Luis Solana Madariaga (born 18 December 1935) is a Spanish businessman and politician.
Luis Solana | |
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| Member of the Congress of Deputies | |
| In office 1977–1983 | |
| Constituency | Segovia |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 18 December 1935 Madrid, Spain |
| Citizenship | Spanish |
| Political party | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party |
| Spouse | Leonor Pérez Pita (d. 2019) |
| Occupation | Politician, businessman, economist, media executive |
Biography
editBorn on 18 December 1935 in Madrid,[1] he is an older brother of Javier Solana. He graduated in law at the Complutense University of Madrid, and later studied economics in London and Paris.[2] A member of the University Socialist Grouping (ASU), he was jailed in 1959 by the Francoist dictatorship due to his political activities during his student years.[3]
He married Leonor Pérez Pita, best known as 'Cuca Solana', pioneer of fashion in Spain and founder of the Pasarela Cibeles.[2][4]
A member of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE),[5] he was elected member of the Congress of Deputies in the 1977 general election in representation of Segovia.[6] He was re-elected in the 1979 and 1982 general elections. In 1985 he became a member of the Spanish group of the Trilateral Commission.[5]
He was the chairman of Telefónica from 1982 to 1989, when he was appointed as Director-General of RTVE.[7] He later became chairman of Inversiones Graminsa, S.A (1991) and member of the board of directors of Amper (2004).[7]
He was widowed in 2019.[4]
References
edit- ^ "Luis Solana en Telefónica, de la miel del éxito a la hiel de la crítica". ABC. Madrid: 23. 14 January 1989.
- ^ a b López, Irene (20 April 2013). "Mucho más que un nombre". Cinco Días.
- ^ Sanz Díaz, Benito. "La primera oposición al franquismo en la Universidad de Valencia a final de los años 50. El Partido Comunista de España (PCE) y la Agrupación Socialista Universitaria (ASU)" (PDF): 70.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ^ a b Funes, María Luisa (14 March 2019). "Impulsora de la moda española". ABC: 62.
- ^ a b "El socialista Luis Solana, nuevo miembro de la Comisión Trilateral". El País. February 1985.
- ^ "Solana Madariaga, Luis. Legislatura Constituyente (1977–1979)". Congress of Deputies.
- ^ a b "Luis Solana cesa como consejero de Amper por edad". El Economista. 16 June 2006.