, 1946) is a Spanish

Spain

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 author and politician for the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party

Spanish Socialist Workers' Party

The Spanish Socialist Workers' Party is a social-democratic political party in Spain. Its political position is Centre-left. The PSOE is the former ruling party of Spain, until beaten in the elections of November 2011 and the second oldest, exceeded only by the Partido Carlista, founded in...

 (PSOE).

After qualifying in philosophy Paniagua received a doctorate in history with a thesis on Spanish anarchism. His early political activity was as a member of the Communist Party of Spain however in 1976 he joined the Socialist Party of the Valencian Country (PSPV) and in 1978 joined the PSOE. He was Director General of Secondary Education in the Valencian regional administration

Generalitat Valenciana

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 from 1983-1986. At the 1986 General Election

Spanish general election, 1986

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 he was elected to the Spanish Congress of Deputies representing Valencia Province

Valencia (Spanish Congress Electoral District)

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 and was re-elected at the 1989 Election

Spanish general election, 1989

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. However for the 1993 Election

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 he was placed seventh on the PSOE list and with the PSOE losing two of their eight seats, he lost his seat. As first substitute he returned to the Congress one year later on 10 June 1994, replacing Vicente Albero

Vicente Albero

Vicente Albero Silla is a Spanish politician and economist.Albero graduated in Social Sciences and Economic Sciences from the Universidad Complutense de Madrid. He was a member of the Frente de Liberación Popular during the Franco dictatorship. Later he joined the Partido Socialista Obrero Español...

. He was re-elected in 1996

Spanish general election, 1996

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but did not stand in 2000.