Juan Cotino
| Juan Cotino | |
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| President of Corts Valencianes | |
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In office 9 June 2011 – 13 October 2014 | |
| Preceded by | Milagrosa Martínez |
| Succeeded by | Alejandro Font de Mora Turón |
| Spanish Deputy of the Corts Valencianes | |
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In office 27 May 2007 – 13 October 2014 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
16 July 1948 Chirvella, Valencian Community, Spain |
| Nationality | Spanish |
| Political party | People's Party |
| Occupation | Politician |
Juan Gabriel Cotino Ferrer Chirivella, Valencia, January 26, 1950), known as Juan Cotino, is an entrepreneur and Spanish politician of the Popular Party.
Coming from a family of agricultural entrepreneurs, he is one of the founders of the Valencian Association of Farmers. In 1976 he joined the UCD, becoming part of the Popular Democratic Party and later the Popular Party. In 1991 he is elected councilman in the City of Valencia, playing the position of deputy mayor, being reelected in 1995.
In 1996 he is named general director of the Police, a position he held until 2002 when he was appointed Government Delegate in the Valencian Community. After the defeat of the PP in the general elections of 2004, it removes of its position like delegate of the Government, joining to the Generalidad Valenciana like advisor of Agriculture, Fishing and Food. In 2007, he is named third vice-president of the Valencian Community and counselor of Social Welfare, a portfolio that changes by Environment in 2009, maintaining the vice-presidency. After the elections of May 22, 2011, he was appointed President of the Corts Valencianes.
Cotino is a member of Opus Dei.
On April 28, 2013, the program of La Sexta, Salvados, directed and presented by Jordi Evole, dedicated an edition to the accident of the meter of Valencia of the year 2006. During the program Los Olvidados, through direct testimonies of the victims, it was denounced that The then Minister of Agriculture had acted negligently and irregularly with the victims in order to cover the reality of the investigation of that accident. In the face of Évole's insistent questions, Cotino took a stance of indifference and silence, even when the journalist He asked for an answer on the grounds that the victims deserved to speak to the public. When Évole contacted him via telephone, it was the "brother" of Juan Cotino who answered the call.