Luis Solana Explained

Office1:Member of the Congress of Deputies
Term Start1:1977
Term End1:1983
Constituency1:Segovia
Party:Spanish Socialist Workers' Party
Birth Date:18 December 1935
Citizenship:Spanish
Birth Place:Madrid, Spain
Occupation:Politician, businessman, economist, media executive
Spouse:Leonor Pérez Pita (d. 2019)

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

Biography

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 (ASU), he was jailed in 1959 by the Francoist dictatorship due to his political activities during his student years.[3]

He married, best known as 'Cuca Solana', pioneer of fashion in Spain and founder of the Pasarela Cibeles.[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.

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).

He was widowed in 2019.

Notes and References

  1. Luis Solana en Telefónica, de la miel del éxito a la hiel de la crítica. ABC. 23. 14 January 1989. Madrid.
  2. Mucho más que un nombre. Cinco Días. 20 April 2013. Irene. López.
  3. La primera oposición al franquismo en la Universidad de Valencia a final de los años 50. El Partido Comunista de España (PCE) y la Agrupación Socialista Universitaria (ASU). Benito. Sanz Díaz. 70.
  4. Impulsora de la moda española. ABC. María Luisa. Funes. 62. 14 March 2019.
  5. El País. El socialista Luis Solana, nuevo miembro de la Comisión Trilateral. February 1985.
  6. Web site: Solana Madariaga, Luis. Legislatura Constituyente (1977–1979). Congress of Deputies.
  7. Luis Solana cesa como consejero de Amper por edad. El Economista. 16 June 2006.