Jesús Zueco Ruiz
Spanish lawyer and politician (1946–2025)
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jesús Zueco Ruiz (10 March 1946 – 18 June 2025) was a Spanish lawyer and politician.
Life and career
Jesús Zueco was born in Zaragoza, Aragon on 10 March 1946. After graduating in Law from the University of Zaragoza, he became a State Lawyer, and later founded his own law firm Ruiz Soriano-Zueco Abogados.[1] He combined his legal career with teaching, being an associate professor at the National University of Distance Education (UNED) and as a professor at the School of Legal Practice of the University of La Rioja.[2]
In 1983, he was a regional deputy in the Parliament of La Rioja, for the People's Alliance in the First Legislature (1983–1987); and by the People's Party in the II Legislature (1987–1991). He was secretary general of the Popular Party and a member of the Consultative Council of La Rioja. He was also a member-arbitrator of the Civil and Commercial Court of Arbitration (CIMA). [3]
Zueco Ruiz died at the San Pedro Hospital in Logroño, on 18 June 2025, at the age of 79.[4]
The Parliament of La Rioja paid tribute to him on 19 June 2025, with a minute of silence in his memory and the interventions of the different political groups represented in the Rioja chamber.[5]