Javier Moscoso, Felipe González's minister and former Attorney General, dies.

Javier Moscoso , Minister of the Presidency in Felipe González 's government and former Attorney General, died this Thursday in Jávea (Alicante) at the age of 90.

Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez expressed his condolences on social media after learning of the death and emphasized that Moscoso was "the perfect combination of knowledge, rigor, and commitment ," EFE reports.

"Today, he has left us an example of talent available to the public service," he added.

Moscoso was Minister of the Presidency in González's first government , and in September 1986, two months after leaving that position, he was appointed Attorney General of the State.

Born in Logroño on October 7, 1934, he studied law at the University of Zaragoza. In 1958, he entered the public prosecutor's office and, in the general elections of March 1, 1979, he stood as the UCD candidate for Navarra in Congress, and was elected.

A member of the social democratic faction of the UCD (United Left), during this term he served as his party's spokesperson on the Justice Committee on the Divorce Law and as a member of the RTVE Research Committee.

In addition, in 1979 he became Secretary General for Relations with the Parliament and, a year later, Technical Secretary for Relations with the Administration of Justice.

In November 1981 he left the UCD along with ten other parliamentarians , joining the Mixed Group of the Chamber, and shortly afterwards, this group founded the Democratic Action Party (PAD), led by Francisco Fernández Ordóñez, a party that would later become part of the PSOE.

In the general elections of October 28, 1982, he was elected as a deputy for the PSOE (Spanish Socialist Workers' Party) running on the Madrid list. Following the Socialist victory and the investiture of Felipe González as Prime Minister, he was appointed Minister of the Presidency.

During his term, he promoted the Law on Incompatibilities of Senior Officials in the Administration, the Law on Measures for the Reform of the Civil Service, the publication of the Citizen's Guide, the Law on Aid to the Press and News Agencies, and the Law on Administrative Contracts, among others.

His surname gave its name to the days of free use for public employees (the so-called "moscosos").

In the general elections of June 22, 1986, he won a seat as a PSOE deputy for Murcia, a constituency in which he headed the candidacy, and on July 25, he resigned as Minister of the Presidency.

Two months later, on September 19, 1986, he was appointed Attorney General, a position in which he filed several complaints against Herri Batasuna leaders and spoke out in favor of outlawing the coalition.

On January 26, 1990, following the October 1989 elections and after repeatedly announcing his intention to step down, the Council of Ministers appointed Leopoldo Torres as his replacement as Attorney General.

A few months later, in May, he was appointed head of the Legal Department of the General Society of Authors of Spain (SGAE), and also served as president of the Editorial Board of Aranzadi Publishing, a body composed of legal professionals, professors, representatives of the judiciary, and representatives of notaries and lawyers.

On July 23, 1996, he was elected by the Senate as a member of the General Council of the Judiciary at the proposal of the PSOE (Spanish Socialist Workers' Party), and in 2003, José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, still in opposition, included him in a team of sixteen legal experts who, led by Gregorio Peces-Barba, drafted a programmatic document of the PSOE on compliance with the Constitution on its 25th anniversary and the possible changes to be introduced in the Magna Carta.

Zapatero also chose him as one of his government's interlocutors for dialogue with ETA following the terrorist group's attack at Terminal 4 of Madrid's Barajas Airport.

Among other recognitions, Javier Moscoso was awarded the Grand Cross of the Order of Charles III and the Grand Cross of the Order of San Carlos, Colombia.