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Eduardo Sotillos

Eduardo Sotillos

Spanish journalist and politician

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

Eduardo Sotillos Palet (born March 27, 1940) is a Spanish journalist and politician. He served as Spokesperson of the Government of Spain between 1982 and 1985.

Sotillos in 1982

Biography

Born on 27 March 1940 in Madrid.[1] He was the director of Radio Nacional de España (RNE) during the Spanish transition to democracy.[2] He was also the RNE's corresponde to Lisbon and Press Chief of José María de Areilza.[3] Director of the Telediario in Televisión Española,[2] he affiliated to the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) in 1979.[2]

Following the victory of the PSOE in the 1982 general election he was appointed as Spokesperson of the Government of Spain, serving until 1985.[2][4]

He was municipal councillor in Pozuelo de Alarcón from 1991 to 1994.[2]

He left the PSOE circa 2015.[5]

Awards

  • Premio APM de Honor (1997)[6]

References

  1. [1]
    "Efemérides de mañana, lunes 27 de marzo de 2017". El Confidencial. 26 March 2017.
  2. [2]
    Gómez, Luis (22 June 2014). "El encuentro del nuevo y el viejo PSOE". El País.
  3. [3]
    "El periodista Eduardo Sotillos, probable portavoz del Gobierno". El País. 28 November 1982.
  4. [4]
    Schumacher, Edward; Times, Special to The New York (1985-07-05). "Spain's Leader Drops Top Aides in a Big Shuffle". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2019-07-23.
  5. [5]
    "a discreta salida del histórico Eduardo Sotillos del PSOE". ecodiario.eleconomista. 9 June 2015.
  6. [6]
    "Palmarés del Premio APM de Honor".
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