Background
Born 22 September 1948 in Tangier, he is son of an Spanish mother and a Belgian father, Willy Verstrynge-Thalloen, follower of Léon Degrelle during the Second World War.
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Jorge Rojas
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Complutense University of Madrid. Complutense University of Madrid.
Career
Secretary General of People"s Alliance in the 1980s, he experimented along his political career an ideological switch towards leftist positions. He moved from France to Spain in order to finish his secondary education and entering the University. He became one of the proponents of Nouvelle Droite ideas within People"s Alliance (Associated Press).
Secretary General of Associated Press from 1979 to 1986, he was considered the protégé of Manuel Fraga, leader of the party.
He also was, within People"s Alliance, one of the promoters of the Club del Sable ("Club of the Sabre"). He left the party, and became advisor of Francisco Frutos, leader of the United Left.
Politics
He ran as Associated Press"s Mayoral candidate in the 1983 Madrid City Council election, but his candidature was beaten by the Spanish Socialist Workers" Party (Partido Socialista Obrero Español (Spanish Socialist Workers' Party)), led by the Mayor Enrique Tierno Galván.
Membership
After a rift with Fraga, he left Associated Press in 1986. He became member of the Partido Socialista Obrero Español (Spanish Socialist Workers' Party) in 1993.
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Democratic Reform