Board of Trustees

the foundation - board of trustees

Thu, 12/11/2009 - 19:16 — admin

As the governing body and representation of the IDEAS Foundation, the Board of Trustees ensure that the objectives of the foundation are met as well diligently administrate the foundation’s patrimony in an efficient and purposeful way.

The Board of Trustees will make decisions by majority vote in accordance to those terms established in the bylaws. It will contribute to the development of new proposals offering solutions with a progressive approach to the different challenges faced by society in Spain, Europe and the world.

  • Soledad Cabezón Ruíz Trustee

    Soledad Cabezón Ruíz was elected Secretary for Equality Policies of the 37th Federal Congress of the PSOE.
     
    She has served as Mayor of Albaida del Aljarafe and is a Member of the Parliament for Seville in the current legislature.

    She is currently the First Secretary for the Commission of Public Administrations and is a member of the Commissions on Science and Innovation, Global policies on Disability and the Commission on Equality.

  • Pedro Zerolo Trustee

    Pedro Zerolo is a member of the Federal Executive Committee of the PSOE and Secretary for Social Movements and Relations with NGOs, he is considered a person of reference in terms of human rights in Spain.

    He is also an activist for the Organization of Lesbians, Gays, Bisexuals and Transgender people. In 2003, he was elected to the City Council of Madrid for the Socialist Party and was reelected in 2007.

    He is currently the spokesman for Family and Social Services for the Socialist Group.

  • José Torres Mora Trustee

    José Torres Mora is the Executive Secretary for the Federal Executive Commission of the PSOE, elected at the 36th Congress of the party, in July of 2004.

    In the general elections of 2004, he was elected MP for Málaga and serves as a member of the Provincial Committee of the PSOE in Málaga.

    He holds a PhD in Sociology and is a Tenured Professor of Sociology at Complutense University of Madrid.

  • María González Veracruz Trustee

    María González Veracruz is the Secretary for Innovation and New Technologies, she is the youngest member of the Federal Executive Committee.
     
    She has been a member of the Federal Committee of the PSOE since 2004. In May 2007 she was elected regional MP for PSRM-PSOE, in charge of Housing and Youth.
     
    At the 23rd Federal Congress of the JSE she joined the Executive Committee as a Secretary for Housing and Quality of Life of the Spanish Young Socialists.

  • Soledad Pérez Domínguez Trustee

    Soledad Pérez Domínguez is the Secretary for Social Welfare of the Executive Committee of the PSOE.
     
    She has been an MP for Badajoz since 2000 and during the seventh legislature; she was the spokeswoman for the Commission on Relations with the Ombudsman.

    During the Eighth legislature she was spokeswoman for Social Affairs. She also served as the spokeswoman for the Government of Extremadura between 1989 and 1998. 

  • Hugo Morán Fernández Trustee

    Hugo Morán Fernández was elected Secretary for Environment and Rural Development at the 37th Federal Congress of the PSOE. 

    He is a Member of Parliament representing Asturias, where he is the deputy spokesman for the Public Administration Commission. He is also a member of the Asturian and Spanish Rural Development Networks and the Economic and Social Council of Asturias.

  • Ludolfo Paramio Trustee

    Ludolfo Paramio has a degree in Journalism and holds a PhD in Physics with a thesis "The limits of methodology: from scientific logic of science to the sociology of the scientific community".
     
    He has authored several articles on democratic quality, political history and economic development, and has been a member of the Executive Committee of the Latin American Political Science Association from its foundation in July 2002 until 2008. From May 2004 to April 2008, he was the Director of the Department for Analyses and Studies of the Prime Minister’s Cabinet.
     
    He currently teaches postgraduate courses at the Spanish Scientific Research Council (CSIC). He is also served as the director of the Program on Latin American Politics at the Instituto Universitario de Investigación Ortega y Gasset since May 2008.

  • Lentxu Rubial Trustee

    Lentxu Rubial is a Senator for Vizcaya and serves as the President of the Commission of Labor and Welfare of the Senate.
     
    She is the daughter of the historical President of the PSOE, Ramón Rubial and serves as president of Ramón Rubial Fundazioa.
     
    She is a member of the Federal Committee of the PSOE

  • Cristina Narbona Trustee

    Cristina Narbona holds a PhD in Economics from the University of Rome, and served as the General Director for Housing and Public Works and Secretary of State for Environment under former President Felipe González.
     
    Between April 2004 and April 2008 she was Minister of Environment in the Government of President Zapatero.
     
    During her time in office as a minister she worked for the fulfillment of the Kyoto Protocol by Spain and suspended the project for the diversion of the water from the Ebro River to the southeastern part of the peninsula pledging for the construction of desalination plants and the exploitation of water resources in each area. 

