Eduardo Andrés Julio Zaplana Hernández-Soro (born 3 April 1956) is a Spanish politician who served as Minister of Labour and Social Issues from 2002 to 2004, President of the Valencian Government from 1995 to 2002 and Spokesperson of the Partido Popular (PP) in the Spanish Congress of Deputies from 2004 to 2008.

After involvement in the now defunct Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD), Zaplana joined PP.

He resigned after being appointed Minister of Employment and Social Security, a post he held until the 2004 General Election.

For 2008, he changed electoral districts, moving to Madrid, where he was fourth on the PP list.

[2] On 29 April, he resigned as PP MP altogether, announcing that he would become a European delegate for Telefónica.