Ricardo de la Cierva

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is de la Cierva and the second or maternal family name is Hoces.

Ricardo de la Cierva y Hoces (9 November 1926 – 19 November 2015) was a Spanish historian and politician.

Ricardo de la Cierva
Minister of Culture
In office 17 January 1980 – 9 September 1980
Preceded by	Manuel Clavero
Succeeded by	Íñigo Cavero
Member of the Senate
In office 5 June 1977 – 2 January 1979
Constituency	Murcia
Member of the Congress of Deputies
In office 15 March 1979 – 31 August 1982
Constituency	Murcia
Personal details
Born	Ricardo de la Cierva y Hoces (1926-11-09)9 November 1926 Madrid
Died	19 November 2015(2015-11-19) (aged 89) Madrid
Political party	People's Alliance (since 1982)
Other political affiliations	Union of the Democratic Centre (until 1982)

A native of Madrid, de la Cierva served the constituency of Murcia in the Congress of Deputies and Senate from 1977 to 1982. He was the Minister of Culture for nine months in 1980. Originally a member of the Union of the Democratic Centre, de la Cierva switched to the People's Alliance in February 1982, later stepped down from the Cortes Generales upon the end of his term in August of that year. De la Cierva won the second prize of the 1988 Premio Planeta de Novela, and also wrote for the magazine Época. He died in 2015.