Alejandro Lamalfa

Alejandro Lamalfa Díaz
Mayor of Barruelo de Santullán
In office
1990–2007
In office
2011–2015
Member of the Senate of Spain
In office
1996–2000
Personal details
Born1947
Santoña, Cantabria, Spain
DiedAugust 18, 2021(2021-08-18) (aged 73–74)
Maliaño, Cantabria, Spain
PartyPeople's Party
OccupationPhysician

Alejandro Lamalfa Díaz (1947 – 18 August 2021) was a Spanish physician and politician. He served as mayor of Barruelo de Santullán for more than twenty years (1990–2007; 2011–2015), and was a senator in the Senate of Spain from 1996 to 2000.[1][2]

Biography

Lamalfa was born in Santoña, Cantabria. He studied medicine at the University of Valladolid and began his medical career in Casarejos (Province of Soria), where he worked for six years before moving to Barruelo de Santullán. He practised as a physician there for 32 years until his retirement in 2013.[1]

From 1996 to 2000 he served as a senator for the People's Party in the VI legislature, taking part in several committees, including the Special Committee on the Study of Euthanasia, the Committee on Ibero-American Affairs, the Committee on Performing Arts, Music and Audiovisual Social Affairs, and the Special Committee on Genetic Manipulation for Food Production.[3]

He was mayor of Barruelo de Santullán during two periods (1990–2007 and 2011–2015).[4]

He was married to María del Carmen Gil La Red and had three children: Mercedes, Eva María and Alejandro.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b "Alejandro Lamalfa, former mayor of Barruelo and former PP senator, dies". El Norte de Castilla (in Spanish). Palencia. 18 August 2021. Retrieved 27 November 2025.
  2. ^ "Fallece el exalcalde de Barruelo Alejandro Lamalfa". Diario Palentino. 19 August 2021. Archived from the original on 19 August 2021. Retrieved 20 August 2021.
  3. ^ "Lamalfa Díaz, Alejandro" (in Spanish). Madrid: Senate of Spain. 2000. Retrieved 27 November 2025.
  4. ^ Redacción (19 August 2021). "Former mayor of Barruelo Alejandro Lamalfa dies". Onda Cero (in Spanish). Palencia. Retrieved 27 November 2025.
  5. ^ "Obituary of Sr. D. Alejandro Lamalfa Díaz". Esquelas de Cantabria (in Spanish). 19 August 2021. Retrieved 27 November 2025.