Alfonso Guerra

This name uses Spanish naming customs; the first or paternal family name is Guerra and the second or maternal family name is González.

Alfonso Guerra

Alfonso Guerra González (born May 31, 1940 in Seville) is a Spanish politician. A leading member of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE), he served as Vice President of the Government (vicepresidente del Gobierno, i.e., equivalent to deputy Prime Minister) of Spain from 1982 to 1991, under the presidency of Felipe González. He currently represents Seville in Congress, being the only deputy that has served since 1977 without interruptions.

In 1988 Guerra received an honorary degree from the Universidad Nacional Federico Villarreal in Lima, Peru, and he was awarded the Medaglia D'oro in 1984 by the Sapienza University of Rome.

Guerra has always been an extremely controversial politician, noted for his acid discourse against his opponents - which was criticised as demagogy by his political adversaries. He was forced to quit his position as vice-president after a financial scandal involving his brother Juan Guerra.

See also

José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero

References

Political offices
Preceded by Rodolfo Martín Villa	First Vice President of the Spanish Government 1982–1991	Succeeded by Narcis Serra
Party political offices
First	Deputy Secretary-General of the PSOE 1979–1997	Vacant None elected until 2008 Title next held by José Blanco
Spanish Congress of Deputies
Preceded by Position Created	Deputy for Seville province 1977 – Present	Succeeded by Title jointly held