Manuel Fraga Iribarne was a Spanish professor and politician during the dictatorship of Francisco Franco, who was also one of the founders of the People's Party. Fraga was Minister of Information and Tourism between 1962 and 1969, Ambassador to the United Kingdom between 1973 and 1975, Minister of the Interior in 1975, Second Deputy Prime Minister between 1975 and 1976, President of the People's Alliance/People's Party between 1979 and 1990 and President of the Regional Government of Galicia between 1990 and 2005. He was also a Member of the Congress of Deputies and a Senator.
Manuel Fraga
Prime Minister Felipe González holding a meeting with Fraga in La Moncloa in July 1983.
José María Aznar and Fraga in 1996
Manuel Fraga (Third from left) on a convention on climate change of the European People's Party in Madrid (2008).
The People's Party is a conservative and Christian-democratic political party in Spain.
Fraga in 1983
Headquarters on Calle de Génova in Madrid. As the party seat, the term Génova is often used as a metonym for the party leadership.
José María Aznar
PP demonstration in 2007 in opposition to releasing an ETA member from prison