Plácido Fernández Viagas

Plácido Fernández Viagas (29 March 1924 in Tangier – 8 December 1982 in Madrid) was a Spanish politician and judge, member of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party of Andalusia, who was President of the pre-autonomous government of Andalusia between 1978 and 1979.[1][2]

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Fernández and the second or maternal family name is Viagas.
Plácido Fernández Viagas
President of the Pre-autonomous Government of Andalusia
In office
27 May 1978 – 2 June 1979
MonarchJuan Carlos I
Preceded byOffice created
Succeeded byRafael Escuredo
Personal details
Born
Plácido Fernández Viagas

(1924-03-29)29 March 1924
Tangier, Spanish Morocco
Died8 December 1982(1982-12-08) (aged 58)
Political partySpanish Socialist Workers' Party of Andalusia

Biography

He was born on March 29, 1924 in Tangier, this city being administered by a treaty that made it an International Zone. He studied his bachelor's degree at the Sacred Heart School in Tangier and his law degree at the University of Seville. He married Elisa Bartolomé,[3] having 11 children. He practiced the judiciary in several cities, in Nador, La Palma, Tenerife and, in the Andalusian provinces of Cadiz, Huelva, Granada and Seville, where until April 1977 he was a judge in the litigation chamber of his Territorial Court.

He was a member of Justicia Democrática, a clandestine group of civil servants who fought against the Franco regime from within, as well as of Coordinación Democrática en Andalucía. He was suspended from his duties as a judge for a few months in 1976 for participating in a demonstration in favour of amnesty for political prisoners.

References
  1. Aguilar, José (28 May 1978). "La Junta de Andalucía, constituida ayer en Cádiz". El País (in Spanish). Cádiz: Prisa. Retrieved 30 April 2018.
  2. Aguilar, José (3 June 1979). "El socialista Rafael Escuredo, nuevo presidente de la Junta de Andalucía". El País (in Spanish). Sevilla: Prisa. Retrieved 30 April 2018.
  3. "Fallece en Sevilla Elisa Bartolomé, viuda de Plácido Fernández Viagas | Andalucia | Andalucía - Abc.es". web.archive.org. 1 February 2018. Retrieved 14 May 2020.
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