Jesús Membrado Giner
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Jesús Membrado Giner is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
) is a Spanish 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).
Married with one daughter, Membrado gained a degree in History and Geography and subsequently worked as a school teacher. In 1993, he became Secretary General of the Aragon
Aragon
Aragon is a modern autonomous community in Spain, coextensive with the medieval Kingdom of Aragon. Located in northeastern Spain, the Aragonese autonomous community comprises three provinces : Huesca, Zaragoza, and Teruel. Its capital is Zaragoza...
regional branch of the Unión General de Trabajadores
Unión General de Trabajadores
The Unión General de Trabajadores is a major Spanish trade union, historically affiliated with the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party .-History:...
a major Spanish Trade Union
Trade union
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historically linked to the PSOE. He held that position until 2004.
He entered politics in 2004 when he was elected to the Spanish national parliament as a deputy for Zaragoza province
Zaragoza (Spanish Congress Electoral District)
Zaragoza is one of the 52 electoral districts used for the Spanish Congress of Deputies - the lower chamber of the Spanish Parliament, the Cortes Generales. It is one of the three electoral districts which correspond to the provinces of Aragon...
. He was re-elected in 2008 and headed the PSOE list on both occasions.