Ricardo Bueno Fernández (24 April 1940 – 7 January 2015) was a Spanish politician and historian. He was member of the

Senate of Spain The Senate () is the upper house of the , which along with the Congress of Deputies – the lower chamber – comprises the Parliament of the Kingdom of Spain. The Senate meets in the Palace of the Senate in Madrid. The presiding officer of the ...

for the Union of the Democratic Centre between 1977 and 1979. As member of the People's Party he served two terms in the Senate between 1993 and 2000, and one term in the

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between 2000 and 2004.

Career

Bueno was born in

Medina del Campo Medina del Campo is a town and municipality of Spain located in the autonomous community of Castile and León. Part of the Province of Valladolid, it is the centre of a farming area. It lies on the banks of the Zapardiel river, in the centre of t ...

on 24 April 1940. He worked as an administrative clerk for most of his life. In the 1977 general elections he was elected to the

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of the Constituent Assembly for

Cantabria Cantabria (, ; ) is an autonomous community and Provinces of Spain, province in northern Spain with Santander, Cantabria, Santander as its capital city. It is called a , a Nationalities and regions of Spain, historic community, in its current ...

on the list of the Union of the Democratic Centre. He received 103,000 votes, the most of all elected Senators in Cantabria. In 1979 his term in office ended. Between 1993 and 2000 he served two further terms in the Senate, this time for the People's Party. He was member of the

for the same party between 2000 and 2004. Bueno had moved to

Torrelavega Torrelavega ( Asturian: ''Torlavega'') is a municipality and important industrial and commercial hub in the single province Autonomous Community of Cantabria, northern Spain. It is situated roughly 8 kilometres from the Cantabrian Coast and 27.5 ...

in Cantabria as a child. As an historian Bueno took a particular interest in the city, collecting information on it and working together with others on the book ''Torrelevega 1900''. He served in the municipal council of the city between 1991 and 1999. He died on 7 January 2015 of cancer.

References

External links

Profile for the Constituent Legislature on the Senate website

* ttp://www.senado.es/web/composicionorganizacion/senadores/composicionsenado/fichasenador/index.html?id1=10500&legis=6 Profile for Legislature VI on the Senate website
Profile for Legislature VII on the Congress of Deputies website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Bueno Fernandez, Ricardo 1940 births 2015 deaths People from Medina del Campo Union of the Democratic Centre (Spain) politicians People's Party (Spain) politicians Members of the Senate of Spain Members of the 7th Congress of Deputies (Spain) 20th-century Spanish historians