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Teófilo Serrano

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Teófilo Serrano
Serrano in 2010
Senator
In office
16 July 1991 – 3 May 1994
Member of the Assembly of Madrid
In office
26 May 1991 – 3 May 1994
Personal details
Born(1950-07-28)28 July 1950
Tudela, Spain
Died3 August 2024(2024-08-03) (aged 74)
Tudela, Spain
CitizenshipSpanish
Political partyPSOE
OccupationEngineer, civil servant, politician

José Teófilo Serrano Beltrán (28 July 1950 – 3 August 2024) was a Spanish politician, civil servant and engineer who was a member of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE).

Biography

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Born in 1950 in Tudela, Navarre, he obtained a degree in Road, Channel and Port Engineering and became a civil servant.[1]

He joined the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) in 1976.[2] He served as Secretary of State of Public Administration during the González Governments between 1986 and 1991, when he replaced Joaquín Leguina as Secretary-General of the Madrilenian Socialist Federation (FSM). In the context of the internecine strifes within the FSM, Serrano, despite actually having been proposed to the post by the guerristas,[3] distanced himself from the guerrista chief José Acosta, and had to endure tensions coming from the guerrista camp,[4][5] having been ultimately identified as a member of the renovadores in the FSM.[6]

He ran 2nd in the PSOE list for the 1991 Madrilenian regional election,[7] and became a member of the 3rd term of the Assembly of Madrid. He also became a Senator, designated by the regional legislature.[8][9] Tired of the continuous infighting in the FSM, Serrano gave up in 1994.[10] He was replaced as Secretary-General of the organization by the renovador Jaime Lissavetzky. He also resigned to his seat in the regional legislature.

Following his exit from Madrilenian politics, he served as Director-General of the Instituto Geográfico Nacional.[11] He later worked as managing director for Urban Transport of Seville (Tussam) and as CEO and director for Infrastructure Management of Andalusia (GIASA).[2][1] Counselor of Labor and Immigration in the Spanish Embassy to the United Kingdom, Serrano was appointed by the Council of Ministers as President of Renfe in May 2009.[1] He left the post in late 2011 with the change of government, as Mariano Rajoy became prime minister.[12]

Serrano died in Tudela on 3 August 2024, at the age of 74.[13]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Teófilo Serrano, nombrado presidente de Renfe por el Consejo de Ministros". Diario Sur. 15 May 2009.
  2. ^ a b "Un innovador del tren". Cinco Días. 18 December 2010.
  3. ^ Grijelmo, Álex (16 January 1991). "Teófilo Serrano dimite como secretario de Estado". El País.
  4. ^ Castro, Irene (14 February 2015). "La guerra eterna entre las familias del PSOE de Madrid". eldiario.es.
  5. ^ Morán, C. (21 October 2009). "Un gestor a la medida de José Blanco para Renfe". Expansión.
  6. ^ Rodríguez Teruel, Juan (2006). Los ministros de la España Democrática. Perfil, trayectorias y carrera ministerial de los miembros de gobierno de Suárez a Zapatero (1976–2005) (PDF). Autonomous University of Barcelona. p. 267.
  7. ^ Junta Electoral Provincial de Madrid: "Elecciones a la Asamblea de Madrid 1991. Candidaturas proclamadas" (PDF). Boletín Oficial de la Comunidad de Madrid (101): 31. 30 April 1991. ISSN 1889-4410.
  8. ^ "Serrano Beltrán, Teófilo. IV Legislatura". Senate of Spain.
  9. ^ "Serrano Beltrán, Teófilo. V Legislatura". Senate of Spain.
  10. ^ Romero, José Manuel (15 August 2010). "El avispero de Madrid". El País.
  11. ^ Valdecantos, Camilo; Fernández Trujillo, César (3 November 1994). "El PSOE propone cambiar la ubicación de Canarias en los mapas de España". El País.
  12. ^ García, Pablo (7 December 2014). "Tres presidentes de Renfe en tres años, un cambio que ahoga los planes del operador ferroviario". Voz Pópuli.
  13. ^ Navarra, Diario de (3 August 2024). "Fallece el tudelano Teófilo Serrano Beltrán, histórico del PSOE y expresidente de Renfe". diariodenavarra.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 4 August 2024.
Party political offices
Preceded by Secretary General of the Madrilenian Socialist Federation
1991–1994
Next:
Jaime Lissavetzky
Business positions
Preceded by Chairman of Renfe Operadora
2009–2011
Next:
Julio Gómez-Pomar