Landelino Lavilla Alsina was a Spanish lawyer and politician who served as the minister of justice from 1976 to 1979.
20 Facts About Landelino Lavilla
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Landelino Lavilla served as member of parliament and as senator.
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Landelino Lavilla received law degrees from the University of Zaragoza and Complutense University of Madrid.
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Landelino Lavilla joined the board of lawyers of the Court of Auditors in 1958 and of the State Council in 1959.
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Landelino Lavilla joined the Tacitos, Catholic reformist group, in 1974.
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Landelino Lavilla became a senior member of the Christian Democratic Party.
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Landelino Lavilla was the undersecretary of industry in the last cabinet of Franco from 1974 to 1976.
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Landelino Lavilla was part of the Tacito group in the cabinet along with Leopoldo Calvo Sotelo, Andres Reguera, Eduardo Carriles, Enrique de la Mata, Marcelino Oreja and Alfonso Osorio.
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Landelino Lavilla retained his post following the democratic elections in June 1977.
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Landelino Lavilla drafted the 1977 Political Reform Act that was approved by the congress in November 1977 and implemented a legal process that paved the way for the legalization of all major political groups, including communists and PSOE.
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Landelino Lavilla's term ended on 6 April 1979 when Inigo Cavero was appointed justice minister.
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Landelino Lavilla was appointed senator in 1977 and was in office until 1978.
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Landelino Lavilla was elected to the Congress of Deputies in 1979, representing Jaen province.
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Landelino Lavilla served as speaker of the Congress from 1979 to 1982 in the first legislature after the approval of the new constitution.
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Landelino Lavilla was re-elected in 1982, representing Madrid province, but resigned from the seat in 1983 and was succeeded by Leopoldo Calvo Sotelo in the post.
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In 1982 Landelino Lavilla assumed the presidency of the Union of the Democratic Centre.
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Landelino Lavilla was named a permanent member of the Council of State by a royal decree dated 28 July 1983 at the proposal of Prime Minister, an office which he held until his death in 2020.
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On 8 February 1999 Landelino Lavilla took office as a permanent member of the Royal Academy of Jurisprudence and Legislation and was its president between 2003 and 2012, being re-elected in 2008.
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Landelino Lavilla was married to Juana Rubira Garcia Valdecasas, and they had four children.
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Landelino Lavilla died on 13 April 2020 at the age of 85 from an undisclosed illness.