Jordi Solé Tura

Jordi Solé Tura (1991)

Jordi Solé Tura (born May 23, 1930 in Mollet del Vallès , Catalonia , † December 4, 2009 in Barcelona ) was a Spanish politician .

biography

The son of a baker studied after school attendance law and later as a professor for Political Rights operates. A staunch supporter of the Spanish Communist Party (PCE) and the United Socialist Party of Catalonia (PSUC), he was temporarily detained. He was also director of Radio España Independiente, a clandestine radio station founded by the PCE in 1941 , and founder of Bandera Roja (Red Flag). At times he lived in exile .

As a recognized constitutional lawyer, alongside Miquel Roca i Junyent and Gregorio Peces-Barba, he was instrumental in the constitution of the Kingdom of Spain of December 29, 1978 and thus played a leading role in the so-called transition in Spain , the transition of the Francisco Franco regime to democracy . In the group of authors of the constitution he represented the interests of the PCE and the PSUC.

From 1991 to 1993 he was the successor to Jorge Semprún as Minister of Culture in the government of Prime Minister Felipe González .

After he was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease in 2004 , he increasingly withdrew from public life.

After his death, he was honored by many leading politicians such as Prime Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero , the President of the House of Representatives of the Cortes Generales , José Bono Martínez , and Isidre Molas, President of the Partit dels Socialistes de Catalunya (PSC). The President of the Government of Catalonia ( Generalitat de Catalunya ), José Montilla , announced to posthumously award Jordi Solé the gold medal of the Autonomous Region. After Gabriel Cisneros of the Unión de Centro Democrático (UCD), Solé was the second "father of the constitution" from 1978, who has since passed away.

Web links

• EL PAÍS: "Muere Solé Tura, uno de los padres progresistas de la Constitución. El ex dirigente comunista y ex ministro de Cultura fallece víctima de alzhéimer"