Eduardo Sotillos Palet (born March 27, 1940) is a Spanish journalist and politician. He served as

Spokesperson of the Government of Spain The Spokesperson of the Government of Spain is a high ranking of the Government of Spain whose purpose is to inform and communicate to society the political and institutional action of the central government. Its headquarters is located in the den ...

between 1982 and 1985.

Biography

Born on 27 March 1940 in

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. He was the director of

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(RNE) during the

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. He was also the RNE's corresponde to

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and Press Chief of

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. Director of the ''

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'' in

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, he affiliated to the

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(PSOE) in 1979. Following the victory of the PSOE in the 1982 general election he was appointed as Spokesperson of the Government of Spain, serving until 1985. He was municipal councillor in

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from 1991 to 1994. He left the PSOE circa 2015.

Awards

* Premio APM de Honor (1997)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Sotillos, Eduardo Spanish journalists City councillors in the Community of Madrid Pozuelo de Alarcón 1940 births Living people