Plácido Fernández Viagas Explained

Plácido Fernández Viagas
Office:President of the Pre-autonomous Government of Andalusia
Term Start:27 May 1978
Term End:2 June 1979
Predecessor:Office created
Successor:Rafael Escuredo
Birth Name:Plácido Fernández Viagas
Birth Date:1924 3, df=y
Birth Place:Tangier, Spanish Morocco
Party:Spanish Socialist Workers' Party of Andalusia

Plácido Fernández Viagas (29 March 1924 in Tangier – 8 December 1982 in Madrid) was a Spanish politician and judge, member of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party of Andalusia, who was President of the pre-autonomous government of Andalusia between 1978 and 1979.[1] [2]

Biography

He was born on March 29, 1924, in Tangier, this city being administered by a treaty that made it an International Zone. He studied his bachelor's degree at the Sacred Heart School in Tangier and his law degree at the University of Seville. He married Elisa Bartolomé,[3] having 11 children. He practiced the judiciary in several cities, in Nador, La Palma, Tenerife and, in the Andalusian provinces of Cadiz, Huelva, Granada and Seville, where until April 1977 he was a judge in the litigation chamber of his Territorial Court.

He was a member of Justicia Democrática, a clandestine group of civil servants who fought against the Franco regime from within, as well as of Coordinación Democrática en Andalucía. He was suspended from his duties as a judge for a few months in 1976 for participating in a demonstration in favour of amnesty for political prisoners.

Notes and References

  1. News: 28 May 1978 . La Junta de Andalucía, constituida ayer en Cádiz . es . . 30 April 2018 . José . Aguilar . . Cádiz.
  2. News: 3 June 1979 . El socialista Rafael Escuredo, nuevo presidente de la Junta de Andalucía . es . . 30 April 2018 . José . Aguilar . Sevilla . Prisa.
  3. Web site: Fallece en Sevilla Elisa Bartolomé, viuda de Plácido Fernández Viagas Andalucia Andalucía - Abc.es. 2018-02-01. 2020-05-14. 1 February 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180201075816/http://sevilla.abc.es/hemeroteca/historico-28-08-2007/sevilla/Andalucia/fallece-en-sevilla-elisa-bartolome-viuda-de-placido-fernandez-viagas_164550617609.html. bot: unknown.