Óscar Alzaga

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Óscar Alzaga

Óscar Alzaga Villaamil (born 29 May 1942) is a Spanish jurist, academic and politician. He is the founder of People's Democratic Party. Until 1986 he was an active politician in Spain.

Biography[]

Alzaga was born on 29 May 1942 in Madrid.[1] He received a degree in law from the University of Madrid in 1964 and a PhD degree from Autonomous University of Madrid in 1972.[1]

From 1969 Alzaga started his academic career at Autonomous University of Madrid.[1] In the Francoist Spain he was part of the Tácito group which was a tolerated opposition movement.[2] Alzaga joined the Union of the Democratic Centre, an election alliance, in 1977 general elections being part of the Christian Democratic Party.[2] He was among those who criticised the Union of the Democratic Centre in terms of its approach towards the center-right politics.[3] Then he left the Christian Democratic Party to establish the People's Democratic Party which he headed until 1986.[2]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c "Curriculum Vitae. Óscar Alzaga Villaamil" (PDF). UNED. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 July 2021. Retrieved 21 July 2021.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b c Eamonn Rodgers; Valerie Rodgers, eds. (1999). Encyclopedia of Contemporary Spanish Culture (PDF). London: Routledge. p. 54. ISBN 0-415-13187-1. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 December 2020.
  3. ^ Jonathan Hopkin; Caterina Paolucci (1999). "The business firm model of party organisation: Cases from Spain and Italy". European Journal of Political Research. 35. doi:10.1023/A:1006903925012.

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