Antonio García-Santesmases

Antonio Juan García-Santesmases Martín-Tesorero (born 1954) is a Spanish political philosopher and politician.

Antonio García-Santesmases
In 2015
Members of the Congress of Deputies
In office
26 March 1996 – 18 January 2000
Personal details
Born1954
Madrid
CitizenshipSpanish
Political partyPSOE
OccupationPolitical philosopher, politician, university professor

Biography

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Born in 1954 in Madrid, son to a well-off family, he studied in the Colegio de Nuestra Señora del Recuerdo.[1]

Graduated in university studies in Philosophy and Arts in 1975, since 1979 he worked as highschool teacher, meanwhile he was preparing his PhD thesis, titled Marxism and State, a work he presented in 1983.[2] He took an active role in the Izquierda Socialista faction within the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE),[2] and was a member of the PSOE Federal Committee from 1984 to 1997.[3]

He ran 10th in the PSOE list in Madrid for the 1996 general election,[4] and was elected legislator. He served as member of the Congress of Deputies from 26 March 1996 to 18 January 2000.[5]

He became a professor of Political philosophy at the National University of Distance Education (UNED)[when?].[3]

Works

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Author
  • Antonio García-Santesmases (2007). Laicismo, agnosticismo y fundamentalismo. Madrid: Biblioteca Nueva.[6]
  • Antonio García-Santesmases (2007). Historia, memoria y futuro. Nicolás Redondo (1927–2007). Madrid: Fundación Largo Caballero.[7]
Editor
  • José Luis L. Aranguren (2005). La izquierda, el poder y otros ensayos. Madrid: Trotta.[8]

References

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  1. ^ Arellano García 2017, pp. 47–48.
  2. ^ a b Arellano García 2017, p. 50.
  3. ^ a b Arellano García 2017, p. 51.
  4. ^ Juntas Electorales Provinciales: "Candidaturas proclamadas para las elecciones al Congreso de los Diputados y al Senado, convocadas por Real Decreto 1/1996, de 8 de enero" (PDF). Boletín Oficial del Estado (32): 4009. 6 February 1996. ISSN 0212-033X.
  5. ^ "VI Legislatura (1996–2000) García-Santesmases Martín-Tesorero, Antonio Juan". Congress of Deputies.
  6. ^ Sotelo 2007.
  7. ^ Arellano García 2017, p. 52.
  8. ^ Díaz 2007, p. 188.

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