Fernando Abril Martorell

Fernando Abril Martorell (31 August 1936 – 16 February 1998) was a Spanish politician and agricultural engineer.

Fernando Abril Martorell
Second Deputy Prime Minister of Spain
Minister of Economy
In office
February 28, 1978 – September 9, 1980
Preceded byEnrique Fuentes Quintana
Succeeded byLeopoldo Calvo-Sotelo y Bustelo
Third Deputy Prime Minister of Spain
In office
July 5, 1977 – February 28, 1978
Preceded byJuan-Miguel Villar Mir (1976)
Succeeded byManuel Chaves (2009)
Minister of Agriculture, Food and Environment
In office
5 July 1976 – 6 July 1977
Preceded byVirgilio Oñate Gil
Succeeded byJosé Enrique Martínez Genique
Personal details
Born(1936-08-31)31 August 1936
Valencia, Spain
Died16 February 1998(1998-02-16) (aged 61)
Madrid, Spain
Political partyUCD
ProfessionPolitician, agronomist

Biography

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Born in Valencia, Spain, in 1936,[1] he studied Agricultural Engineering and Political Sciences in Madrid, later obtaining a doctorate in both.[2] In 1969 he was named a president of the Diputación Provincial de Segovia (Provincial Delegation of Segovia) and was appointed a civil governor by Adolfo Suárez. After this, he was a technical director of the FORPPA (1971-1972) and a director of general Agrarian Production (1972-1974). He was appointed a Minister of Agriculture in Spain from (1976-1977), a member of the Senate (1977-1979), and he was one of the founders of Unión de Centro Democrático (Union Democratic Center) (UCD). He was elected regional president of it in Valencia Province. He was the third Vice-president of the government for Political Subjects (1977-1978) and the second vice president Minister of Economy (1978-1980). He was one of the writers of the 1978 Constitution.

Fernando Abril was also president of the Naval Union of the East (controlled by the Central bank) and vice-president of the Hispanic Central bank (1991).

In June 1990, following a proposal by Felipe González, of the Commission of Analysis and Evaluation of the National System of Health created by the Ministry of Health, he was involved in initial discussions of reforms in the Spanish sanitary system, particularly in Madrid.

He died in Madrid, on 16 February 1998, of lung cancer.

References

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  1. ^ Sandra Truscott; Maria J. Garcia (1998). "A Dictionary of Contemporary Spain" (PDF). Routledge. New York. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 December 2015. Retrieved 23 April 2015.
  2. ^ Patricia Gascó Escudero (28 November 2011). UCD-Valencia: Estrategias y grupos de poder político (in Spanish). Universitat de València. pp. 95–96. ISBN 978-84-370-8697-2. Retrieved 31 December 2012.