renowned for his temper tantrums in public at not being referred to or addressed as Don Manuel. He most famously shouted during a television interview, completely unaware the camera was filming and the show was being broadcast live on air. Manuel Fraga Iribarne was probably one of the most important and yet controversial politicians in modern Spain. To his supporters, Fraga was a Galician hero who throughout his rule, modernised Galicia and built up a fair level of tourism to the region. He built great roads and motorways and in 2000, he approved the Galician Plan to build Spain's first high speed bullet train. To his opponents he always was a dinosaur from the Franco regime. He was a keen follower of Carl Schmitt's ideas, and granted the German political theorist honorary membership to the Institute of Political Studies in 1962, in a ceremony where he praised him as a "revered master". Fraga identified himself with the figure of Antonio Cánovas del Castillo in 1976 for the first time; this idea of identification between Cánovas and Fraga was reinforced by historiographical trends close to Fraga in the 1980s in order to commend his figure. Despite their political differences, he developed a close friendship with Fidel Castro, himself of Galician descent, who met with Fraga in Galicia during a visit to Spain in 1992. In popular culture In 1962 a satirical magazine, Ley Fraga, was launched in Barcelona which was named after him. Notes References External links Manuel Fraga death's announcement Antena3 PPdeG's official website for the 2005 elections (in Galician) Biography of Manuel Fraga (in English) 1922 births 2012 deaths Ambassadors of Spain to the United Kingdom Conservative Party (Spain) politicians Crimes against humanity Deputy Prime Ministers of Spain Fathers of the Spanish Constitution of 1978 FET y de las JONS politicians Government ministers during the Francoist dictatorship Grand Crosses with Star and Sash of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany Information and tourism ministers of Spain Interior ministers of Spain Knights of the Holy Sepulchre Leaders of political parties in Spain Members of the constituent Congress of Deputies (Spain) Members of the 1st Congress of Deputies (Spain) Members of the 2nd Congress of Deputies (Spain) Members of the 4th Congress of Deputies (Spain) Members of the 3rd Parliament of Galicia Members of the 4th Parliament of Galicia Members of the 5th Parliament of Galicia Members