) is 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).

Romero studied Geography and History and later became Professor of Human Geography at the University of Valencia. At the 1982 General Election

Spanish general election, 1982

General elections were held in Spain on 28 October 1982.PSOE and PSC presented two different lists of candidates: with the PSOE contesting most of Spain and the PSC only standing in Catalonia...

 he was elected to the Spanish Congress of Deputies representing Valencia Province

Valencia (Spanish Congress Electoral District)

Valencia is one of the 52 electoral districts used for the Spanish Congress of Deputies—the lower chamber of the Spanish Parliament, the Cortes Generales. It is the third largest district in Congress in terms of the numbers of deputies elected, as it elects sixteen deputies out of the total...

 but resigned from the Congress in January 1983. He was then named Director General of Universities in the Generalitat Valenciana

Generalitat Valenciana

The Generalitat Valenciana is the generic name covering the different self government institutions under which the Spanish autonomous community of Valencia is politically organised....

, the Valencian regional administration and then became Minister of Education and Science in the administration of Joan Lerma

Joan Lerma

Joan Lerma i Blasco is a Spanish politician for the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party , who served as the first democratically elected President of the Valencian Community since the restoration of democracy in the 1970s....

 in July 1983, serving until 1995 when the PSOE lost the Valencian regional elections

Elections to the Corts Valencianes, 1995

The Elections to the Corts Valencianes, 1995 were the fourth democratic elections to the Corts Valencianes, the Valencian regional parliament, since the Spanish transition to democracy and were held on 28 May of that year...

.

He returned to the Spanish Congress at the 1996 General Election

Spanish general election, 1996

General elections were held in Spain on March 3, 1996. The Prime Minister Felipe González of Spanish Socialist Workers' Party lost the elections to Partido Popular and their leader José María Aznar....

 but resigned his seat in 1999 in order to stand in the 1999 election

Elections to the Corts Valencianes, 1999

The Elections to the Corts Valencianes, 1999 were the fifth democratic elections to the Corts Valencianes, the Valencian regional parliament, since the Spanish transition to democracy and were held on 13 June of that year...

 to the Corts Valencianes

Corts Valencianes

The Corts Valencianes are the main legislative body of the Generalitat Valenciana and therefore of the Valencian Community. The main location of the Corts is in the Palace of Benicarló in Valencia; however it can meet at any location in Valencian territory. The Corts has its origins in bodies...

, the Valencian regional parliament. Initially he was chosen to head the list however the list was not approved by the national directive of the PSOE.

Published works

• Geografía Humana. Procesos riesgos e incertidumbres en un mundo globalizado (2004)
• Las Otras Geografías (2006)
• España inacabada (2006)