Emilio Gastón

{{Short description|Spanish politician, lawyer, and poet}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Emilio Gastón Sanz

| birth_date = {{birth date|1935|1|8|df=y}}

| birth_place = Zaragoza, Spain

| death_date = {{death date and age|2018|1|22|1935|1|8|df=y}}

| nationality = Spanish

| occupation = Politician, Lawyer, Poet

| office1 = Member of the Congress of Deputies

| term_start1 = 1977

| term_end1 = 1979

| constituency1 = Zaragoza

| office2 = Justicia de Aragón

| term_start2 = 1987

| term_end2 = 1993

| spouse = Mari Carmen Gascón Baquero

}}

Emilio Gastón Sanz (8 January 1935 – 22 January 2018) was a Spanish politician, lawyer, and poet.

A native of Zaragoza born in 1935, Gastón was a practicing lawyer.{{cite news|title=Fallece el político y escritor Emilio Gastón, primer Justicia de Aragón y diputado constituyente al Congreso|url=https://www.eldiario.es/politica/Fallece-Emilio-Gaston-Justicia-Congreso_0_732127777.html|accessdate=25 January 2018|work=El Diario|date=22 January 2018|language=es}} He was elected to the constituent Congress of Deputies as a representative of Zaragoza in 1977, and served until 1979.{{cite news|title=Emilio Gastón, in memoriam|url=http://cadenaser.com/emisora/2018/01/23/radio_zaragoza/1516712677_652684.html|accessdate=25 January 2018|agency=Cadena SER|date=23 January 2018|language=es}} Gastón was the Justicia de Aragón ("Justice of Aragon", a regional ombudsman) between 1987 and 1993, the first person to assume the position after promulgation of the Statute of Autonomy.{{cite news|title=Fallece Emilio Gastón, primer Justicia de Aragón|url=http://www.elperiodicodearagon.com/noticias/aragon/fallece-emilio-gaston-primer-justicia-aragon_1258498.html|accessdate=26 January 2018|work=El Periódico de Aragon|date=22 January 2018|language=es}} He was married to poet Mari Carmen Gascón Baquero.{{cite news|last1=Castro|first1=Antón|title="De joven, quería irme de España en un camión y recorrer mundo"|url=https://www.heraldo.es/noticias/aragon/2018/01/22/emilio-gaston-joven-queria-irme-espana-camion-recorrer-mundo-1220542-300.html|accessdate=26 January 2018|work=Heraldo|date=22 January 2018|language=es}}