Francisco Javier Lambán Montañés (born 1957) is a Spanish politician member of the

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(PSOE) and

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from 5 July 2015 to 11 August 2023.

Biography

Born on 19 August 1957 in

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, he graduated in history at the

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. A member of the Ejea city council since 1983 (he also joined the PSOE that year), he was a member of the provincial deputation between 1991 and 2012. He was elected President of the Provincial Deputation of Saragossa on 15 July 1999. He became the Mayor of Ejea in 2007. A member of the Aragonese regional legislature, the

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, since 2011, he obtained a PhD in history at the

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in 2014, reading a thesis titled ''La reforma agraria en Aragón, 1931-1936''. Voted

by the regional legislature after the 2015 election, Lambán was sworn into office on 5 July 2015 at the Aljafería Palace.

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