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Miguel Barroso, Zapatero's former Secretary of State for Communication and member of the Prisa board, dies

MADRID, 14 Ene.

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Miguel Barroso, Zapatero's former Secretary of State for Communication and member of the Prisa board, dies

MADRID, 14 Ene. (EUROPA PRESS) -

The journalist Miguel Barroso, former Secretary of State for Communication during the Government of José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, died this Saturday at the age of 70 due to a heart attack, as reported by the newspaper 'El País'.

Currently, the journalist has been a member of the board of directors of Grupo Prisa since June 27, 2023. Born in Zaragoza in 1953, Barroso graduated in Law from the University of Barcelona and also in Philosophy and Letters (specializing in Modern History and Contemporary) at the same University.

After practicing journalism in several media, including El País, his professional activity has always remained focused on the field of Communication.

In addition, he carried out consulting work on media in several Ibero-American countries on behalf of Hispasat and later held responsibilities in the Fnac Group, where he directed the launch of the brand in the Iberian Peninsula and served as CEO of the Spanish subsidiary and later as international director for Communication and Marketing at the Group's international headquarters in Paris.

Subsequently, Barroso was Secretary of State for Communication during the first two years of Rodríguez Zapatero's presidency (2004/2005). He subsequently served as general director of the Casa de América, after being appointed by consensus by the three administrations of different types that make up the Board of Trustees of the Institution: Government, Community of Madrid and City Council.

For the last decade he has been linked to the global communications and marketing group WPP. First as CEO of the Young advertising agency

His role as a writer highlights the co-authorship of a book of journalistic chronicles, "Crónicas Caribes", and the publication of two novels: "Dawn with ants in the mouth" and "A sensitive matter". Finally, he has made several translations into Spanish from Italian and French of volumes on Geography, Sociology and Philosophy.

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