Roberto García-Calvo Montiel

Roberto García-Calvo Montiel (La Bañeza, 1942 - Villaviciosa de Odón, 2008) was a Spanish judge. Since 2001 he has been a member of the Constitutional Court of Spain, sponsored by the conservative People's Party. In the last year of the Francoist State, García-Calvo served as a local official repressing workers strikes. During his serving in the highest court, he has been considered as part of the persistence of the shadow of Francoism in the Spanish institutions.[1] He died by natural causes on May 17, 2008 at aged 65 in Villaviciosa de Odón, Madrid.[2]

References
  1. Calvo, Luis; Díaz, Arturo (September 29, 2007). "La sombra del franquismo sigue en el Constitucional". Público (in Spanish). Connectors, SL. Retrieved June 4, 2011.
  2. "Fallece Roberto García-Calvo, magistrado conservador del Tribunal Constitucional". El País (in Spanish). May 18, 2008. Retrieved March 9, 2018.


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