Josu Jon Imaz
Spanish chemist and politician
Josu Jon Imaz San Miguel is a Spanish politician, executive and scientist from Zumarraga, Basque Autonomous Community, Spain, born in 1963. He is CEO of the oil company Repsol.2
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Born Sep 6, 1963.1
About
Doctor in Chemical sciences from the University of the Basque Country.
He pursued a political career in the Basque National Party since the early 1990s until the mid-2000s, as an MEP, spokesperson of the Basque autonomous government, and chairman of the party, succeeding Xabier Arzalluz.
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Companies
Early life and education
Career
Occupation: politician, chemist.9
- 2004 to 2008President of the Basque Nationalist Party7
- 2001Deputy of the Basque Parliament7 8
- 1994 to 1999Member of the European Parliament7
- 1991 to 1995Deputy mayor7
- Date not recordedWorked at Petronor4 5
- Date not recordedWorked at Naturgy4
- Date not recordedChief executive, Repsol6
Manager of the Composites and Polymers Unit of INASMET from 1987 to 1989. He joined the Mondragón Cooperative Group from 1989 to 1991 as an industrial developer. Manager of the Marketing and External Relations Department of INASMET from 91 to 94.
After time off spent in politics, he resumed his academic career as a visiting researcher at the Harvard Kennedy School.
In 2008 he returned to the business world as president of Petronor, a Repsol group company headquartered in Muskiz, near Bilbao.
In 2010 he became director of Repsol's New Energies Unit with the aim of identifying opportunities, developing projects and carrying out business initiatives in areas such as bioenergy and renewable energy for transport. In 2012 he became a member of Repsol's executive committee, as executive director of the Industrial and New Energies Unit.
In November 2011, he was elected President of the Spanish Association of Petroleum Operators (A.O.P.).
In 2024, he warned against the focus of the European Union on decarbonization and its effect on the competition of European industries.
Similar earlier opinions expressed in the Davos Forum had been reproached by the Spanish minister for ecological transition Teresa Ribera, accusing him of denial and arguing for delay.
He was supported by PNV MEP Izaskun Bilbao.
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Personal life
Politics
In June 1994 he was elected Euro-Deputy to the European Parliament, a post that he held until his appointment on 7 January 1999 as Regional Minister of Industry, Trade and Tourism of the Regional Government of the Basque Country. As a regional minister of Industry, he was president of the Basque Energy Entity (EVE), president of the Society for Industrial Promotion and Reconversion (SPRI) and spokesman for the Basque Regional Government. In January 2004 he was elected chairman of the executive committee of EAJ-PNV. In autumn 2007, he announced his decision not to stand for re-election and ended his career in politics.
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Awards
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- 1WikidataJosu Jon Imaz on Wikidata
- 2WikipediaJosu Jon Imaz on Wikipedia
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- 5WikidataWorked at Petronor, as reported
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- 13Wikidataaward, as reported
- 14WikidataRepsol, Chief executive officer
- 15Wikimedia CommonsJosu Jon Imaz photo by Lunadacosta1954, CC BY-SA 3.0