Esteban González Pons

Esteban González Pons (Valencia, Spain, 21 August 1964) is a Spanish politician who belongs to the main opposition People's Party (PP).

Married with two children [http://www.senado.es/legis7/senadores/ficha/S7151.html] , he gained a doctorate in law and constitutional rights and practised as a lawyer. He entered politics in 1993 serving as senator for Valencia province, in the process becoming the youngest member of the senate. He continued in that role until 2003, resigning after being chosen as minister of culture, education and sport in the Valencian regional parliament. He served as the PP spokesman from 2007 until 2008 when he was elected to the Spanish Congress of Deputies representing Valencia region. He headed the PP list for that election, virtually guaranteeing his election in a district where the PP and predecessors had won at least one seat at every election in the modern Spanish democratic era. In one of his first speeches after becoming head of the list he criticised the fact that his rival, the head of the PSOE list for Valencia, María Teresa Fernández de la Vega, had been named head of the list in Beneixida, one of the smaller villages in the Valencia region.

References

* [http://www.congreso.es/portal/page/portal/Congreso/Congreso/Diputados/DipCircuns/ComAutVal?_piref73_1333408_73_1333405_1333405.next_page=/wc/fichaDiputado&idDiputado=87 Biography at Spanish Congress website]
* [http://mas.levante-emv.com/perfiles/esteban-gonzalez-pons.html Biography at Levante newspaper site]
* [http://www.estebangonzalezpons.es personal website]