Ángel Cristóbal

Ángel Cristóbal Montes (15 August 1935 – 15 July 2022) was a Spanish politician and professor of law.

Biography

Cristóbal was born in Zaragoza and graduated with a law degree from the University of Zaragoza.[1] In 1959, he moved to Venezuela alongside his father, a republican railway worker who was fleeing state repression during Francoist Spain.[1][2] Cristóbal was a professor of civil law at the Central University of Venezuela, the Andrés Bello Catholic University and the University of Zaragoza, having returned to his homeland in 1972.[1] He wrote more than 40 books on law, politics and philosophy.[2]

Cristóbal began his political career in the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) and was elected to the Congress of Deputies in 1977, during the Spanish transition to democracy. He was a minister in the General Deputation of Aragon, the pre-autonomous government of the region.[2]

In 1982, Cristóbal defected to the People's Alliance (AP), which would eventually become the People's Party (PP). He was a deputy in the Cortes of Aragon from 1987 to 2007, and the president (speaker) of the legislature in its third session, from 1991 to 1995.[2] The PP did not hold the presidency again until the appointment of María Navarro in 2026.[3]

Cristóbal died on 15 July 2022, aged 86. He died in hospital in his hometown, of complications from COVID-19.[1] The Cortes of Aragon declared three days of mourning.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b c d Gabás, Luis M.; López, David; Martín, Ignacio (15 July 2022). "Muere Ángel Cristóbal Montes, expresidente de las Cortes de Aragón" [Ángel Cristóbal Montes, former president of the Cortes of Aragon, dies]. El Periódico de Aragón (in Spanish). Retrieved 15 March 2026.
  2. ^ a b c d e Alonso, Jorge (15 July 2022). "Muere Ángel Cristóbal Montes, expresidente de las Cortes y diputado constituyente" [Ángel Cristóbal Montes, former president of the Cortes of Aragon and deputy in the constituent Cortes Generales, dies]. Heraldo de Aragón (in Spanish). Retrieved 15 March 2026.
  3. ^ "«Iniciamos una legislatura trascendental para Aragón»" ["We are beginning a pivotal legislature for Aragon"]. El Periódico de Aragón (in Spanish). 4 March 2026. Retrieved 15 March 2026.
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