Alfonso Guerra González (born May 31, 1940 in Seville

Seville

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) is a Spanish

Spain

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 politician. A leading member of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party

Spanish Socialist Workers' Party

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 (PSOE), he served as Vice President of the Government (vicepresidente del Gobierno, i.e., equivalent to deputy Prime Minister

Prime Minister of Spain

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) of Spain from 1982 to 1991, under the presidency of Felipe González

Felipe González

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. He currently represents Seville

Sevilla (Spanish Congress Electoral District)

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 in Congress, being the only deputy that has served since 1977 without interruptions.

In 1988 Guerra received an honorary degree

Honorary degree

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 from the Universidad Nacional Federico Villarreal

Universidad Nacional Federico Villarreal

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 in Lima

Lima

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, Peru

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, and he was awarded the Medaglia D'oro in 1984 by the Sapienza University of Rome.

Guerra has always been an extremely controversial politician, noted for his acid discourse against his opponents - which was criticised as demagogy

Demagogy

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by his political adversaries. He was forced to quit his position as vice-president after a financial scandal.