Javier Lambán

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In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Lambán and the second or maternal family name is Montañés.
Javier Lambán
Lambán in 2016
President of Aragon
In office
5 July 2015 – 11 August 2023
Preceded byLuisa Fernanda Rudi
Succeeded byJorge Azcón
Secretary-General of the Socialist Workers' Party of Aragón
In office
31 March 2012 – 16 March 2025
Preceded byMarcelino Iglesias
Succeeded byPilar Alegría
Mayor of Ejea de los Caballeros
In office
11 June 2007 – 15 July 2014
Preceded byEduardo Alonso Lizondo
Succeeded byTeresa Ladrero
President of Provincial Deputation of Zaragoza
In office
4 August 1999 – 22 June 2011
Preceded byJosé Ignacio Senao
Succeeded byLuis María Beamonte
Member of the Senate
In office
6 September 2023 – 30 January 2025
ConstituencyCortes of Aragon
Member of the Cortes of Aragon
In office
21 June 2011 – 6 September 2023
ConstituencyZaragoza
Personal details
Born
Francisco Javier Lambán Montañés

(1957-08-19)19 August 1957
Ejea de los Caballeros, Spain
Died15 August 2025(2025-08-15) (aged 67)
Ejea de los Caballeros, Spain
Political partyPSOE–Aragón

Francisco Javier Lambán Montañés (Spanish: [fɾanˈθisko xaˈβjeɾ lamˈbam montaˈɲes]; 19 August 1957 – 15 August 2025) was a Spanish politician who was a member of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) and served as President of the Government of Aragon from 5 July 2015 to 11 August 2023.

Life and career

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Born on 19 August 1957 in Ejea de los Caballeros, he graduated in history at the University of Barcelona.[1] A member of the Ejea city council from 1983 (he also joined the PSOE that year), he was a member of the provincial deputation between 1991 and 2012.[2] He was elected President of the Provincial Deputation of Saragossa on 15 July 1999.[3] He became the Mayor of Ejea in 2007.[3]

A member of the Aragonese regional legislature, the Cortes of Aragon, from 2011,[2] he obtained a PhD in history at the University of Zaragoza in 2014, reading a thesis titled La reforma agraria en Aragón, 1931-1936.[4]

Voted President of the Government of Aragon by the regional legislature after the 2015 election, Lambán was sworn into office on 5 July 2015 at the Aljafería Palace.[5] He lost the re-election in the 2023 Aragonese regional election, and was succeeded by Jorge Azcón.[6]

He was an open and strong critic of Pedro Sánchez.[7]

Lambán died on 15 August 2025, at the age of 67, from the colon cancer he had been suffering since 2021.[8]

References

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  1. ^ "Lambán Montañés, Francisco Javier". Cortes de Aragón. 23 June 2022.
  2. ^ a b "Javier Lambán". El Heraldo. 2015-08-05.
  3. ^ a b "Más de 30 años dedicados al ayuntamiento". El Periódico de Aragón. 2014-07-22.
  4. ^ Civieta, Óscar F. (2018-09-14). "La Universidad de Zaragoza hace pública la tesis de Javier Lambán". eldiario.es.
  5. ^ "Lambán: "El amor que sentimos por Aragón nos permitirá forjar grandes acuerdos"". El Heraldo. 5 July 2015.
  6. ^ Vuelco en Aragón: el PP suma mayoría con Vox y arrebata a Lambán el gobierno autonómico (in Spanish)
  7. ^ Javier Lambán, el barón socialista que nunca conectó con Pedro Sánchez (in Spanish)
  8. ^ Muere Javier Lambán, expresidente de Aragón, a los 67 años (in Spanish)
Political offices
Preceded by President of the Provincial Deputation of Saragossa
1999–2011 		Succeeded by
Preceded by
 Mayor of Ejea de los Caballeros
2007–2014 		Succeeded by
Preceded by President of the Government of Aragon
2015–2023 		Succeeded by
Party political offices
Preceded by Secretary-General of the Socialist Workers' Party of Aragón
2012–2025 		Succeeded by
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