Josu Jon Imaz

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Josu Jon Imaz

Josu Jon Imaz San Miguel (born September 6, 1963 in Zumárraga , Gipuzkoa ) is a Spanish politician and manager. Imaz was from January 2004 to September 2007 chairman of the Basque National Party PNV . He has been CEO of Repsol since 2014 .

Life

Doctor of Chemistry from the Universidad del País Vasco - Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea ( University of the Basque Country ). Chemist from the Faculty of Chemistry in Donostia. Extraordinary study award. Polymers specialty. Training in business management in the academic year 1989/90, within the training plan of the General Management of Ikasbide-Grupo Cooperativo Mondragón. Dissertation at the Escuela Superior de Ingenieros Industriales de Bilbao (College of Industrial Engineers in Bilbao) completed (1994).

In December 1986 Josu Jon Imaz received a grant from the Ministry of Industry and Energy as part of the training program for researchers abroad and was sent from the INASMET technology center to the CETIM French center in Nantes.

Responsible for the composites and polymers department at INASMET from 1987–89. Admission to the Mondragón Corporación Cooperativa (Mondragón Group) as an industrial promoter. Responsible for the marketing and foreign department of INASMET from 1991 to 1994.

In June 1994 he was elected MEP in the European Parliament elections. He held this position until his appointment on 7 January 1999 as Minister for Industry, Trade and Tourism of the Basque Government and as Government Spokesman for the same.

At the government meeting on July 17, 2001, he was again assigned the Ministry of Industry, Trade and Tourism of the Basque Government and the role of government spokesman, both of which he held until January 13, 2004.

At the Euzko Alderdi Jeltzalea-Partido Nacionalista Vasco (Basque Nationalist Party) held on January 17 and 18, 2004, he was finally elected chairman of the Euzkadi Buru Batzar (highest national party organ). He prevailed in a vote against Joseba Egibar , who was supported by the previous long-time party leader Xabier Arzalluz .

In this office, Imaz campaigned for a moderation of the political positions of the EAJ-PNV and for cooperation with the Spanish central government under José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero , in particular in the fight against the Basque terrorist organization ETA . He was also critical of the Basque Prime Minister Juan José Ibarretxe's plan to hold a referendum to establish the sovereignty of the Basque Country. After the conflict between the moderate wing of the party, dominated by Imaz, and the "sovereignists" around Egibar and Ibarretxe, Imaz announced on September 12, 2007 that he would be stepping down from office and from active politics. This was seen in the Spanish media as part of a compromise by both wings to prevent the party from splitting.

Josu Jon Imaz has been President of the Basque Country-based petrochemical company Petronor since July 2008 . On April 30, 2014, he became CEO of Repsol.

Private

He is married with 3 children and lives in Donostia-San Sebastián ( Gipuzkoa ).

Political résumé

  • Joined the EAJ-PNV (Basque Nationalist Party) in 1978.
  • Chairman of EGI (youth organization of EAJ-PNV) in Urretxu-Zumarraga (1979–1982).
  • Member of the regional council of EGI in Gipuzkoa (1980–1986).
  • Member of the National Council of EGI (1981–1986).
  • Member of the council of EAJ-PNV in Urretxu-Zumarraga (1979–1982).
  • Delegate of the party congress of the EAJ-PNV in the following periods: 1983–1985, 1986–1988, 1992–1994
  • Member of the GBB (executive body of EAJ-PNV for Gipuzkoa) (1988–1990).
  • Second Mayor and City Councilor for Finance and Development in Zumárraga (1991–1995).
  • Member of the European Parliament (1994–1999).
    • Member of the Committee on Budget, Industry, Economy and Fisheries.
    • Vice-President of the Monetary Policy Subcommittee.
  • Minister for Industry, Trade and Tourism in the Basque Government and government spokesman for the same (1999–2001).
  • Basque Member of Parliament for Gipuzkoa (2001).
  • Minister for Industry, Trade and Tourism of the Basque Government and government spokesman for the same (2001–2003).
  • Chairman of the EBB of the EAJ-PNV (2004–2007).

Web links

Commons : Josu Jon Imaz  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Josu Jon Imaz , at www.repsol.com , accessed December 4, 2015
personal data
SURNAME Imaz, Josu Jon
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Imaz San Miguel, Josu Jon
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Spanish politician and manager
DATE OF BIRTH September 6, 1963
PLACE OF BIRTH Zumárraga , Gipuzkoa