Pío García-Escudero

Pío García-Escudero Márquez, 4th Count of Badarán (born 28 October 1952) is a Spanish architect and politician who served as the 59th President of the Senate of Spain from 2011 to 2019.[1] Since 21 May 2019, Escudero has served as the Second Vice President of the Senate.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is García-Escudero and the second or maternal family name is Márquez.

The Most Excellent
The Count of Badarán
OC OSP MS
Second Vice President of the Senate
Assumed office
21 May 2019
PresidentManuel Cruz Rodríguez
Pilar Llop
Preceded byJoan Lerma
59th President of the Senate
In office
13 December 2011 – 20 May 2019
MonarchsJuan Carlos I
Felipe VI
Vice PresidentJuan José Lucas
Pedro Sanz
Yolanda Vicente González
Joan Lerma
Preceded byJavier Rojo
Succeeded byManuel Cruz Rodríguez
Member of the Senate
Assumed office
2 April 2004
ConstituencyMadrid
Personal details
Born
Pío García-Escudero Márquez

(1952-10-28) 28 October 1952
Madrid, Spain
Political partyPeople's Party
OccupationPolitician

Early life

Born in 1952 in Madrid where he was raised, he graduated from Technical University of Madrid and as an architect from Superior Technical School of Architecture of Madrid.

Political career

García-Escudero Márquez was a senator from 9 April 1996 to 2 February 1999, and again from 13 April 2004 to 26 September 2011 as a member of the People's Party.

Personal

García-Escudero Marquez was married on 15 June 1982 to María del Carmen Ramos Pérez. The couple has two children:

  • Pío García-Escudero Ramos (b. 1984)
  • Miguel García-Escudero Ramos (b. 1987)

He is involved in the Bárcenas affair corruption scandal and appeared before the court as a witness in Gürtel case trial on 26 July 2017.[2]

Honours

Foreign honours

References
  1. "Presidente del Senado. Biografía" (in Spanish). Retrieved 14 February 2015.
  2. El presidente del Senado reconoce un pago anotado por Bárcenas (in Spanish)
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