José Luis García Ferrero
Spanish politician (1929–2020) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
José Luis García Ferrero (30 November 1929 – 28 July 2020) was a Spanish veterinarian and politician.
A native of Fuensalida born on 30 November 1929,[1][2] García Ferrero studied veterinary science at the Complutense University of Madrid.[3]
From February 1968,[4] García Ferrero was deputy director in charge of preventative healthcare and hygiene for livestock, and was appointed leader of a regional laboratory affiliated with the Animal Health Center in December 1971.[5][6] He was named director-general of agricultural industry in July 1976,[7] and appointed director-general of agricultural production in March 1978.[8] From October 1980,[9] García Ferrero was deputy agriculture minister.[3] Conservation was added to his portfolio in December 1981.[10] García Ferrero was appointed head of the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food on 13 September 1982, succeeding José Luis Álvarez, who left the Calvo-Sotelo Government for the People's Democratic Party.[11][12] After the government was voted out of office, García Ferrero worked for a private agricultural company.[13] García Ferrero's tenure as a government minister was the shortest following the Spanish transition to democracy, until Màxim Huerta's tenure in the Sánchez I Government.[1][14]