Antonio García-Trevijano

Antonio García-Trevijano Forte (18 July 1927 – 28 February 2018) was a Spanish republican lawyer, notary public, jurist, philosopher, art critic, author and political activist. Born in Alhama de Granada, he was a prominent figure in the opposition to the Francoist dictatorship.

Political activism
In 1974 García-Trevijano organised meetings in Paris between Don Juan de Borbón and the republican groups plus the publishing group Ruedo Ibérico, in which the legitimate heir to the Spanish throne expressed his rejection of Franco's decree appointing his son Juan Carlos as his successor. He acted as a promoter of political freedom throughout Spain and was the leader of the Citizens' Movement towards the Constitutional Republic of Spain (MCRC).

Repression
He was tried for high treason before the Court of Public Order (Marshal of Ghent) because of his intervention in Equatorial Guinea. He has had five passports withdrawn, suffered three arrests and two fines, was the victim of a serious attack for his declarations to the BBC when Franco was dying, and was prosecuted by the Public Order Court (Gómez Chaparro) for an offense against the State and imprisoned for four months by order of Manuel Fraga Iribarne.

Personal life
García-Trevijano was Professor of Commercial Law at the University of Granada and a notary, and worked as an attorney in Madrid from 1960 until his death. He died on 28 February 2018 from natural causes. He was 90 years old.

Notes and references

 * García-Trevijano Forte, Antonio. Pasiones de servidumbre. 2001. Madrid: Foca ISBN 84-95440-07-5
 * García-Trevijano Forte, Antonio. Frente a la gran mentira. 1996. Madrid: Espasa Calpe. ISBN 84-239-7741-2
 * García-Trevijano Forte, Antonio. "A pure theory of democracy"
 * García Viñó, Manuel. El País: La cultura como negocio. 2006. Tafalla: Txalaparta. ISBN 84-8136-456-8
 * Archivo Juan J. Linz sobre la transición española
 * "C.E. Camacho sale Trevijano se queda". 1976. Triunfo 697,11
 * "Brutal atentado contra un grupo de profesionales". November 7, 1975. Informaciones.
 * The Times Madrid correspondent. "Opposition to hold summit meeting in Madrid today". September 4, 1976. The Times, 3.
 * Secretary of US State Kissinger. CONFIDENTIAL STATE 135254. EUROPEAN COMMUNITY AND SPAIN: OPPOSITION CAUSES CONTROVERSY. 10 June 1975.
 * Martínez Reverte, Javier. Habla el conde de Barcelona. 22 de Enero 1974. Diario Pueblo.