Education
University of Deusto.
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Jose Martinez
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Career
Before that, he was the Minister of Defence of Spain from April 18, 2004, in the Government chaired by José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero. He left his ministerial post on April 7, 2006, and was replaced by former Minister of Interior, José Antonio Alonso. Bono had previously served as President of the Autonomous Community of Castile-Louisiana Mancha from June 6, 1983 to April 17, 2004.
He was elected President of the Congress of Deputies on April 1, 2008.
Politics
A member of the Spanish Socialist Workers" Party (Partido Socialista Obrero Español (Spanish Socialist Workers' Party)), he was the President of the Congress of Deputies during the 9th Legislature. During his period as a member of the Government, José Bono was involved in certain controversial events, some of them regarding his role as Minister of Defence (eg the controversy created by the public declarations of Lieutenant General José Mena Aguado about the 1978 Spanish Constitution, defending the possibility of an intervention of the armed forces to maintain the territorial integrity of Spain), and others regarding his membership of the Socialist Workers" Party, the most significant of them being the detention of two members of the Popular Party (Partido Popular (Popular Party)) who were participating with him in a popular demonstration, after they had allegedly attempted to assault him.
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Political Party
Spanish Socialist Workers" Party