Manuel Marín

Manuel Marín
President of the European Commission
Acting
In office 15 March 1999 – 16 September 1999
Vice President	Leon Brittan
Preceded by	Jacques Santer
Succeeded by	Romano Prodi
President of the Congress of Deputies
In office 8 April 2004 – 31 March 2008
Preceded by	Luisa Fernanda Rudi
Succeeded by	José Bono Martínez
Personal details
Born	(1949-10-21)21 October 1949 Ciudad Real, Spain
Died	4 December 2017(2017-12-04) (aged 68) Madrid, Spain
Political party	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party

Manuel Marín González (21 October 1949 – 4 December 2017) was a Spanish politician. He was a former President of the Congress of Deputies. He was a long-time member of the European Commission, and acting President during the Santer Commission following the resignation of the Jacques Santer.

Marín died in Madrid on 4 December 2017 at the age of 68 from lung cancer.^[1][2]

References

1. "'Father' of EU's Erasmus study abroad programme Manuel Marin dies". sg.news.yahoo.com.
2. "Fallece el expresidente del Congreso Manuel Marín, a los 68 años". www.diariodelaltoaragon.es. Archived from the original on 2017-12-07. Retrieved 2017-12-04.