Andrés Reguera Explained

Office:Minister of Information and Tourism
Predecessor:Adolfo Martín-Gamero
Successor:Office abolished
Term Start:8 July 1976
Term End:5 July 1977
Birth Name:Andrés Reguera Guajardo
Birth Date:16 November 1930
Birth Place:Segovia
Death Place:Madrid
Restingplace:Segovia
Party:Unión Democrática Española
Spouse:María Aránzazu Errasti Laveate
Alma Mater:Universidad Complutense de Madrid
Nationality:Spanish

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.[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.

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.[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

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

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]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Andrés Reguera Guajardo. 23 March 2022 . Real Academia de la Historia. es.
  2. News: Andrés Reguera Guajardo. 23 March 2022. es. El País. 7 July 1976.
  3. Book: J. Paxton. The Statesman's Year-Book 1977-78. Macmillan. 2016. 978-0-230-27106-7. 1322. London; Basingstoke.
  4. Maria Cristina Palomares. The quest for survival after Franco: The moderate Francoists' slow journey to the polls (1964-1977). London School of Economics and Political Science. 296. PhD. 2002.
  5. Catherine O’Leary. 'Irrpresentable en España': Fernando Arrabal and the Spanish Censors. Journal of Iberian and Latin American Research. 2008. 14. 2. 10.1080/13260219.2008.11742712. 30. 147932860.