Andrés Reguera
Andrés Reguera | |
|---|---|
| Minister of Information and Tourism | |
| In office 8 July 1976 – 5 July 1977 | |
| Prime Minister | Adolfo Suarez |
| Preceded by | Adolfo Martín-Gamero |
| Succeeded by | Office abolished |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Andrés Reguera Guajardo 16 November 1930 Segovia |
| Died | 6 June 2000 (aged 69) Madrid |
| Resting place | Segovia |
| Nationality | Spanish |
| Political party | Unión Democrática Española |
| Spouse | María Aránzazu Errasti Laveate |
| Parents |
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| Alma mater | Universidad Complutense de Madrid |
Andrés Reguera (16 November 1930 – 6 June 2000) was a Spanish jurist, businessman and politician who served at the Spanish Parliament. He was the minister of information and tourism between 7 July 1976 and 4 July 1977.
Early life and education
[edit]Reguera was born in Segovia on 16 November 1930.[1] His parents were Germán Reguera Antón and Pilar Guajardo Miñón.[1]
He was a graduate of the Complutense University of Madrid, where he received a degree in law in 1952.[2]
Career
[edit]Reguera was an assistant professor at his alma mater in 1957.[2] He worked as a lawyer in Vizcaya from 1961 to 1965 and as legal advisor at the Ministry of Public Works from 1965 to 1968.[2] He also served as the counselor of the Renfe-Operadora, a state-owned railway company, and of the Banco de Crédito Local.[2] He was elected as a deputy in 1967 and served in the IX Legislature until 1971 representing the province of Segovia.[2] He was re-elected for the X legislature in October 1971, and his term at the parliament ended in 1977.[1] He was the secretary general of the Catholic Association of Propagandists and part of the Unión Democrática Española, a right-wing Christian democratic political party.[2]
On 7 July 1976 Reguera was named as the minister of information and tourism and served in the first government of Adolfo Suárez.[3] He was part of the Tacito group in the cabinet along with Eduardo Carriles, Leopoldo Calvo-Sotelo, Landelino Lavilla, Enrique de la Mata, Marcelino Oreja and Alfonso Osorio.[4] Reguera reduced censorship activities which would be finalized by the Ministry of Culture in 1977.[5] He was in office until 4 July 1977.[1] Following his retirement from politics he involved in business and was the vice president of Atlético Madrid.[1]
Personal life and death
[edit]Reguera married María Aránzazu Errasti Laveate on 16 September 1962.[1] They had five children.[1] He died in Madrid on 6 June 2000 and buried in his hometown, Segovia.[1]
Awards
[edit]Reguera received the Grand Cross of the Order of Civil Merit in 1969 and Grand Cross of the Order of Carlos III in 1977.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f g h i "Andrés Reguera Guajardo" (in Spanish). Real Academia de la Historia. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
- ^ a b c d e f "Andrés Reguera Guajardo". El País (in Spanish). 7 July 1976. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
- ^ J. Paxton, ed. (2016). The Statesman's Year-Book 1977-78. London; Basingstoke: Macmillan. p. 1322. ISBN 978-0-230-27106-7.
- ^ Maria Cristina Palomares (2002). The quest for survival after Franco: The moderate Francoists' slow journey to the polls (1964-1977) (PhD thesis). London School of Economics and Political Science. p. 296.
- ^ Catherine O’Leary (2008). "'Irrpresentable en España': Fernando Arrabal and the Spanish Censors". Journal of Iberian and Latin American Research. 14 (2): 30. doi:10.1080/13260219.2008.11742712. S2CID 147932860.
| International | |
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| National | |
- 20th-century Spanish businesspeople
- 20th-century Spanish lawyers
- 1930 births
- 2000 deaths
- Information and tourism ministers of Spain
- People from Segovia
- Complutense University of Madrid alumni
- Grand Cross of the Order of Civil Merit
- Members of the Congress of Deputies (Spain)
- Academic staff of the Complutense University of Madrid