Enrique Barón Crespo
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Enrique Barόn Crespo (born March 27, 1944, Madrid) is a Spanish politician and lawyer. He is a member of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party and sits with the Party of European Socialists group in the European Parliament.
Barón Crespo graduated in law from the University of Madrid, in 1965. As a practising lawyer, he specialised in labour law, and acted for defendants in political cases (1970–1977).
He was a Deputy in the Cortes (1977–1986) and was Minister of Transport, Tourism and Communications (1982–1985).
After election to the European Parliament he was President of the European Parliament (1989–1992), and has been PES Group chairman since 1999. He was Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs (1992–1995) and is currently Chairman of the Committee on International Trade.
Barόn Crespo is a member of the Board of Advisors of the Global Panel Foundation.
| Preceded by Lord Plumb |
President of the European Parliament 1989–1992 |
Succeeded by Egon Klepsch |
| Presidents of the European Parliament |   |
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| Presidents of the Common Assembly (1952-1958): Paul-Henri Spaak • Alcide De Gasperi • Giuseppe Pella • Hans Furler Presidents of the Parliamentary Assembly (1958-1962): Robert Schuman • Hans Furler Presidents of the appointed Parliament (1962-1979): Gaetano Martino • Jean Duvieusart • Victor Leemans • Presidents of the directly elected Parliament (1979-present): Simone Veil • Piet Dankert • Pierre Pflimlin • Henry Plumb • Enrique Barón • Egon Klepsch • Klaus Hänsch • José María Gil-Robles • Nicole Fontaine • Pat Cox • Josep Borrell • Hans-Gert Pöttering |
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