José Antonio Monago Terraza (born 10 January 1966) is a Spanish politician who belongs to the People's Party (PP) who served as President of the Regional Government of Extremadura, the Extremaduran regional administration, from 2011 to 2015. Outside of political life, Monago received a Doctorate in Law from the University of SalamancaEl Pais profile accessed 4 July 2011 He became Extremaduran regional leader of the PP in 2007 and served as a city councillor in Badajoz and as a PP deputy in the Extremaduran Assembly. El Periodico de Extremadura, 3 April 2008 The Extremaduran Assembly appointed him to the Spanish Senate in 2008.
Biography Monago was chosen as the PP candidate for President of the Regional Government of Extremadura in the 2011 Extremaduran elections. The elections saw the PP emerge as the largest party in Extremadura for the first time,Election results in Extremadura historiaelectoral.com accessed 4 July 2011 although they fell one seat short of an absolute majority. The outgoing President, Guillermo Fernández Vara of the PSOE, attempted to secure re-election by forming a pact with United Left (IU).Vara ve el pacto PSOE-IU como 'única salida' El Mundo, 23 May 2011 However IU declined to support the PSOE and abstained in the Presidential vote with the result that Monago became the first PP President of the Regional Government of Extremadura.Extremadura da por hecho el cambio político La Vanguardia, 4 July 2011 Nine months later, Monago's minority government is threatened to collapse after the IU agreed to re-negotiate with PSOE after parliamentary elections in Andalusia and Asturias on 25 March 2012.El PSOE alienta los pactos con IU para recuperar el Gobierno en Extremadura El Pais, 26 March 2012
In November 2014, it was leaked that Monago could have used public money of the Senate in 2009 and 2010 to make 32 visits to his then girlfriend in the Canary Islands He promised to give the money back, but he later took that promise back.
This issue reached the Supreme Court, which closed the matter because the journalistic information was not credited. "The complaint was inadmissible for not being the facts constituting any criminal offense". Currently, José Antonio Monago is Chairman of the Senate Budget Committee. Monago, presidente la la Comisión de Presupuestos
He was elected to the 15th Senate of Spain representing Badajoz in the 2023 Spanish general election.
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Interview in El Pais, 19 June 2011