Enrique Tierno Galván
Enrique Tierno Galván | |
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| Mayor of Madrid | |
| In office 15 May 1979 – 19 January 1986 | |
| Preceded by | Luis María Huete |
| Succeeded by | Juan Barranco Gallardo |
| Member of the Congress of Deputies | |
| In office 15 June 1977 – 31 August 1982 | |
| Constituency | Madrid |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Enrique Tierno Galván 8 February 1918 PSP |
| Profession | Lawyer |
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Enrique Tierno Galván (
Career
Early career
He fought in the Spanish Civil War in the Republican faction. After the war ended, he continued his studies and got a Ph.D. in Law and another in Philosophy. He held a Chair of Professor at the University of Murcia from 1948 to 1953, and at the University of Salamanca from 1953 until 1965. Afterwards, he worked as a lawyer and occasional professor at Princeton University, Bryn Mawr College and the University of Puerto Rico in San Juan.[1]
Writer
As a writer, he authored over 30 books, and translated important works such as the Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus of Ludwig Wittgenstein.
In 1978 he was chosen to write the preamble to the
Politician
He founded the
He was elected
During his time as Mayor of Madrid, in addition to his support of the cultural changes of the
Death
He died in Madrid on 19 January 1986 from a cardiac arrest aged 67.[6] He was interred at cementerio de la Almudena two days later.[7]
References
- ^ a b c Obituary in The New York Times.
- Universidad Autónoma de Madrid(in spanish).
- Congress of Deputies (in Spanish). Archivedfrom the original on 6 September 2018. Retrieved 20 May 2019.
- Vocento. 4 April 1979. p. 1. Retrieved 20 May 2019.
- Prisa. Retrieved 20 May 2019.
- Atresmedia Corporación de Medios de Comunicación, S.A. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 20 May 2019.
- Prisa. 22 January 1986. Retrieved 20 May 2019.
- Special TV program by RTVE in 1986 about his life. (in Spanish)
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