Pío García-Escudero
The Count of Badarán | |
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Second Vice President of the Senate | |
Assumed office 21 May 2019 | |
President | Manuel Cruz Rodríguez Pilar Llop |
Preceded by | Joan Lerma |
59th President of the Senate | |
In office 13 December 2011 – 20 May 2019 | |
Monarchs | Juan Carlos I Felipe VI |
Vice President | Juan José Lucas Pedro Sanz Yolanda Vicente González Joan Lerma |
Preceded by | Javier Rojo |
Succeeded by | Manuel Cruz Rodríguez |
Member of the Senate | |
Assumed office 2 April 2004 | |
Constituency | Madrid |
Personal details | |
Born | Pío García-Escudero Márquez 28 October 1952 Madrid, Spain |
Political party | People's Party |
Occupation | Politician |
Pío García-Escudero Márquez, 4th Count of Badarán (born 28 October 1952) is a Spanish architect and politician who served as the 59th President of the Senate of Spain from 2011 to 2019.[1] Since 21 May 2019, Escudero has served as the Second Vice President of the Senate.
Early life
[edit]Born in 1952 in Madrid where he was raised, he graduated from Technical University of Madrid and as an architect from Superior Technical School of Architecture of Madrid.
Political career
[edit]García-Escudero Márquez was a senator from 9 April 1996 to 2 February 1999, and again from 13 April 2004 to 26 September 2011 as a member of the People's Party.
Personal
[edit]García-Escudero Marquez was married on 15 June 1982 to María del Carmen Ramos Pérez. The couple has two children:
- Pío García-Escudero Ramos (b. 1984)
- Miguel García-Escudero Ramos (b. 1987)
He is involved in the Bárcenas affair corruption scandal and appeared before the court as a witness in Gürtel case trial on 26 July 2017.[2]
Honours
[edit]Foreign honours
[edit]Peru: Grand Cross of the Order of the Sun of Peru (27 February 2019)
Portugal: Grand Cross of the Order of Christ (Portugal)
Portugal: Grand Cross of the Order of Aviz (15 April 2018)
References
[edit]- ^ "Presidente del Senado. Biografía" (in Spanish). Retrieved 14 February 2015.
- ^ El presidente del Senado reconoce un pago anotado por Bárcenas (in Spanish)