Ignacio González (politician)

For other politicians called Ignacio González, see Ignacio González.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is González and the second or maternal family name is González.

Ignacio González
4th President of the Community of Madrid
In office 26 September 2012 – 24 June 2015 Acting: 17–26 September 2012
Monarchs	Juan Carlos I Felipe VI
Preceded by	Esperanza Aguirre
Succeeded by	Cristina Cifuentes
Member of the Assembly of Madrid
In office 27 May 2007 – 8 June 2015
Personal details
Born	(1960-10-19) 19 October 1960 (age 64) Madrid, Spain
Political party	PP
Spouse	Lourdes Cavero Mestre[1]
Relations	Pablo (brother)[2]

Jaime Ignacio González González (born 19 October 1960 Madrid, Spain) is a Spanish politician and member of the Partido Popular. González served as the President of the Community of Madrid, one of the seventeen autonomous communities of Spain, from 26 September 2012 to June 2015.

Political career

González´ predecessor, Esperanza Aguirre, resigned from office in September 2012 citing declining health.^[3] González held his first official meeting with Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy at Moncloa Palace on 15 October 2012, two weeks after taking office as President of the Community.^[4] González continued to be involved with running the public water company Canal de Isabel II.^[5][6]

Investigations

Since 2016 González has been subject to an investigation into the relationship between the himself, the former Worker Minister and businessmen linked to politics.^[7] As a result of these investigations known as Operación Lezo, González was arrested on corruption charges on 19 April 2017.^[6][8] He was held on remand from April to November 2017 at Soto del Real prison.^[2]

References

1. Escudero, Jesús; Grasso, Daniele (4 April 2016). "Mossack Fonseca ayudó a españoles a ocultar su patrimonio en paraísos fiscales". elconfidencial.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 1 October 2019.
2. "Ignacio González comparte celda con su hermano". elplural.com (in Spanish). 26 April 2017. Retrieved 1 October 2019.
3. Garcia, Luis B. (2012-09-17). "Esperanza Aguirre deja el gobierno de la Comunidad de Madrid". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). Retrieved 2013-07-08.
4. "Mariano Rajoy receives Ignacio González, President of the Regional Government of Madrid". La Moncloa. Government of Spain. 2012-10-15. Retrieved 12 May 2017.
5. "Madrid water company was used in Púnica graft case, inquiry shows". El País. 18 February 2016.
6. "Detenen l'expresident de Madrid Ignacio González en una operació anticorrupció" [Ignacio González arrested in anti-corruption operation in Madrid]. CCMA (in Catalan). Corporació Catalana de Mitjans Audiovisuals, SA. 19 April 2017. Retrieved 19 April 2017.
7. Brown, Gordon (24 April 2017). "The judge is investigating Zaplana, López Viejo, Villar Mir and the father of Ignacio González in the Lezo case". The Reader. Archived from the original on 7 February 2018. Retrieved 1 October 2019.
8. Barroso, Francisco Javier (21 April 2017). "¿Por qué se llama Operación Lezo?". El País (in Spanish). Prisa. Retrieved 1 October 2019.

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Political offices
Preceded by Juan Ramón García Secades	Undersecretary of Education 1996–1999	Succeeded by Ana María Pastor Julián
Preceded by Francisco Villar	Secretary of State for Public Administration 1999–2002	Succeeded by Julio Gómez-Pomar
Preceded by Carlos Mayor Oreja	Vice President of the Community of Madrid 2003–2012	Succeeded by Office abolished
Preceded by Santiago Fisas	Regional Minister of Culture and Sports of Madrid 2009–2012	Succeeded by Ana Isabel Mariño
Preceded by Esperanza Aguirre	President of the Community of Madrid 2012–2015	Succeeded by Cristina Cifuentes