Rodrigo Lozano de la Fuente
{{Short description|Spanish doctor and politician (1920–2022)}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Rodrigo Lozano de la Fuente
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| birth_date = 16 October 1920
| birth_place = Huerta de la Obispalía, Spain
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=y|2022|05|22|1920|10|16}}
| death_place = Cuenca, Spain
| nationality = Spanish
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| occupation = Doctor
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| education = Complutense University of Madrid
| party = UCD
| office = Member of the Senate of Spain
| term_start = 15 July 1977
| term_end = 2 January 1979
| constituency = Cuenca
| office2 = Mayor of Cuenca
| term_start2 = 1961
| term_end2 = 1966
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Rodrigo Lozano de la Fuente (16 October 1920 – 22 May 2022) was a Spanish politician. He was Cuenca's mayor from 1961 to 1966 and as a member and senator of the Union of the Democratic Centre from 1971 to 1974, he served in the Senate of Spain from 1977 to 1979.{{cite web|url=https://www.senado.es/web/composicionorganizacion/senadores/composicionsenado/fichasenador/index.html?lang=es_ES&legis=0&id1=12114|title=LOZANO DE LA FUENTE, RODRIGO|work=Senate of Spain|language=Spanish}}
Life
He was born on 16 October 1920 in Huerta de la Obispalía, Spain, to farmer and rancher Rodrigo Lozano Contreras and wife María de la Fuente Patiño. He studied medicine at the Complutense University of Madrid, specializing in Gynecology, and was the head of the Obstetrics and Gynecology service and Director of the Hospital Virgen de la Luz. In 1960, he became Provincial Councilor of the Movement and served as Cuenca's mayor from 1961 to 1966, President of the Cuenca Provincial Council from 1971 to 1974, and a court attorney from 1961 to 1977.{{cite news |last= |first= |date=22 May 2022|title=Fallece Rodrigo Lozano de la Fuente, alcalde de Cuenca en los años sesenta|trans-title= |url=https://eldiadigital.es//art/397308/fallece-rodrigo-lozano-de-la-fuente-ex-alcalde-de-cuenca-en-los-anos-sesenta|language=Spanish|work=eldiadigital.es|location= |access-date=23 May 2022}} He was the founder of the Union of the Democratic Center in Cuenca and senator in the General Courts for Cuenca from 1977 to 1979.{{cite news |date=4 October 2017|title=File of Senator Rodrigo Lozano de la Fuente|url=https://www.senado.es/web/composicionorganizacion/senadores/composicionsenado/fichasenador/index.html?lang=es_ES&legis=0&id1=12114|language=Spanish|work=Senate of Spain|access-date=26 May 2022}} He died in Cuenca on 22 May 2022, at the age of 101.
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Category:Spanish men centenarians
Category:Democratic and Social Centre (Spain) politicians
Category:20th-century Spanish politicians
Category:Members of the Senate of Spain
Category:Complutense University of Madrid alumni
Category:People from the Province of Cuenca
Category:Knights Commander of the Order of St Gregory the Great
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