Francisco Javier Lambán Montañés (; 19 August 1957 – 15 August 2025) was a Spanish politician who was a member of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) and served as President of the Government of Aragon from 5 July 2015 to 11 August 2023.
Life and career Born on 19 August 1957 in Ejea de los Caballeros, he graduated in history at the University of Barcelona. A member of the Ejea city council from 1983 (he also joined the PSOE that year), he was a member of the provincial deputation between 1991 and 2012. He was elected President of the Provincial Deputation of Zaragoza on 15 July 1999. He became the Mayor of Ejea in 2007.
A member of the Aragonese regional legislature, the Cortes of Aragon, from 2011, he obtained a PhD in history at the University of Zaragoza in 2014, reading a thesis titled La reforma agraria en Aragón, 1931-1936.
Voted President of the Government of Aragon by the regional legislature after the 2015 election, Lambán was sworn into office on 5 July 2015 at the Aljafería Palace. He lost the re-election in the 2023 Aragonese regional election, and was succeeded by Jorge Azcón.Vuelco en Aragón: el PP suma mayoría con Vox y arrebata a Lambán el gobierno autonómico
He was an open and strong critic of Pedro Sánchez.Javier Lambán, el barón socialista que nunca conectó con Pedro Sánchez
Lambán died on 15 August 2025, at the age of 67, from the colon cancer he had been suffering since 2021.Muere Javier Lambán, expresidente de Aragón, a los 67 años
On 7 October 2025, the Council of Ministers posthumously awarded him the Grand Cross of the Order of Charles III.
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