Juan Carlos Rodríguez Ibarra

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Juan Carlos Rodríguez Ibarra
President of the Regional Government of Extremadura
In office
5 March 1983 – 29 June 2007
MonarchJuan Carlos I
Preceded byManuel Bermejo Hernández
Succeeded byGuillermo Fernández Vara
Member of the Congress of Deputies
In office
15 June 1977 – 26 May 1983
ConstituencyBadajoz
Member of the Assembly of Extremadura
In office
26 May 1983 – 27 May 2007
ConstituencyBadajoz
Personal details
Born
Juan Carlos Rodríguez Ibarra

(1948-01-19) 19 January 1948 (age 76)
Mérida, Extremadura, Spain
Political partySpanish Socialist Workers' Party

Juan Carlos Rodríguez Ibarra (Mérida, Spain 19 January 1948) is a Spanish politician of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE). He was President of the Regional Government of Extremadura for 24 years (1983–2007).

Biography[edit]

He gained a degree in philosophy from the University of Seville. In 1977 he was elected to the Spanish Congress of Deputies representing Badajoz region serving until 1983 when he resigned to become President of the autonomous community of Extremadura. He has also been deputy of the Assembly for Badajoz, General Secretary of PSOE of Extremadura, Executive Secretary of the Executive Federal Commission of the PSOE and teacher in commission of services for political matters of the Department of Hispanic Philology of the University of Extremadura in the Department of Education of Badajoz.

The University of Córdoba in Argentina granted him an honorary doctorate on 16 September 2003.

He is married to Leonor Godoy and has a daughter.

At the end of his term of office he was very criticised because of his support to the Balboa oil-refinery, property of his close friend Alfonso Gallardo, one of the most known businessman in the region.

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Political offices
Preceded by
Office Created
Councillor of Health and Social Security of Extremadura
1978-1979
Succeeded by
Preceded by President of the Regional Government of Extremadura
1983–2007
Succeeded by
Party political offices
Preceded by
Office created
Secretary-General of the Socialist Workers' Party of Extremadura
1988–2008
Succeeded by