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José Bono
President of the Congress of Deputies
Incumbent
Assumed office  March 31, 2008
President	José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero
Preceded by	Manuel Marín
Born	December 14, 1950 (1950-12-14) (age 59) Salobre, Albacete
Nationality	Spanish
Political party	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party
Spouse(s)	Ana Rodríguez Mosquera
Religion	Catholic

José Bono Martínez (born December 14, 1950) is a Spanish politician, born in Salobre, Albacete. A member of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE), he is the President of the Congress of Deputies. Before was the Minister of Defence of Spain from April 18, 2004, in the Government chaired by José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero. He left his ministerial post on April 7, 2006, and was replaced by former Minister of Interior, José Antonio Alonso. Bono had previously served as President of the Autonomous Community of Castilla-La Mancha from June 6, 1983 to April 17, 2004. During his period as a member of the Government, José Bono was involved in certain controversial events, some of them regarding his role as Minister of Defence (e.g. the controversy created by the public declarations of Lt. General José Mena Aguado about the 1978 Spanish Constitution, defending the possibility of an intervention of the armed forces to maintain the territorial integrity of Spain), and others regarding his membership of the Socialist Workers' Party, the most significant of them being the detention of two members of the Popular Party (PP) who were participating with him in a popular demonstration, after they had allegedly attempted to assault him. He was elected President of the Congress of Deputies on April 1, 2008.

Political offices
Preceded by Jesús Fuentes Lázaro	President of Castile-La Mancha 1983 - 2004	Succeeded by José María Barreda Fontes
Preceded by Federico Trillo	Defence Minister of Spain 2004 - 2006	Succeeded by José Antonio Alonso
Preceded by Manuel Marín	President of the Congress of Deputies 2008–present	Incumbent
Spanish Congress of Deputies
Preceded by Title jointly held	Deputy for Albacete province 1979 – 1983	Succeeded by Title jointly held
Preceded by Title jointly held	Deputy for Toledo province 2008 – Present	Succeeded by Title jointly held

[edit] See also

• History of Spain
• Politics of Spain
• Prime Minister of Spain

[edit] External links

• Official website (in Spanish)

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