Alfredo de la Cruz

Alfredo de la Cruz de Salmeron (November 11, 1932 - August 31, 2000) was a Dalanic politician and lawyer. He served as the 14th president of Dania from 1991 to 1997. He revived the Conservative Party after a great decline after the fall of the dictatorship of Jaime del Pozo.
==Career==
===Early career===
Alfredo de la Cruz started his career as a lawyer at his father's law firm. His father's company worked for the Del Pozo Regime. De la Cruz left the law firm in 1970 and was elected to the Likavra City Council for the Conservative Party.
After the fall of the Conservative Party regime, De la Cruz distanced himself from the regime while remaining loyal to the party.
=== House of Representatives ===
De la Cruz was elected to the House of Representatives in 1983. He became one the more outspoken members of his party against the progressive turnaround Dania had made during the late 1970s and 1980s. In 1990, he became the party leader of the Conservative Party.
=== Presidency ===
De la Cruz's presidential campaign gained momentum during the fall of 1990 and revived the popularity of the Conservative Party by becoming more centrist. This pushed members out of his party which went on to create parties like Christian People's Party and National Party. Despite that, his campaign was successful and he won the election by almost 50 seats.
De la Cruz proposed several conservative reforms and tried to move away from the liberal movement Dania made under Sánchez. 
== Personal life ==
Alfredo de la Cruz married Yazmin Villeda in 1963 and they divorced in 1970. He later got into a relationship for almost two years with 
Novia De Paz. In 1982, he got into a relationship with novelist Carmela Isidro. They separated three years later. De la Cruz never had children.
== Death ==
On 31 August 2000, De la Cruz was driving home from a Conservative Party meeting, when he lost control over his car and crashed, dying on the spot. The next day, President Juan Despalas announced a day of national mourning. De la Cruz recieved a state funeral in Likavra on 7 September 2000. 
Category:1932 births
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Category:Presidents of Dania
Category:Leaders of the Conservative Party (Dania)
Category:Conservative Party politicians (Dania)
Category:20th-century Dalanic politicians