, 1924 - 6 February 2009) was a Spanish

Spain

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 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).

López Sanz entered politics in the early 1980s when he was appointed Minister for Health and Social Security in the Generalitat Valenciana

Generalitat Valenciana

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, the Valencian regional administration, in September 1981. He retained this position until August 1982 when he resigned after being elected to the Spanish Congress of Deputies representing Valencia Province

Valencia (Spanish Congress Electoral District)

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 and was re-elected in 1986

Spanish general election, 1986

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 but did not stand at the 1989 General Election

Spanish general election, 1989

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. He subsequently served as a Professor of Commercial Law.

His daughter, Mónica López, was elected MP in the Corts Valencianes

Corts Valencianes

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, the Valencian Regional Parliament, in the 2007 election.