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 |
Luis Solana Madariaga (born 18 December 1935) is a Spanish businessman and politician.
Born 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]
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