Víctor Morlán Gracia is a Spanish

Spain

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 politician

Politician

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. His is currently Secretary of State

Secretary of State

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 for Planning and Institutional Relations in the Ministry of Public Works and Transport in the government of José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero

José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero

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Morlán graduated in law, and joined the civil service

Civil service

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 in 1986.

He has been a member of 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) since 1978, and was elected to the Congress of Deputies in 1986

Spanish general election, 1986

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 for the province of Huesca (Aragon

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Aragon is a modern autonomous community in Spain, coextensive with the medieval Kingdom of Aragon. Located in northeastern Spain, the Aragonese autonomous community comprises three provinces : Huesca, Zaragoza, and Teruel. Its capital is Zaragoza...

). He was named Secretary of State for Planning and Infrastructure, the number two position in the Ministry of Public Works and Transport, in 2004. The post was renamed Secretary of State for Planning and Institutional Relations after the 2008 elections

Spanish general election, 2008

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. Morlán resigned his seat in the Congress of Deputies after his reappointment as Secretary of State so as to dedicate himself to his position in government: he was replaced by María Teresa Villagrasa Pérez

María Teresa Villagrasa Pérez

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, who had been number three on the PSOE list

Party-list proportional representation

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 for Huesca

Huesca (Spanish Congress Electoral District)

Huesca 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 one of the three electoral districts which correspond to the provinces of Aragon. Huesca is the largest municipality although it only has...

in the 2008 elections.