Pío Cabanillas Gallas

Pío Cabanillas Gallas (13 November 1923 – 10 October 1991) was a Spanish jurist and politician, who held different cabinet posts and served as a deputy in the European Parliament.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Cabanillas and the second or maternal family name is Gallas.

Pío Cabanillas Gallas
Pío Cabanillas in March 1979
Minister of Justice of Spain
In office
31 August 1981 – 3 December 1982
Prime MinisterLeopoldo Calvo-Sotelo
Preceded byFrancisco Fernández Ordóñez
Succeeded byFernando Ledesma Bartret
Minister of Information and Tourism
In office
4 January 1974 – 24 October 1974
Prime MinisterCarlos Arias Navarro
Preceded byFernando de Liñán
Succeeded byLeón Herrera Esteban
Personal details
Born13 November 1923
Pontevedra
Died10 October 1991(1991-10-10) (aged 67)
Madrid
NationalitySpanish
Political partyPeople's Party
ChildrenPío Cabanillas Alonso

Early life and education

Cabanillas was born 13 November 1923 in Pontevedra.[1][2] His father was a lawyer,[3] and his uncle, Roman C., was a poet.[2] Cabanillas held a law degree.[4]

Career

Cabanillas was a member of the Council of the Realm, which was the highest advisory body in the Francoist Spain.[4] He was the minister of information and tourism in the cabinet led by Prime Minister Arias Navarro which was formed on 4 January 1974 under Francisco Franco.[5] Cabanillas replaced Fernando de Liñán in the post.[5][6] Cabanillas was removed from office in October 1974 on the orders of Franco due to "being too liberal in lifting press censorship."[5] Cabanillas' successor as minister of information and tourism was León Herrera Esteban.[7]

Cabanillas was appointed justice minister on 31 August 1981, replacing Francisco Fernández Ordóñez in the post.[8] His term ended on when Fernando Ledesma Bartret was appointed justice minister on 3 December 1982.[8] In 1986, Cabanillas became a member of the European Parliament for the People's Party and served at the parliament until 1991.[1]

Views and activities

Cabanillas was close to Manuel Fraga, former minister.[5] Cabanillas was instrumental both in drafting the 1966 press law which dissolved the press censorship in Spain and in the transition period of Spain from dictatorship to democracy in the 1970s.[4] Although he was described as a reformist during the late Francoist era, he was viewed as a conservative in his later years while serving at the European Parliament.[9]

Death

Cabanillas died of a heart attack in Madrid on 10 October 1991.[1][4]

References
  1. "Pio Cabanillas". The European Parliament. Retrieved 10 September 2013.
  2. "Pio Cabanillas Gallas". Munzinger (in German). Retrieved 14 September 2013.
  3. Hugh Thomas (2009). Eduardo Barreiros and the Recovery of Spain. New Haven, CT; London: Yale University Press. p. 147. doi:10.12987/9780300142464. ISBN 9780300142464.
  4. "Pio Cabanillas Gallas, Politician, 67". The New York Times. Madrid. AP. 12 October 1991. Retrieved 10 September 2013.
  5. Sima Lieberman (1995). Growth and Crisis in the Spanish Economy, 1940-93. New York: Routledge. ISBN 9780415124287.
  6. Mónica Olivares Leyva (2015). Graham Greene's Narrative in Spain: Criticism, Translations and Censorship (1939-1975). Newcastle upon Tyne, UK: Cambridge Scholars Publishing. p. 15. ISBN 978-1-4438-8471-6.
  7. Catherine O’Leary (2008). "'Irrpresentable en España': Fernando Arrabal and the Spanish Censors". Journal of Iberian and Latin American Research. 14 (2): 30. doi:10.1080/13260219.2008.11742712. S2CID 147932860.
  8. "Spanish ministries". Rulers. Retrieved 10 September 2013.
  9. "Pio Cabanillas Gallas; Spaniard Was Member of European Parliament". Los Angeles Times. 14 October 1991. Retrieved 10 September 2013.
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