Alberto Jarabo Payá (born 1928 in

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, Alicante, Spain – died 12 May 2016 in

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) was a Spanish lawyer and politician. After qualifying as a lawyer in 1950, Jarabo worked as a Procurator in the

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parliament from 1971 to 1977.Dictionary of Valencian politicians 1810-2006 by Jose Piqueras
With the

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being the only legal party in the

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he served as the party's national director of press and radio from 1973 to 1974. The death of Franco resulted in the

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and Jarabo joined the Popular Alliance (AP). As an AP member he was elected to the

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representing

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in the 1977 General Election. He was one of those who opposed the new Spanish constitution in 1978. In 1978 he became Minister for Tourism in the government of Valencia region under José Luis Albiñana Olmos serving until 1979. In January 1979, he announced that he was retiring from politics, for personal and professional reasons.Jarabo Payá no será candidato por Valencia
ABC (Madrid) 11 January 1979, p18, accessed 23 October 2012 He returned to his position as a civil servant for the Central Government of Spain (as Inspector for Labour and Social Security ) until reaching the age of 65, in 1993.

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Biography at Spanish Congress site
1928 births 2016 deaths Politicians from the Valencian Community Members of the constituent Congress of Deputies (Spain) People from Alcoy People from Francoist Spain People's Alliance (Spain) politicians FET y de las JONS politicians {{Valencia-politician-stub