Gabriel Cisneros

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Gabriel Cisneros
Liberal Party, People's Party
OccupationAttorney
Politician

Gabriel Cisneros Laborda (14 August 1940 – 27 July 2007) was a Spanish

Spanish Constitution of 1978 He is also credited with collaborating in the writing the European Union's Declaration of Human Rights.[1]

Career

Cisneros was one of seven politicians charged with writing the

Spanish Constitution of 1978,[1]
Spain's first democratic
Spanish Government from the 1978 up to the present day. Cisneros is also the author of several other Spanish institutional laws.[1]

Additional, Cisneros also helped to write laws pertaining to the

Basque separatist group, ETA.[1] Cisneros managed to fight off and escape two ETA kidnappers, but suffered gunshot wounds to his stomach and leg.[1]

Cisneros was a member of the

MP.[1]

Between 1981 and 1982 he was the Secretary of State for Relations with the Cortes after the position he was carrying out, Secretary General for Relations with the Cortes was elevated to the category of Secretariat of State.

Cisneros made his last parliamentary appearance in the

transition to democracy following Franco's death saying the reformers, "have allowed us to avoid harsh and sterile confrontations in the normal development of our political life."[1]

Death

Cisneros died of complications from a stroke on 27 July 2007, in Murcia. His death was announced in Parliament that same day.[1]

Accolades

Mariano Rajoy, leader of the opposition PP party, called Cisneros "an extraordinary politician."[1] Spain's governing Socialist Party also paid tribute to Cisneros: "He contributed in an important way to the consolidation of our democratic system."[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m "One of the builders of Spanish democracy dies". EFE. Expatica. 2007-07-27. Retrieved 2007-08-16.

External links

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