26 Facts About Manuel Broseta

Manuel Broseta Pont was a Spanish academic and politician.

Manuel Broseta was a member of the Senate of Spain between 1979 and 1982 and he served as State Secretary for Autonomous Communities for the Union of the Democratic Centre between 1980 and 1982.

Manuel Broseta was a member of the Spanish Council of State.

Manuel Broseta Pont was born in Banyeres de Mariola in the Province of Alicante.

Manuel Broseta however moved to the city of Valencia at an early age and went to school there.

The incident had a lasting impact on Manuel Broseta, which made him value freedom and respect for others throughout the rest of his life.

Manuel Broseta furthered his academic studies at the Complutense University of Madrid, starting in 1956 and graduating in 1959.

Manuel Broseta was an assistant and later adjunct professor at the same university until 1964, when he became professor of business law at the University of Valencia.

Manuel Broseta contributed to the creation of the Faculty of Economic Sciences at the university.

Manuel Broseta was dean of the Law faculty between 1970 and 1972.

Manuel Broseta resigned as dean in 1972 after the Spanish Ministry of Education and Science intended to purge the Spanish academic life of three hundred professors and over a thousand students for political reasons, as they rose academically against Francoist Spain.

Manuel Broseta was however seen as close to the Socialist Party of the Valencian Country, and by their support became vice-president of the mixed commission for power transference to the pre-autonomic Valencian Community.

Manuel Broseta however did not join the Socialist Party, instead becoming member of the Union of the Democratic Centre in January 1979.

Manuel Broseta was a member of the Senate of Spain for the Province of Valencia between 1 March 1979 and 31 August 1982.

Manuel Broseta served on the special commission for University teaching problems and the investigatory commission for public order and terrorist acts.

In June 1980 Manuel Broseta was offered the position of State Secretary for Autonomous Communities.

Manuel Broseta rejected the idea that the Valencian Community belonged to the Paisos Catalans and he was a critic of Catalan leader Jordi Pujol.

Manuel Broseta was awarded a Cross of Honour of the Order of St Raymond of Penafort in 1985.

In 1991 Manuel Broseta refused an offer to lead the party list of the Partido Popular in the municipal elections of Valencia.

PP Senator Jose Miguel Orti Bordas said that Manuel Broseta had been approached to become the PP candidate for the elections of President of the Generalitat Valenciana in 1995.

On 15 January 1992 at 10:20 Manuel Broseta had just finished a class at the Faculty of Law of the University of Valencia and entered the gardens on Avenida de Blasco Ibanez.

Manuel Broseta was on his way to the Banco de Valencia, where he worked as an advisor, to attend a meeting.

Manuel Broseta was then approached by a man and woman who ordered a student walking behind Broseta to get down on the ground.

Manuel Broseta was killed by a single shot to the neck fired from a handgun.

The Profesor Manuel Broseta Foundation was founded on 16 July 1992, wishing to honor Broseta's memory.

ETA commander Jose Luis Urrusolo Sistiaga, who was convicted to 449 years in prison for 16 murders, including that of Manuel Broseta, was temporarily released in 2013.