International Union of Notaries elects notary from Spain as new President

José Marqueño de Llano is a notary in Barcelona and was President of the General Council of the Spanish Notariat from 2005 to 2008. During his term in office at the CGN he played an active role in various important decisions, such as the setting up of the Centralised Laundering Prevention Unit (OCP) and the Tax Collaboration Body (OCT) of Spanish notaries – to fight against money laundering and tax fraud – and in the establishment of a computer network which links all Spanish notary offices between themselves and to the Public Administrations.

Marqueño de Llano was also a board member of the International Union of Notaries, Vice-President of the Permanent Notarial Office of International Exchange, President of the Aequitas Foundation (which defends the rights of the most vulnerable people), President of Ancert (The Notary Certification Agency) and President of the Notaries' Cultural Foundation.

In the academic field the new President of the UINL has lectured at the Autonomous University of Catalonia and the Pompeu y Fabra University, directed various different courses and is the author of several publications.

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The UINL General Council and Member Assembly sessions were attended by the President of Lithuanian Chamber of Notaries Mr. Marius Stračkaitis. The UINL events were followed by the 28th International Congress of Notaries. A delegation of 18 representatives from Lithuania took part at the Congress.