Manuel Aznar Acedo

Manuel Aznar Acedo
Manuel Aznar Acedo
Born	15 September 1916; Bilbao
Died	12 January 2001; Bilbao
Nationality	Spanish
Occupation	Journalist and radio broadcaster

Manuel Aznar y Acedo (Bilbao, 15 September 1916 – 12 January 2001) was a Spanish journalist and radio broadcaster.

Life

He was the son of diplomatia and journalist Manuel Aznar Zubigaray. His maternal uncle was footballer Domingo Acedo.[1] He was married to Elvira López y Valdivieso and had four children, including politician, the President of Spain (May 1996 to August 2004) José María Aznar.[2]

He was a member of the falangist movement and served during the Spanish Civil War as an officer in charge of propaganda for the Spanish Nationalist army. After the war, he worked for Cadena SER (1942–1962) and Radio Nacional de España (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.[2]

References

"Txomin Acedo, el primer cachorro del Athletic" [Txomin Acedo, Athletic's first pup]. La Roja en el Olimpo (in Spanish). Retrieved 30 July 2017.
País, Ediciones El (2001-01-13). "Muere Manuel Aznar Acedo, padre del presidente del Gobierno". El País (in Spanish). ISSN 1134-6582. Retrieved 2018-01-25.

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[1] "Txomin Acedo, el primer cachorro del Athletic" [Txomin Acedo, Athletic's first pup]. La Roja en el Olimpo (in Spanish). Retrieved 30 July 2017.

[muere-2] País, Ediciones El (2001-01-13). "Muere Manuel Aznar Acedo, padre del presidente del Gobierno". El País (in Spanish). ISSN 1134-6582. Retrieved 2018-01-25.