Alejandro Muñoz-Alonso (11 January 1934 – 24 January 2016) was a Spanish politician. A member of the People's Party he served in the

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between 1989 and 2000 and in the

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between 2000 and 2015. From 2004 to 2006 he was appointed Vice President of the Senate. Muñoz-Alonso was born on 11 January 1934 in

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. He studied law and political sciences at the

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and Madrid. He was a professor of Public Opinion at the

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and

CEU San Pablo University CEU San Pablo University () is a private Catholic university in Madrid, Spain. It is involved in a number of academic exchange programmes with renowned universities worldwide (Columbia, Chicago, Duke, Boston, Colgate), work practice schemes and ...

. He stopped his teaching career to turn to politics. He was one of the founders of

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, the political newspaper, acting as vice president. He died on 24 January 2016 in Madrid, aged 82. Munoz-Alonso was awarded multiple notable distinctions, the most relevant being the Order of Constitutional Merit.

Works

* ''La aritmética de la libertad'' (1975) * ''El terrorismo en España'' (1981) * ''Las elecciones del cambio'' (1984) * ''Comunicación política'' (1995) * ''El fracaso del nacionalismo'' (2000) * ''España en primer plano: ocho años de política exterior, 1996-2004'' (2007)

References

External links

Profile on Senate website
1934 births 2016 deaths Complutense University of Madrid Members of the 4th Congress of Deputies (Spain) Members of the 5th Congress of Deputies (Spain) Members of the 6th Congress of Deputies (Spain) Members of the Senate of Spain People from Salamanca People's Party (Spain) politicians University of Salamanca alumni {{Madrid-politician-stub