Alberto Oliart

Alberto Oliart
Oliart in 1982
Chair of RTVE
In office
26 November 2009 – 6 July 2011
Preceded byLuis Fernández Fernández
Succeeded byLeopoldo González-Echenique
Minister of Defence of Spain
In office
26 February 1981 – 3 December 1982
Prime MinisterLeopoldo Calvo-Sotelo
Preceded byAgustín Rodríguez Sahagún
Succeeded byNarcís Serra
Minister of Health and Social Security of Spain
In office
9 September 1980 – 26 September 1981
Prime MinisterAdolfo Suárez
Preceded byJuan Rovira Tarazona
Succeeded byJesús Sancho Rof
Minister of Industry and Energy of Spain
In office
5 July 1977 – 28 February 1978
Prime MinisterAdolfo Suárez
Preceded byCarlos Pérez de Bricio
Succeeded byAgustín Rodríguez Sahagún
Member of the Congress of Deputies
In office
9 March 1979 – 31 August 1982
ConstituencyBadajoz
Personal details
Born(1928-07-29)29 July 1928
Mérida, Spain
Died13 February 2021(2021-02-13) (aged 92)
Madrid, Spain
PartyUCD (1978–1980s)
Alma materUniversity of Barcelona
OccupationPolitician, state lawyer, business executive, stockbreeder, writer
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Alberto Carlos Oliart Saussol (29 July 1928 – 13 February 2021) was a Spanish politician and executive. He was a government minister three times during the Spanish transition to democracy and chairman of Spanish Radio and Television Corporation between 2009 and 2011.

During his time as Minister of Defence, Oliart had to deal with the situation in the Armed Forces after the unsuccessful 1981 coup d'état, thwarted a new coup attempt in 1982, and oversaw Spain's entry into NATO.