Juan F. López Aguilar

Canarian politician, professor and jurist, affiliated to the Spanish Socialist Workers Party (PSOE).

He has been a member of parliament for Las Palmas since the VII Legislature. He served as Minister of Justice in the Government of José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero between 2004 and 2007. Between 2007 and 2010 he served as Secretary General of the Socialist Party of the Canary Islands (PSC-PSOE). He has been a member of the European Parliament since 2009.

During his time as Minister of Justice, he made a commitment to the State Federation of Lesbians, Gays, Bisexuals and Transsexuals (FELGT) to modify the Civil Code to allow homosexuals to marry, a promise that was fulfilled in April 2005.

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