The president of Aragon, the socialist Javier Lambán, suffers a colon cancer for which they will begin to treat him next week, as he himself confirmed this Monday in an appearance before the media in which he has shown himself willing to “continue fully assuming” his functions as President of the Government of Aragon.
Lambán has expressed his intention to continue in office as president of Aragon to “maintain his commitment to the Aragonese”, although he has acknowledged that “the treatment roadmap will alter the agenda” at times.
The socialist is not the first politician to face this disease. In a brief press conference, Lambán indicated that he does “the same” as many other people “who face this disease and continue with their activity” and who do, has continued, “for their family, for their environment and for their loyalty with your sense of duty“” I will continue to do my best to not disappoint the confidence of the Aragonese, “he said.
Similar background
This ad joins that of, for example, the former president of Madrid, the popular Hope Aguirre, who suffered from breast cancer in 2011 that forced her to absent herself from public life “one or two weeks” but that, after overcoming it, she returned to political activity and remained in office until September 2012, she was the president of the Popular Party of the Community of Madrid until 2016 and councilor in the City Council of the capital until 2017.
Another case was that of the former president of the Basque PP, María San Gil, who also suffered from and overcame breast cancer. Maria San Gil She was diagnosed in 2007 and her treatment prevented her from participating in the municipal election campaign held in May of that year. However, months later, in August, he announced his return to active politics fully recovered. She remained president of the Popular Party of the Basque Country until July 2008.
Similar experience is that of the politician of the Basque Nationalist Party Iñaki Azkuna, who held the position of mayor of Bilbao from 1999 until his death in 2014. It was in March 2003 when he publicly announced that he had prostate cancer, just a few days after winning the local elections again. After an operation and several months of treatment, Azkuna regained his intense work schedule, surpassing even other elections (those of 2011). He passed away on March 20, 2014, at the age of 71.
Another example is that of the leader of the defunct Convergència i Unió (CiU), Josep Antoni Duran and Lleida, who just before the 2008 general election campaign had to undergo emergency surgery to remove a tumor in his lung. The former Catalan deputy remained in Congress until January 2016 and is currently an independent director of Aena.
The former president of the Generalitat of Catalonia between 2006 and 2010 and former Minister of Industry, Tourism and Trade with José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero between 2004 and 2006, Jose MontillaHe also suffered from colon cancer in 1999 from which he recovered satisfactorily and after which he continued with his political cart. Montilla was mayor of Cornellá de Llobregat for 19 years (from 1985 to 2004). After leaving the presidency of the Generalitat, he served as senator by appointment of the Parliament of Catalonia until 2019.
The case of the popular Ana Palacio, who overcame breast cancer in 2000 and was an example of overcoming and making the disease more visible by going to the European Parliament with a shaved head. Palacio was Aznar’s Minister of Foreign Affairs between 2002 and 2004 and a deputy in the European Parliament (1994-2002) and in the Congress of Deputies (2004-2006).
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