| José Manuel Romay Beccaría | |
| Office1: | 69th and 71st President of the Council of State |
| Term Start1: | 3 May 2012 |
| Term End1: | 5 July 2018 |
| Predecessor1: | Francisco Rubio Llorente |
| Successor1: | María Teresa Fernández de la Vega |
| Term Start2: | 25 December 2002 |
| Term End2: | 19 April 2004 |
| Predecessor2: | Íñigo Cavero |
| Successor2: | Francisco Rubio Llorente |
| Office3: | Senator |
| Constituency3: | Parliament of Galicia |
| Term Start3: | 29 November 2011 |
| Term End3: | 2 May 2012 |
| Office4: | Minister of Health and Consumer Affairs |
| Term Start4: | 6 May 1996 |
| Term End4: | 27 April 2000 |
| Predecessor4: | Ángeles Amador |
| Successor4: | Celia Villalobos |
| Office5: | Vice President of Galicia |
| President5: | Xerardo Fernández Albor |
| Term Start5: | 22 January 1982 |
| Term End5: | 7 January 1983 |
| Predecessor5: | office established |
| Successor5: | José Luis Barreiro |
| Office6: | Member of the Congress of Deputies |
| Term Start6: | 12 March 2000 |
| Term End6: | 3 January 2003 |
| Constituency6: | A Coruña |
| Term Start7: | 28 October 1982 |
| Term End7: | 13 February 1990 |
| Constituency7: | A Coruña |
| Birth Name: | José Manuel Romay Beccaría |
| Birth Date: | 18 January 1934 |
| Birth Place: | Betanzos, A Coruña |
| Alma Mater: | University of Santiago de Compostela |
José Manuel Romay Beccaría (born 18 January 1934) is a Spanish lawyer and politician.[1] During his political life, he has been regional minister in several occasions in the Regional Government of Galicia, Member of the Congress of Deputies and Senator. The highest and most important offices that he held were Health Minister of Spain and two times President of the Council of State.
Born in Betanzos, Romay was trained as a lawyer at the University of Santiago de Compostela, where he later taught. He became a lawyer for the Spanish Council of State in 1959.[2] Romay was first elected to the Congress of Deputies from A Coruña in 1982.[3] He stepped down in 1990 after his second consecutive term to return to the Xunta de Galicia as an adviser and minister, in which he had first served as vice president between 1982 and 1983. Romay returned to the national government in 1996, accepting an appointment as health minister.
In 2000, Romay began his second stint in the Congress of Deputies, again representing A Coruña.
In 2002, he became president of the Council of State. He was succeeded by Francisco Rubio Llorente in 2004. Romay was appointed to the senate between 2011 and 2012 by the parliament of Galicia. That same year, Romay was named president of the Council of State for the second time.[4]