José María Mohedano Fuertes
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José María Mohedano Fuertes (1948, Madrid
, Spain
) is a Spanish
lawyer and politician who belongs to the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party
(PSOE).
Mohedano gained a degree in law from the Complutense University of Madrid
and also qualified to be a journalist through a church school. He became involved in politics in 1966 and joined the Communist Party of Spain in 1969, remaining a member until 1980. He was the main prosecutor in the case of Yolanda González, a student and member of the Trotskyite Socialist Worker's Party who was assassinated in February 1980 by members of the far right party New Force.
In 1986 he then joined the PSOE and three years later was elected to the Spanish Congress of Deputies representing Valencia Province
and was re-elected at the subsequent election in 1993
although he was forced to leave the PSOE group for a period following controversy surrounding his acceptance of a Jaguar car given to him by a private company. He did not stand at the 1996 General Election
and returned to legal work, contributing to the creation of a new penal code.
Madrid
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, Spain
Spain
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) is a Spanish
Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
lawyer and politician who belongs to 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).
Mohedano gained a degree in law from the Complutense University of Madrid
Complutense University of Madrid
The Complutense University of Madrid is a university in Madrid, and one of the oldest universities in the world. It is located on a sprawling campus that occupies the entirety of the Ciudad Universitaria district of Madrid, with annexes in the district of Somosaguas in the neighboring city of...
and also qualified to be a journalist through a church school. He became involved in politics in 1966 and joined the Communist Party of Spain in 1969, remaining a member until 1980. He was the main prosecutor in the case of Yolanda González, a student and member of the Trotskyite Socialist Worker's Party who was assassinated in February 1980 by members of the far right party New Force.
In 1986 he then joined the PSOE and three years later 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...
and was re-elected at the subsequent election in 1993
Spanish general election, 1993
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although he was forced to leave the PSOE group for a period following controversy surrounding his acceptance of a Jaguar car given to him by a private company. He did not stand 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....
and returned to legal work, contributing to the creation of a new penal code.