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Identification

Type:

Person

Preferred form:

Sánchez-Terán, Salvador (1934-)Other forms

Dates of existence/Biographical dates:

1934-04-14

History:

Spanish engineer and politician. Sánchez-Terán graduated in Civil Engineering from the Central University of Madrid (1950-1952).

According to Sánchez-Terán's political career, he was the president of the National Catholic Action Youth (1959), vice-president of the Catholic Action Youth (1963) and founder of the Prolesa group (1968).

Later on he was the general-director of RENFE, advisor of the National Institute of Industry, undersecretary of Public Works (1973), civil governor of Barcelona (1976-1977), Adolfo Suárez's advisor (1977), and deputy for Salamanca in the Constituent Legislature (1977-1979), in which he participated in the negotiations with Josep Torrellas for the re-establishment of the Government of Catalonia. Sánchez-Terán was elected again as a deputy in the I Legislature, becoming the Minister of Transports and Communications, Minister of Work and president of Telefónica.

After UCD disappeared, Sánchez-Terán left politics and ran the COPE radio station and Tata Motors in Spain. He also was the president of the Social Council of the University of Salamanca (2012) and employer of the Villalar-Castilla y León Foundation.

Spanish transition to democracy

Cortes Constituyentes, 1977-1979

Date of the event: 1977-07-13 - 1979-01-02

Occupations

(Function) He/She carries out/ perform:

Legislators in Madrid (España) between 1977-06-29 and 1982-08-31 Obs.: Diptuado en la Legislatura Constituyente y la I Legislatura

Activity:

Politicians

(Function) He/She carries out/ perform:

Gobernadores civiles (1833-1997) in Barcelona (España) between 1976 and 1977 Obs.: Gobernador Civil de Barcelona

(Function) He/She carries out/ perform:

Cabinet officers between 1978 and 1980 Obs.: Ministro de Transportes y Comunicaciones de España y Ministro de Trabajo

Profession (carried on by):

Ingenieros de obras públicas

Places

Subjects

Is:

Varón

Parlamentarios

Sources

Bibliothèque nationale de France

Library of Congress National Authority File

Menéndez, Manuel Ángel. Fontes, Ignacio. Quién es quién: sus señorías los diputados : atlas de la democracia parlamentaria española. Manuel Ángel Menéndez Gijón, Ignacio Fontes. Tres Cantos (Madrid): Foca. 931 p.. 84-95440-25-3.