Enrique de la Mata
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Enrique de la Mata is a Spanish parliamentarian, lawyer and minister. He was the President of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
from 1981 to 1987.
After the end of the Franco dictatorship with Franco
's death in 1975, he was Minister for Trade Union Relations from 5 July 1976 to 4 July 1977 in an interim government, officiating up until the first free elections, and in this role contributed to allowing the trade unions back into Spain.
He joined the Union of the Democratic Centre and was elected to the Spanish Congress of Deputies representing Teruel Province
at the 1979 General election
but lost his seat in the subsequent election in 1982.
International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement
The International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement is an international humanitarian movement with approximately 97 million volunteers, members and staff worldwide which was founded to protect human life and health, to ensure respect for all human beings, and to prevent and alleviate human...
from 1981 to 1987.
After the end of the Franco dictatorship with Franco
Francisco Franco
Francisco Franco y Bahamonde was a Spanish general, dictator and head of state of Spain from October 1936 , and de facto regent of the nominally restored Kingdom of Spain from 1947 until his death in November, 1975...
's death in 1975, he was Minister for Trade Union Relations from 5 July 1976 to 4 July 1977 in an interim government, officiating up until the first free elections, and in this role contributed to allowing the trade unions back into Spain.
He joined the Union of the Democratic Centre and was elected to the Spanish Congress of Deputies representing Teruel Province
Teruel (Spanish Congress Electoral District)
Teruel is one of the 52 electoral districts used for the Spanish Congress of Deputies - the lower chamber of the Spanish Parliament, the Cortes Generales. It is one of the three electoral districts which correspond to the provinces of Aragon...
at the 1979 General election
Spanish general election, 1979
General elections were held in Spain on 1 March 1979.-References:* *...
but lost his seat in the subsequent election in 1982.