  • Xoan Cornide Trustee

     Xoan Cornide has been the Managing Director of the PSOE since 2008 and is specialized in training for employment policies and company growth.
     
    He has been a militant member of the PSOE since 1970, and has had a long political career especially in the Autonomous Region of Galicia.

  • José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero Former Prime Minister of Spain

    José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero is the Prime Minister of Spain and has been a member of parliament since 22 June 1986. On 23 July 2000, he was elected Secretary General of Spain’s Socialist Workers Party.

    After winning the general elections of 14 March 2004, he was sworn in as Prime Minister on 17 April. In March 2008, he ran again successfully. He began his second term as the head of government on April 12, 2008.

  • Jesús Caldera Sánchez-Capitán Trustee

    Jesús Caldera Sánchez-Capitán is the Executive Vice President of the IDEAS Foundation and has been a member of the Spanish parliament since 1986. He has also been the Secretary of Studies and Programs of the Spain’s Socialist Workers Party since July of 2008.

    He served as Minister of Labor from 2004 to 2008 and during this time developed the Promotion of Personal Autonomy and Attention for People in Dependent Situations Law; and the Equality Law, which placed Spain at the forefront of effective equality.
     
    He was the coordinator of the electoral programs of PSOE in the General Elections of 2004 and 2008. He is an expert in social and immigration policies.

  • Manuel Chaves González Trustee

    Manuel Chaves González is the Third Vice president and Minister for Territorial Policy.
     
    He has been the Chairman of Spain’s Socialist Workers Party since July 2000 and was Minister of Labor and Social Security from 1985 to 1990.

    He was the President of the Junta de Andalucía from June 1990 to April 2009.

  • José Blanco López Trustee

    José Blanco López has been the Minister of Public Works since April 2009.

    He was elected as Spain’s Socialist Workers Party’s Organization and Electoral Action Secretary of the Executive Federal Commission at the 35th Federal Congress in 2000 and Organization and Coordination Secretary of the EFC at the 36th Congress in 2004.
     
    At the 37th Federal Congress in 2008, he was elected as the Vice secretary General of the PSOE.
     
    Since 2003 he has coordinated the electoral campaigns of the PSOE at national level.

  • Marcelino Iglesias Trustee

    Marcelino Iglesias has been a member of Spain’s Socialist Workers Party since 1980, became the Secretary General of the Socialist Party in Huesca in 1994, and was re-elected in 1998.
     
    At the XII Regional Congress in 2000, he was elected Regional Secretary of the Socialist Party of Aragon and re-elected again in 2004 and 2008.

    He chaired the 35the Federal Congress of the PSOE during which, José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero was elected Secretary General of the PSOE in July 2000 and served as a member of the Federal Executive Commission until 2004.

    The Federal Committee of the party elected him Secretary for Organization to replace Leire Pajín on October 23, 2010 on the recommendation of Secretary General of the PSOE, José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero.

  • Elena Valenciano Martínez-Orozco Trustee

    Elena Valenciano Martínez-Orozco is the Secretary for International Relations and Cooperation for Spain’s Socialist Workers Party.
     
    She has been a Member of Parliament for Madrid since April 2008 and from 1999-2008 she served as a member of the European Parliament where she was the socialist spokeswoman for the Human Rights Commission and member of the Foreign Affairs and Development and Cooperation Commissions.

  • Antonio Hernando Vera Trustee

    Antonio Hernando Vera is the Secretary for Cities and Municipal Policies of Spain’s Socialist Workers Party.
    From 2002 to 2004 he was an advisor to the Organization Secretariat of the Executive Federal Committee of the PSOE. He challenged the constitutionality of the Immigration Law.

    He has been a Member of Parliament for Madrid since 2004 and is the spokesman for the Commission for Internal Affairs of the Socialist Parliamentary Group.

  • Cándida Martínez López Trustee

    Cándida Martínez López is the Secretary for Education and Culture of Spain’s Socialist Workers Party.

    A Member of Parliament for Granada, she is the spokeswoman for Education of the Socialist Parliamentary Group.
     
    She has been the Councilor for Science and Education at the Junta de Andalucía (2000-2004) and Councilor for Education at the Junta de Andalucía (2004-2008).

  • Octavio Granado Martínez Trustee

    Octavio Granado Martínez is the Secretary for Economic Policy and Employment of Spain’s Socialist Workers Party.
     
    He is a nember of the Regional Executive Commission of the PSOE in Castilla y León and a member of the Federal Group of Social Services of the PSOE.
     
    He has been Secretary of State for Social Security since April 2004, a post he still holds after his appointment in April 2008.