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.

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
Born
Andrés 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

Early life and education

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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

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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

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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

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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

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i "Andrés Reguera Guajardo" (in Spanish). Real Academia de la Historia. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
  2. ^ a b c d e f "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.