Gonzalo Santonja

Gonzalo Santonja Gómez-Agero (born 12 October 1952) is a Spanish writer, politician, professor, and literary critic who, has served as Minister of Culture, Tourism, and Sport in the Junta of Castile and León, as an appointee of Vox.

Biography Born in Béjar, Province of Salamanca, Santonja was active in the Communist Party of Spain (PCE) in his youth, for which he was arrested in the late years of Francoist Spain. He fled to France but moved back soon after, stating that he could not stand the French people. In the 1970s, he also expressed sympathy for Herri Batasuna, the political arm of ETA. He was a close friend of communist poet Rafael Alberti and an advisor to his eponymous foundation.