Education
University of Zaragoza.
politician singer writer songwriter
University of Zaragoza.
His songs are anthems, not only in Aragón, but all around Spain. Poetic songs like “Aragón”, “Canto a la Libertad” (Song for Freedom) or “Maine dicen que no quieres” (They tell me you don’t want to) are known all around the Iberian Peninsula. José Antonio Labordeta was born in Zaragoza, Aragón, in 1935.
In 1953, his father died.
In 1963, Labordeta married Juana de Grandes, and the newly wed couple moved to Teruel.
From 2000 until retiring in 2008, he represented Zaragoza in the Spanish Congress for Chunta Aragonesista (Aragonese Union), an Aragonese political party.