Óscar Alzaga (born 29 May 1942) is a Spanish jurist, academic and politician. He is the founder of

People's Democratic Party People's Democratic Party or ''variant thereof'', could refer to: * People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan *People's Democratic Party (Belize) *People's Democratic Party (Bhutan) *People's Democratic Party (Chile) * People's Democratic Party (Dom ...

. Until 1987 he was an active politician in Spain.

Biography

Alzaga was born in Madrid on 29 May 1942. He received a degree in law from the University of Madrid in 1964 and a PhD degree from Autonomous University of Madrid in 1972. From 1969 Alzaga started his academic career at Autonomous University of Madrid. In the

Francoist Spain Francoist Spain ( es, España franquista), or the Francoist dictatorship (), was the period of Spanish history between 1939 and 1975, when Francisco Franco ruled Spain after the Spanish Civil War with the title . After his death in 1975, Spai ...

he was part of the Tácito group which was a tolerated opposition movement. Alzaga joined the Union of the Democratic Centre, an election alliance, in 1977 general elections being part of the Christian Democratic Party. He was among those who criticised the Union of the Democratic Centre in terms of its approach towards the

center-right politics Centre-right politics lean to the right of the political spectrum, but are closer to the centre. From the 1780s to the 1880s, there was a shift in the Western world of social class structure and the economy, moving away from the nobility and merc ...

. In July 1982 he left the Christian Democratic Party to establish the People's Democratic Party. He headed the party until May 1987 when he resigned from the post. Javier Rupérez replaced him as the chairman of the People's Democratic Party.

Works

Alzaga has written extensively in Spanish about the transition from Francoism to Democracy: * (2021). ''La conquista de la transición (1960-1978)'' * (2020). ''Derecho político español según la Constitución de 1978'' * (2019). ''40 años de constitución: una mirada al futuro'' * (2018). ''Sociedad democrática y Constitución'' * (1973). ''La primera democracia cristiana en España''

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Alzaga, Oscar 20th-century Spanish lawyers 20th-century Spanish politicians 1942 births Autonomous University of Madrid alumni Academic staff of the Autonomous University of Madrid Living people People's Democratic Party (Spain) politicians Politicians from Madrid Union of the Democratic Centre (Spain) politicians