José Ángel Biel Rivera

José Ángel Biel Rivera (born 1 May 1946) is a Spanish former politician. As a member of the Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD) he was elected to the Constituent Cortes and the Senate in the Spanish transition to democracy.

In 1983, he left for the Aragonese Party (PAR), of which he was president from 2000 to 2015. He served in the first eight legislatures of the Cortes of Aragon from 1983 to 2015, and was the President of the Cortes for the final four years. He was Vice President of the Government of Aragon from 1999 to 2011, in coalition with the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) under Marcelino Iglesias.

Biography Born in Teruel, Biel is married and has one daughter. He graduated in Law, becoming a lawyer and a civil servant in the National Institute of Social Security (INSS). He began his political career during the Spanish transition to democracy as a member of the Union of the Democratic Centre (UDC), being elected as a deputy in the Constituent Cortes in 1977 and to the first Senate in 1979.

Following the UCD's collapse, Biel joined the Aragonese Party (PAR). In February 2020, he began hosting a radio show on Cadena COPE.