Fathers of the Constitution

The Fathers of the Constitution (Spanish: Padres de la Constitución) were the seven political leaders who participated in the writing of the Spanish Constitution of 1978.

Gabriel Cisneros, Miguel Herrero y Rodríguez de Miñón and José Pedro Pérez Llorca represented the centre-right Union of the Democratic Centre; Manuel Fraga Iribarne, the right-wing People's Alliance; Gregorio Peces-Barba, the left-wing Spanish Socialist Worker's Party; Jordi Solé Tura, the Unified Socialist Party of Catalonia / Communist Party of Spain and Miguel Roca Junyent, of the Democratic Pact for Catalonia, represented the Catalan nationalists.[1]

  • Gabriel Cisneros (1940–2007)
    Gabriel Cisneros (1940–2007)
  • Miguel Herrero y Rodríguez de Miñón (born 1940)
    Miguel Herrero y Rodríguez de Miñón (born 1940)
  • Manuel Fraga Iribarne (1922–2012)
    Manuel Fraga Iribarne (1922–2012)
  • José Pedro Pérez-Llorca (1940–2019)
    José Pedro Pérez-Llorca (1940–2019)
  • Gregorio Peces-Barba (1938–2012)
    Gregorio Peces-Barba (1938–2012)
  • Jordi Solé Tura (1930–2009)
    Jordi Solé Tura (1930–2009)
  • Miquel Roca Junyent (born 1940)
    Miquel Roca Junyent (born 1940)

See also

References

  1. ^ "Los padres de la Constitución de 1978" [The fathers of the 1978 constitution]. El País (in Spanish). 2003-10-16.