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José Luis Ábalos

1959 - Today

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José Luis Ábalos Meco (born 9 December 1959) is a Spanish politician serving as member of the Congress of Deputies since 2009. A long-time member of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party, he was expelled from the party in 2025 for his involvement in a corruption scandal. He served as minister of Development (of Transport, Mobility and Urban Agenda since 2020) of the Government of Spain from 2018 to 2021, in the cabinets chaired by Pedro Sánchez. He was also the Secretary of Organization of his party from 2017 to 2021. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. José Luis Ábalos is the 16,718th most popular politician (down from 16,515th in 2019), the 1,882nd most popular biography from Spain (up from 1,917th in 2019) and the 431st most popular Spanish Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, José Luis Ábalos ranks 16,718 out of 19,576. Before him are Rhodri Morgan, Yariv Levin, Albino Jara, Arnaud Montebourg, Gheorghe Fiat, and Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti. After him are Domnall Brecc, Tetyana Dorovskikh, Cleopas Dlamini, Lin Chuan, Tim Kaine, and Ernest Mühlen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1959, José Luis Ábalos ranks 430. Before him are Alexandre Guimarães, Geoff Tate, Vladimir Yashchenko, Kwak Jae-yong, Prince Hubertus of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, and Flavor Flav. After him are José Gómez Mustelier, Alessandro Andrei, Orlando Figes, Andrzej Buncol, Valeria Ciavatta, and Rob Gonsalves.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, José Luis Ábalos ranks 1,882 out of 3,355. Before him are José María Calatrava y Peinado (1781), Edurne Pasaban (1973), Icíar Bollaín (1967), Jordi Roura (1967), Sergio Aragonés (1937), and Hipólito Rincón (1957). After him are Marino Lejarreta (1957), Albert Serra (1975), Carlos Ruiz (1948), Álvaro Odriozola (1995), Asier Illarramendi (1990), and Luis González-Bravo y López de Arjona (1811).

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Among POLITICIANS In Spain

Among politicians born in Spain, José Luis Ábalos ranks 431. Before him are Nadia Calviño (1968), Salustiano de Olózaga y Almandoz (1805), Juan José Ibarretxe (1957), Iñigo Urkullu (1961), Manuel Chaves (1945), and José María Calatrava y Peinado (1781). After him are Luis González-Bravo y López de Arjona (1811), Elena Salgado (1949), José Ramón Rodil, 1st Marquess of Rodil (1789), María Fernanda Espinosa (1964), Miguel Arias Cañete (1950), and Santiago Abascal (1976).

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