Luis Martínez Noval

He then served as a non-tenured professor of Economic Theory at his alma mater before deciding to devote himself exclusively to his work as a professional politician in the region.

In 1981, he was elected as the Deputy Secretary-General of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) of Asturias of which he was a member since 1978.

On 2 May 1990, Noval was appointed as Minister of Labor and Social Security of the Government of Spain by Felipe González and served on this position until 14 July 1993.

Following the expiration of his term, he became a Chairman of the Committee on Social Policy and Employment of the Congress of Deputies and from 1996 to 1999 was spokesman for the party.

He was rushed to the Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias [es] where, following an unsuccessful operation, at the age of 64, he was pronounced dead the next morning.