Eduardo Sotillos

Eduardo Sotillos Palet (born 1940) is a Spanish journalist and politician. He served as Spokesperson of the Government of Spain between 1982 and 1985.

This article uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Sotillos and the second or maternal family name is Palet.
Sotillos in 1982

Biography

Born on 27 March 1940 in Madrid.[1] He was the director of Radio Nacional de España (RNE) during the Spanish transition to democracy.[2] He was also the RNE's corresponde to Lisbon and Press Chief of José María de Areilza.[3] Director of the Telediario in Televisión Española,[2] he affiliated to the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) in 1979.[2]

Following the victory of the PSOE in the 1982 general election he was appointed as Spokesperson of the Government of Spain, serving until 1985.[2][4]

He was municipal councillor in Pozuelo de Alarcón from 1991 to 1994.[2]

He left the PSOE circa 2015.[5]

Awards
  • Premio APM de Honor (1997)[6]
gollark: Although I suppose the decision to be in an alleyway with a knife and hood is under your control.
gollark: It's prejudice against hooded armeed figures.
gollark: No, prejudice is making decisions based on some characteristic or other in place of actual good information.
gollark: ddg! 酷いでしょう。
gollark: Where's the "ice" from?

References
  1. "Efemérides de mañana, lunes 27 de marzo de 2017". El Confidencial. 26 March 2017.
  2. Gómez, Luis (22 June 2014). "El encuentro del nuevo y el viejo PSOE". El País.
  3. "El periodista Eduardo Sotillos, probable portavoz del Gobierno". El País. 28 November 1982.
  4. Schumacher, Edward; Times, Special to The New York (1985-07-05). "Spain's Leader Drops Top Aides in a Big Shuffle". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2019-07-23.
  5. "a discreta salida del histórico Eduardo Sotillos del PSOE". ecodiario.eleconomista. 9 June 2015.
  6. "Palmarés del Premio APM de Honor".
Political offices
Preceded by
Ignacio Aguirre		 Spokesperson of the Government of Spain
1982–1985		 Succeeded by
Javier Solana
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