The former president of the Government of the Canary Islands, Adán Martín Menis, passed away in Barcelona this morning at 03:00 hours, at the age of 66. Martín Menis presided over the Government of the Canary Islands in the VI Legislature, from 2003 to 2007. In the previous four years, he was vice president and Minister of Economy, Finance and Commerce of the autonomous Executive.
The Government of the Canary Islands has expressed, through a statement, its deep regret, while expressing its most sincere condolences to the family of the former president, extending them to all citizens of the Islands.
Biography
Adán Martín Menis, born on October 19, 1943, was for twelve years (1987-1999) president of the Island Council of Tenerife and served as first deputy mayor and councilor of Urban Planning of the City Council of Santa Cruz de Tenerife in the first two democratic mandates.
Martín Menis trained in Barcelona as an industrial engineer. After finishing his degree, he graduated in Business Management from ESAE and the Balearic Institute of Business Management. He expanded his professional experience in England, for two years, in different departments of the Chrysler company.
His political activity began in 1979, in the first democratic municipal elections, in the capital of Tenerife. As head of Urban Planning during the 1979-1983 and 1983-1987 terms, he directed the preparation of the new General Urban Planning Plan (PGOU) and the Special Interior Reform Plan (PERI).
In June 1981 he joined the Canary Islands Council and, until the summer of 1982, he held the portfolio of Industry and Energy. Later he took over the Ministry of Water, Public Works and Urban Planning.
He was a national deputy of CC for the province of Santa Cruz de Tenerife, between 1993 and 1996. Between 1995 and 1999 he was also part of the Executive Committee of the Spanish Federation of Municipalities and Provinces (FEMP).
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