José Bono Martínez (born 14 December 1950) is a politician of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE). He served as President of the Congress of Deputies during the 9th Legislature. Before that, he was the Minister of Defence of Spain from 18 April 2004 in the Government chaired by José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero. He left his ministerial post on 7 April 2006 and was replaced by former Minister of Interior, José Antonio Alonso. Bono had previously served as President of the Autonomous Community of Castile-La Mancha from 6 June 1983 to 17 April 2004. In 2020, he was granted Dominican Republic citizenship by means of a presidential decree.^[1]

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José Bono
President of the Congress of Deputies
In office 1 April 2008 – 13 December 2011
Monarch	Juan Carlos I
Preceded by	Manuel Marín
Succeeded by	Jesús Posada
Minister of Defence
In office 18 April 2004 – 11 April 2006
Prime Minister	José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero
Preceded by	Federico Trillo-Figueroa
Succeeded by	José Antonio Alonso
President of Castile-La Mancha
In office 6 June 1983 – 17 April 2004
Monarch	Juan Carlos I
Preceded by	Jesús Fuentes Lázaro
Succeeded by	José María Barreda
Member of the Congress of Deputies
In office 1 April 2008 – 13 December 2011
Constituency	Toledo
In office 1 March 1979 – 6 June 1982
Constituency	Albacete
Member of the Cortes of Castile-La Mancha
In office 7 May 1983 – 16 April 2004
Constituency	Albacete; Toledo
Personal details
Born	(1950-12-14) 14 December 1950 (age 73) Salobre, Spain
Nationality	Spanish Dominican
Political party	PSOE

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During his cabinet spell, José Bono was involved in certain controversial events,^{[weasel words]} some of them regarding his role as Minister of Defence (e.g. the controversy created by the public declarations of Lt. General José Mena Aguado [es] about the 1978 Spanish Constitution, defending the possibility of an intervention of the armed forces to maintain the territorial integrity of Spain), and others regarding his membership of the Socialist Workers' Party, the most significant of them being the detention of two members of the Popular Party (PP) who were participating with him in a popular demonstration, after they had allegedly attempted to assault him. He was elected President of the Congress of Deputies on 1 April 2008.^[2][3]

• History of Spain
• Politics of Spain
• Prime Minister of Spain