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Spanish politician (1930–1970)

Andrés Reguera
Minister of Information and Tourism
In office
8 July 1976 – 5 July 1977
Prime MinisterAdolfo Suarez
Preceded byAdolfo Martín-Gamero
Succeeded byOffice abolished
Personal details
BornAndrés Reguera Guajardo
16 November 1930
Segovia
Died6 June 2000(2000-06-06) (aged 69)
Madrid
Resting placeSegovia
NationalitySpanish
Political partyUnión Democrática Española
SpouseMaría Aránzazu Errasti Laveate
Parents
  • Germán Reguera Antón (father)
  • Pilar Guajardo Miñón (mother)
Alma materUniversidad 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

Reguera was born in Segovia on 16 November 1930. His parents were Germán Reguera Antón and Pilar Guajardo Miñón.

He was a graduate of the Complutense University of Madrid, where he received a degree in law in 1952.

Career

Reguera was an assistant professor at his alma mater in 1957. 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. He also served as the counselor of the Renfe-Operadora, a state-owned railway company, and of the Banco de Crédito Local. He was elected as a deputy in 1967 and served in the IX Legislature until 1971 representing the province of Segovia. He was re-elected for the X legislature in October 1971, and his term at the parliament ended in 1977. 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.

On 7 July 1976 Reguera was named as the minister of information and tourism and served in the first government of Adolfo Suárez. 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. Reguera reduced censorship activities which would be finalized by the Ministry of Culture in 1977. He was in office until 4 July 1977. Following his retirement from politics he involved in business and was the vice president of Atlético Madrid.

Personal life and death

Reguera married María Aránzazu Errasti Laveate on 16 September 1962. They had five children. He died in Madrid on 6 June 2000 and buried in his hometown, Segovia.

Awards

Reguera received the Grand Cross of the Order of Civil Merit in 1969 and Grand Cross of the Order of Carlos III in 1977.

References

  1. ^ "Andrés Reguera Guajardo" (in Spanish). Real Academia de la Historia. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
  2. ^ "Andrés Reguera Guajardo". El País (in Spanish). 7 July 1976. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
  3. J. Paxton, ed. (2016). The Statesman's Year-Book 1977-78. London; Basingstoke: Macmillan. p. 1322. ISBN 978-0-230-27106-7.
  4. 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.
  5. 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.
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