Ricardo de la Cierva, who was sworn into office on the following day. It was then that he returned to Seville to participate in the "Yes" campaign in the referendum. On 30 April he announced that he was leaving the UCD parliamentary group, joining the mixed group, and did not run in the 1982 general election. Later life and death In December 1980 he presented Andalusian Unity, an "autonomist, interclassist and non-Marxist" party, but the party was dissolved on 27 November 1982 over a lack of political and economical viability. After leaving national politics, he returned to the university to teach and to his law practice. Manuel Clavero died on 14 June 2021 at the age of 95 in his home of Seville. His funeral chapel was opened in the Parliament of Andalusia the following day. Decorations Grand Cross of the Civil Order of Alfonso X, the Wise (1973). Grand Cross of the Order of Civil Merit (1975). Grand Cross of the Order of Charles III (1980). Hijo Predilecto de Andalucía (1999). Grand Cross of the Order of Saint Raymond of Peñafort (2001). Gold Medal of Merit in Labour (2004). Gold Medal of the Institute of Academies of Andalusia. In 2019, the Regional Government of Andalusia created a category of in his honor, for his contribution as "father of modern Andalusia". References 1926 births 2021 deaths University of Seville alumni 20th-century Spanish lawyers Spanish transition to democracy Members of the constituent Congress of Deputies (Spain) Members of the 1st Congress of Deputies (Spain) Government ministers of Spain 20th-century Spanish politicians Culture ministers of Spain Academic staff of the University of Seville Rectors of universities in Spain Union of the Democratic Centre (Spain) politicians Andalusian Social Liberal Party politicians Andalusian Unity politicians