Francisco Gaviña Ribelles
Spanish chemist and politician / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Francisco Gaviña Ribelles (Valencia, Spain, 1941–1990) was a Spanish chemist and politician for the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE).
Gaviña first stood as a candidate for Valencia Province in the 1977 General Election, however he was placed thirteenth on the PSOE list and failed to win a seat.[1]
Two years later he was elected to Zaragoza city council[2] and in the 1982 election he was elected for Valencia Province, serving until 1986.[2] Thereafter, in October 1987, he became Professor of Organic Chemistry at the University of Valencia[3] In 2004 he was posthumously awarded the gold medal of Zaragoza city council.[4]