Jesús Zueco Ruiz

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Zueco and the second or maternal family name is Ruiz.

Jesús Zueco Ruiz (10 March 1946 – 18 June 2025) was a Spanish lawyer and politician.

Life and career

Jesús Zueco was born in Zaragoza, Aragon on 10 March 1946. After graduating in Law from the University of Zaragoza, he became a State Lawyer, and later founded his own law firm Ruiz Soriano-Zueco Abogados.[1] He combined his legal career with teaching, being an associate professor at the National University of Distance Education (UNED) and as a professor at the School of Legal Practice of the University of La Rioja.[2]

In 1983, he was a regional deputy in the Parliament of La Rioja, for the People's Alliance in the First Legislature (1983–1987); and by the People's Party in the II Legislature (1987–1991). He was secretary general of the Popular Party and a member of the Consultative Council of La Rioja. He was also a member-arbitrator of the Civil and Commercial Court of Arbitration (CIMA). [3]

Zueco Ruiz died at the San Pedro Hospital in Logroño, on 18 June 2025, at the age of 79.[4]

The Parliament of La Rioja paid tribute to him on 19 June 2025, with a minute of silence in his memory and the interventions of the different political groups represented in the Rioja chamber.[5]

References

  1. ^ Gil, Alberto (19 June 2025). "Fallece el abogado y exdiputado del PP Jesús Zueco Ruiz". La Rioja (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 June 2025.
  2. ^ "JESÚS ZUECO RUIZ – Soriano Zueco Abogados" (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 June 2025.
  3. ^ "Jesús Zueco Ruiz — Parlamento de La Rioja". www.parlamento-larioja.org (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 23 January 2025. Retrieved 20 June 2025.
  4. ^ "El Parlamento recuerda con cariño al exdiputado del PP Jesús Zueco, fallecido a los 79 años". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). 19 June 2025. Retrieved 20 June 2025.
  5. ^ "El Parlamento rinde homenaje con afecto al exdiputado del PP, Jesús Zueco, quien falleció a la edad de 79 años. - Demócrata". www.democrata.es (in European Spanish). Retrieved 20 June 2025.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.