Fernando Valdés Dal-Ré
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Fernando Valdés Dal-Ré (22 April 1945 – 9 March 2023) was a Spanish jurist, labour inspector and professor of labour law. He was the Solicitor General of Spain from 1986 to 1990 and a magistrate of the Constitutional Court of Spain from 2012 to 2020.
Biography
[edit]Born in Valladolid on 22 April 1945,[1] Valdés completed a doctorate in law at the Complutense University of Madrid (UCM). He taught at the University of Salamanca (1977–1978) and the University of Valladolid (UVA; 1978–1991), then at UCM until his retirement. He was also an associate professor at the Paris Nanterre University (1986–2012) and Lumière University Lyon 2 (2005–2012) in France. He received an honorary doctorate from the UVA in 2015.[2]
Valdés was a labour inspector from 1968 to 1974, and a clerk at the Constitutional Court of Spain (TC) from 1983 to 1985, and the Solicitor General of Spain from 1986 to 1990.[2] He was a member of the first legislature of the Cortes of Castile and León, elected in 1983.[3]
In July 2012, on the initiative of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE),[4] Valdés was elected as a magistrate of the TC by the Congress of Deputies.[5]
Valdés was arrested for allegedly assaulting his wife of 53 years in their Majadahonda home; she denied the allegations.[6] The case was investigated by the Supreme Court of Spain.[6] On 14 October 2020, while maintaining his innocence, Valdés resigned in order to protect the reputation of the Constitutional Court and to prepare for any upcoming trial; the jurisdiction of the case was transferred back to the local court.[7] Prosecutors requested a ten-month prison sentence for Valdés in March 2021.[8] The case was dropped in July 2022, as he was deemed unfit to testify due to his dementia.[9]
Valdés died on 9 March 2023, at the age of 77.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ "Curriculum vitae completo" [Full CV] (PDF) (in Spanish). Constitutional Court of Spain. p. 3. Retrieved 9 March 2023.
- ^ a b "El magistrado del Constitucional Fernando Valdés Dal-Ré será investido Doctor Honoris Causa por la UVA" [Constitutional Court magistrate Fernando Valdés Dal-Ré will be made honorary doctor by the UVA]. El Norte de Castilla (in Spanish). 5 November 2015. Retrieved 9 March 2023.
- ^ "Sesión Plenaria núm. 1" [Plenary Session num. 1] (PDF) (in Spanish). Cortes of Castile and León. 21 May 1983. p. 5. Retrieved 9 March 2023.
- ^ a b "Mor l'exmagistrat del Tribunal Constitucional Fernando Valdés per malaltia" [Former Constitutional Court magistrate Fernando Valdés dies from illness]. Ara (in Catalan). 9 March 2023. Retrieved 9 March 2023.
- ^ "El Tribunal Constitucional ratifica a Pascual Sala como presidente" [Constitutional Court ratifies Pascual Sala as president] (in Spanish). Cadena SER. EFE. 24 July 2012. Retrieved 9 March 2023.
- ^ a b Chiappe, Doménico (15 September 2020). "El Supremo abre causa al magistrado Fernando Valdés por violencia de género" [Supreme Court investigates magistrate Fernando Valdés for gender violence]. Las Provincias (in Spanish). Retrieved 9 March 2023.
- ^ Martialay, Ángela (14 October 2020). "El magistrado Fernando Valdés presenta su dimisión en el Constitucional tras ser procesado por malos tratos" [Magistrate Fernando Valdés presents his resignation from the Constitutional Court after being investigated for mistreatment]. El Mundo (in Spanish). Retrieved 9 March 2023.
- ^ "El Fiscal pide diez meses de prisión para el ex juez del TC acusado de maltrato" [Prosecutor requests ten months in prison for former TC judge accused of mistreatment]. La Información (in Spanish). 10 March 2021. Retrieved 9 March 2023.
- ^ Lucas-Torres, Carmen (8 July 2022). "El juez archiva la causa por malos tratos al ex magistrado del Constitucional Fernando Valdés por demencia sobrevenida" [Judge drops mistreatment case against former Constitutional Court magistrate Fernando Valdés due to sudden dementia]. El Independiente (in Spanish). Retrieved 9 March 2023.
- 1945 births
- 2023 deaths
- Complutense University of Madrid alumni
- Academic staff of the University of Salamanca
- Academic staff of the University of Valladolid
- Academic staff of the Complutense University of Madrid
- Academic staff of Paris Nanterre University
- Members of the 1st Cortes of Castile and León
- Spanish legal scholars