Fernando Abril Martorell (August 31, 1936 – February 16, 1998) was a Valencian

Valencian Community

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 Spanish

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 politician

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 and agricultural engineer.

Biography

Born in Valencia, Spain, he studied Agricultural Engineering and Political Sciences in Madrid

Madrid

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, later obtaining a doctorate in both. In 1969 he was named president of the Diputación Provincial de Segovia (Provincial Delegation of Segovia) and was appointed civil governor of Adolfo Suárez

Adolfo Suárez

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. After this he was technical director of the FORPPA (1971-1972) and director of general Agrarian Production (1972-1974). He was appointed Minister of Agriculture in Spain from (1976-1977), a member of the Senate (1977-1979), was one of the founders of Unión de Centro Democrático (Union Democratic Center) (UCD). He was elected regional president of it in Valencia Province. He was third Vice-president of the government for Political Subjects (1977-1978) and second vice president Minister of Economy (1978-1980).

Fernando Abril was also president of the Naval Union of the East (controlled by the Central bank

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) and vice-president of the Hispanic Central bank (1991).

In June 1990, following a proposal by Felipe González

Felipe González

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, of the Commission of Analysis and Evaluation of the National System of Health, created by the Ministry of Health, he was involved in initial discussions of reforms the Spanish sanitary system particularly in Madrid.

He died in Madrid in 1998 of lung cancer

Lung cancer

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