Manuel Aznar Acedo
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Manuel Aznar y Acedo is a Spanish municipality, capital of the province of Biscay, in the autonomous community of the Basque Country. With a population of 353,187 , it is the largest city of its autonomous community and the tenth largest in Spain...
, 1916 – 12 January 2001) was a Spanish
Spain
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journalist
Journalist
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and radio broadcaster.
He was the son of Manuel Aznar Zubigaray
Manuel Aznar Zubigaray
Manuel Aznar y Zubigaray was a Navarrese-Spanish diplomat in the dictatorship of Francisco Franco....
and father of José María Aznar López.
He was a member of the falangist
Falange
The Spanish Phalanx of the Assemblies of the National Syndicalist Offensive , known simply as the Falange, is the name assigned to several political movements and parties dating from the 1930s, most particularly the original fascist movement in Spain. The word means phalanx formation in Spanish....
movement and served during the Spanish Civil War
Spanish Civil War
The Spanish Civil WarAlso known as The Crusade among Nationalists, the Fourth Carlist War among Carlists, and The Rebellion or Uprising among Republicans. was a major conflict fought in Spain from 17 July 1936 to 1 April 1939...
as an officer in charge of propaganda
Propaganda
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for the Spanish Nationalist army. After the war, he worked for Cadena SER
Cadena SER
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(1942-1962) and Radio Nacional de España
Radio Nacional de España
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(1962-1965) and was appointed co-director of the department of radio broadcasting for the ministry of information and tourism (1964-1967). He also founded the newspapers Hoja Oficial de Alicante, Avance and Levante. In 1967, he became the first director of the Escuela Oficial de Radiodifusión y Televisión, the official school of radio and television broadcasting.
He was married to Elvira López y Valdivieso and had four children:
- Manuel Aznar y López
- María de las Mercedes Aznar y López
- Elvira Aznar y López
- José María Alfredo Aznar y López