Fernando Álvarez de Miranda y Torres (14 January 1924 – 7 May 2016) was a Spanish politician, lawyer, and university professor of Procedural Law. He was

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from 1977 to 1979, the first after

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. From 1994 to 1999 he was Ombudsman of Spain.Biography at the website of the Spanish Defender of the People
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Biography

Álvarez de Miranda studied law at the University of Madrid, where he later taught

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. Of

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and

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ideology, he was deported to

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by the Francoist government for assisting to the 4th Congress of the

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, celebrated in

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in 1962. He was a member of

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's privy council.

Political career

During the Spanish Transition, Álvarez de Miranda founded the Christian Democratic Left, a split of the Democratic Left. The party joined several other Christian democratic parties to form the Christian Democrat Party, which was itself eventually integrated into the Union of the Democratic Centre. Álvarez de Miranda was elected to the

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after the

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and was President of the Congress during the Constituent Legislature. He was also Ambassador of Spain in

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from 1986 to 1989 and Defender of the People (Ombudsman) of Spain from 1994 to 1999.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Alvarez de Miranda, Fernando 1924 births 2016 deaths Politicians from Cantabria Collars of the Order of Civil Merit Members of the 1st Congress of Deputies (Spain) Members of the constituent Congress of Deputies (Spain) Ombudsmen in Spain Presidents of the Congress of Deputies (Spain) Union of the Democratic Centre (Spain) politicians