Fernando Herrero Tejedor
Fernando Herrero Tejedor | |
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Born | 30 September 1920 Castellón de la Plana, Spain |
Died | 12 June 1975 Adanero, Spain | (aged 54)
Nationality | Spanish |
Occupation | Jurist |
Political party | FET y de las JONS |
Fernando Herrero Tejedor (1920–1975) was a Spanish jurist and politician who was a member of the FET y de las JONS (FET), the ruling party of the Francoist Spain. He served as the minister-secretaries general of the movement between March and June 1975. He died in a car accident while serving in the post.
Early life and education
[edit]Herrero was born in Castellón de la Plana on 30 September 1920.[1] His father was a military officer. Herrero joined the Spanish civil war, and after the war he became a member of the FET.[1] He had a law degree in Valencia.[1]
Career
[edit]Following graduation, Herrero began to work as the prosecutor of the provincial court in Castellón.[1] He served in the civil government and the provincial headquarters of the FET in Castellón in 1955 and in Logroño in 1956.[1] His another post was the civil governor of Segovia.[2] He was made a member of the FET's national delegation of provinces in 1957.[1] In 1961 he was appointed deputy secretary general of the FET, and on 30 September 1965 he was named the prosecutor of the Supreme Court.[1] During this period he was also a member of the Parliament.[3] On 5 March 1975 he was appointed secretary general of the movement to the cabinet led by Prime Minister Arias Navarro replacing Utrera Molina in the post.
Personal life and death
[edit]One of his children was Fernando Herrero-Tejedor Algar (1949–2014) who was also a jurist.[4][5] His another son, Luis Herrero, is a journalist and a former Member of the European Parliament for Spain.[4]
On 12 June 1975 Herrero died in a traffic accident near Adanero near Ávila.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f g "Fernando Herrero Tejedor" (in Spanish). Real Academia de la Historia.
- ^ Xosé Hermida (20 November 2015). "El mito fundacional" [The founding myth]. El Pais (in Spanish). Retrieved 28 January 2022.
- ^ Jessica Davidson (August 2011). "Women, Fascism and Work in Francoist Spain: The Law for Political, Professional and Labour Rights". Gender & History. 23 (2): 407. doi:10.1111/j.1468-0424.2011.01645.x. S2CID 143853186.
- ^ a b "Muere de enfermedad el fiscal del Estado Fernando Herrero-Tejedor" [State Prosecutor Fernando Herrero-Tejedor dies of illness]. El Mundo (in Spanish). Castellón. 26 February 2014. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
- ^ a b Victor Mut (23 March 2014). "El emotivo homenaje de Adolfo Suárez a Herrero Tejedor en Castellón" [Adolfo Suárez's emotional tribute to Herrero Tejedor in Castellón]. ABC (in Spanish). Retrieved 28 January 2022.