Background
BARRIONUEVO PENA, José was born in 1942 in Berja, Almería, Spain.
BARRIONUEVO PENA, José was born in 1942 in Berja, Almería, Spain.
Law and journalism degrees.
City councilor of Madrid. Councilor of police and security. Second deputy mayor and spokesman of the socialist group on Madrid City Council.
Minister of the Interior, 1982-1988. Minister of Transport, Tourism and Communications, since 1988. Deputy, Partido Socialista Obrero Español (Spanish Socialist Workers' Party), Madrid, 198689, re-elected since 1989.
Technical labour officer in Madrid and Guipúzcoa. 1969; deputy Director general of labour organisation. Professor of labour law, University of Madrid.