío García-Escudero Márquez 28 October 1952 Madrid, Spain
Nationality	Spanish
Political party	People's Party
Occupation	Politician

Early Years

Born in 1952 in Madrid where he was raised, he graduated from Technical University of Madrid and as an architect from Superior Technical School of Architecture of Madrid.

Political career

García-Escudero Márquez was a Senator from 9 April 1996 to 2 February 1999, and again from 13 April 2004 to 26 September 2011 as a member of the People's Party.

Personal

García-Escudero Marquez was married on 15 June 1982 to María del Carmen Ramos Pérez. The couple have two children:

• Pío García-Escudero Ramos b. 1984
• Miguel García-Escudero Ramos b. 1987

He is involved in Bárcenas affair corruption scandal and appeared before court as a witness in Gürtel case trial on 26 July 2017.[2]

Honours

Foreign honours

•  Peru: Grand Cross of the Order of the Sun of Peru (27 February 2019)
•  Portugal: Grand Cross of the Order of Christ (Portugal)
•  Portugal: Grand Cross of the Order of Aviz (15 April 2018)

References

1. "Presidente del Senado. Biografía" (in Spanish). Retrieved 14 February 2015.
2. El presidente del Senado reconoce un pago anotado por Bárcenas (in Spanish)