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.

Óscar Alzaga

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]

Works

Alzaga has written extensively in Spanish about the Spanish transition from Francoism to Democracy:[4]

  • (2021). La conquista de la transición (1960-1978)
  • (2020). Derecho político español según la Constitución de 1978
  • (2019). 40 años de constitución: una mirada al futuro
  • (2018). Sociedad democrática y Constitución

References
  1. "Curriculum Vitae. Óscar Alzaga Villaamil" (PDF). UNED. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 July 2021. Retrieved 21 July 2021.
  2. 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.
  4. "40 títulos para "Alzaga Villaamil Oscar"" (in Spanish). Todos tus Libros. Retrieved 12 February 2022.
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