The professor of Administrative Law and former Minister of the Regions with the UCD Manuel Clavero Arévalo, one of the architects of the Spain of the autonomies, has died this Monday in Seville at the age of 95, family sources informed Efe. Clavero Arévalo, minister in the Governments of Adolfo Suárez between 1977 and 1979, was a key figure in the configuration of the autonomous state and that regions such as Andalusia could access this self-government regime under conditions of equality to the autonomies considered historical: Catalonia, Basque Country and Galicia.

Founder of the Andalusian Social Liberal Party (PSLA), he joined the UCD and remained in it until, as Minister of Culture, he opposed the position of his Government on the celebration of the autonomy referendum for Andalusia on February 28, 1980. , after which he founded a new ephemeral party, Unidad Andaluza, and dedicated himself to his law firm.

With roots and liberal spirit, Manuel Clavero has been at the foot of the canyon until shortly before his death and it was not uncommon to see him in his office in the Plaza de Cuba in Seville, in full professional activity, and in other tasks such as journalistic collaborations and others on Bullfighting themes, not in vain this was one of his great passions along with tennis.

It had been a long time since he had played his tennis match every noon, cold or hot, but he remained in full lucidity until the end who had been dean of the Law School of Seville between 1965 and 1967 and rector of the Hispalense between 1971 and 1975.

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