Óscar Alzaga (born 29 May 1942) is a Spanish jurist, academic and politician. He is the founder of People's Democratic Party. 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 The Autonomous University of Madrid (; UAM), commonly known as la Autónoma, is a Spanish public university located in Madrid, Spain. The university was founded in 1968 by royal decree. UAM is widely respected as one of the most prestigious univ ...

in 1972. From 1969 Alzaga started his academic career at Autonomous University of Madrid. In the

Francoist Spain Francoist Spain (), also known as the Francoist dictatorship (), or Nationalist Spain () was the period of Spanish history between 1936 and 1975, when Francisco Franco ruled Spain after the Spanish Civil War with the title . After his death i ...

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 __NOTOC__ Christian democratic parties are political parties that seek to apply Christian principles to public policy. The underlying Christian democracy movement emerged in 19th-century Europe, largely under the influence of Catholic social tea ...

. 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 is the set of right-wing political ideologies that lean closer to the political centre. It is commonly associated with conservatism, Christian democracy, liberal conservatism, and conservative liberalism. Conservative and l ...

. 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''

References

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