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Ciprià Ciscar
Spanish politician and lawyer / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Ciprià Císcar Casabàn (22 December 1946, in Picanya, Valencia Province) is a lawyer and Spanish politician who belongs to the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) and served as federal secretary of the PSOE from 1994 to 2000.
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Císcar was Mayor of Picanya between 1976 and 1983.[1] He served as Culture and Education consultant to the Valencian regional administration from 1981 to 1989 and also served in the regional assembly, the Corts Valencianes, as a deputy from 1983 to 1989. He then joined the national parliament as a deputy for Valencia Province in 1989 and has remained a deputy since then. He headed the list for the 2000 General election[2] but was relegated to second place behind Carmen Alborch for the 2004 election.[3] During his time in parliament, he has served as a member of the Rules Commission and is currently the President of the Defense Commission.[4]
He was mentioned as a possible PSOE candidate for Mayor of Valencia for the 2007 Mayoral election, however Carmen Alborch was selected instead.[5] He is married to Teresa Blat Gimeno and has a son and daughter, Pau and Miriam.