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    Manuel Fraga Iribarne (Spanish pronunciation: [maˈnwel ˈfɾaɣajɾiˈβaɾne]; 23 November 1922 – 15 January 2012) was a Spanish professor and politician during...
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    re-foundation of People's Alliance (AP), a party led by former minister Manuel Fraga. It was founded in 1976 as alliance of post-Francoist proto-parties....
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    (PPdeG), he entered the Parliament of Galicia in 2005 and succeeded Manuel Fraga as party president the following January. In the 2009 Galician regional...
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    political associations. Transformed into a party in 1977 and led by Manuel Fraga, it became the main conservative party in Spain. It was refounded as...
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    presidency of the AP in Castile and León. On 2 December 1986 AP leader Manuel Fraga resigned following fierce internal party fighting in the aftermath of...
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    and the Arab Maghreb Union (including Libya). She is the daughter of Manuel Fraga - the late politician and professor. Graduate in humanities with specialisation...
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  • political scientist Manuel Fraga (1922–2012), Spanish professor and politician Marta Fraga (born 1985), Spanish tennis player Miguel Ángel Fraga (born 1987),...
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    the most prominent figures of Franco's "reformism" appeared, such as Manuel Fraga Iribarne, José María de Areilza and Antonio Garrigues y Díaz Cañabate...
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    continued his appointment, so that it was his government (which included Manuel Fraga Iribarne and José María de Areilza) that instituted the first reforms...
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    People's Alliance (AP), led into the election by former Francoist minister Manuel Fraga, benefitted greatly from the UCD's losses, becoming the main opposition...
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    contamination, on 8 March Spanish minister for information and tourism Manuel Fraga Iribarne and United States ambassador Angier Biddle Duke swam on nearby...
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    was born in Bogotá in 1956. His father Carlos Robles Piquer and uncle Manuel Fraga Iribarne were also politicians. European Council on Foreign Relations...
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    febrero, por el que se nombra Presidente de la Junta de Galicia a don Manuel Fraga Iribarne" (pdf). Boletín Oficial del Estado (in Spanish) (29). Agencia...
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    precedences. By agreement of the Congress Bureau of 28 December 1982, Manuel Fraga was acknowledged as Leader of the Opposition by the PSOE government of...
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    government included many "reformists" like Manuel Fraga, who was the visible head of the government. Manuel Fraga often argued with the opposition (even imprisoning...
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    were ultimately captured and executed. In the 1960s, ministers such as Manuel Fraga Iribarne introduced some reforms allowing technocrats affiliated with...
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  • of their most important attacks by destroying the summer residence of Manuel Fraga Iribarne, former Minister of Information and Tourism (1962–1969) during...
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  • October 1936, and of all of Spain from 1939 until his death in 1975 Manuel Fraga Iribarne was President of the Xunta of Galicia from 1990 to 2005 and...
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    were arrested later, but were later released without investigation as Manuel Fraga (Member of Franco's political board) gave direct instructions not to...
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  • President Adolfo Suárez. The presidential candidate of the government was Manuel Fraga. It won nine seats in the Congress of Deputies, nearly half of its predecessor...
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    Hundreds more were injured, many with gunshot wounds. That same week Manuel Fraga Iribarne then Home Minister and founder of the Spanish Conservative Party...
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    been the governing party since. Xerardo Fernández Albor (1989-1991) Manuel Fraga Iribarne (1991-2006) Alberto Núñez Feijoo (2006–2022) Alfonso Rueda (2022–present)...
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    and the right-wing People's Alliance (AP) of former Francoist minister Manuel Fraga, performed below expectations. Turnout was high at 78.8%, the second...
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    Tourism Manuel Fraga on behalf of the Spanish government. On October 12 1968, Ondó Edu transferred power to president-elect Macías Nguema. Fraga signed...
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    claimed by Spain. Madrid only partly backed the explorations of men like Manuel Iradier who had signed treaties in the interior as far as Gabon and Cameroon...
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    to be working as chief of security for the former Interior Minister Manuel Fraga. Public outrage caused his dismissal, but he stayed in Spain. In 2006...
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    diminished—majority with 184 out of 350 seats. Its immediate competitor, Manuel Fraga's People's Coalition, an electoral alliance formed by People's Alliance...
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    Spain. The merger was opposed by some of the original Falangists, such as Manuel Hedilla. Falangism places a strong emphasis on the Roman Catholic religious...
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  • moderate sectors of Francoist Spain were organized under the leadership of Manuel Fraga Iribarne, in order to form a conservative political group oriented to...
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    government was the one proposed by Manuel Fraga, rejecting Antonio Garrigues' plan to elect a constituent assembly. Fraga's programme aimed to achieve a "liberal...
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