José Manuel Miñones Conde (born 17 July 1972) is a Spanish politician and university professor of the Spanish Socialist Party who served as

minister of Health A health minister is the member of a country's government typically responsible for protecting and promoting public health and providing welfare spending and other social security services. Some governments have separate ministers for mental heal ...

between March and November 2023. Previously, he served as delegate of the Government in the Galicia region from 2021 to 2023.

Biography

Miñones Conde was born in the city of

Santiago de Compostela Santiago de Compostela, simply Santiago, or Compostela, in the province of Province of A Coruña, A Coruña, is the capital of the autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Galicia (Spain), Galicia, in northwestern Spain. The city ...

on 17 July 1972 from José Miñones Trillo, doctor of Pharmacy and politician in the area of Galicia and María Mercedes Conde Mouzo. Like his father, he studied pharmacy at the

University of Santiago de Compostela The University of Santiago de Compostela - USC (, ) is a public university located in the city of Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Spain. A second campus is located in Lugo, Galicia. It is one of the world's oldest universities in continuous o ...

(USC) and graduated in 1997. He received his doctorate ''

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'' in 2001 with an Extraordinary Mention. He is a professor of

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at the USC School of Pharmacy and a researcher, participating in the Galician Isidro Parga Pondal program.

Political career

He was elected in the

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as councillor of the municipality of

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(

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) and during that legislature he was councillor for Administrative Reform, Administration Quality, New Technologies and Health. He was re-elected in the

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and in 2012 he was appointed spokesperson of the Socialist Local Group. Re-elected again in

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, he was appointed mayor of Ames after an agreement with minor political groups. He was elected for a second term as mayor in

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. He resigned in March 2021 after being appointed by prime minister

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as delegate of the Government in the Galicia region.

Health minister

On 27 March 2023, the Prime Minister announced his appointment as

, replacing Carolina Darias, who was leaving the office to focus on the local campaign for the mayorship of

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Miñones, José 1972 births Living people Politicians from Galicia (Spain) Spanish Socialist Workers' Party politicians University of Santiago de Compostela alumni 20th-century Spanish people Members of the 15th Congress of Deputies (Spain)