[2][3] Cernuda was a member of the National Catholic Association of Propagandists [es] and a civil governor of both Guadalajara and Gipuzkoa during the dictatorship of Primo de Rivera.
[4] On 25 April 1919, in an ordinary plenary session held at the Madrid City Council, the deputy mayor José García Cernuda, of the Maurist Party, proposed that the Council expressed "its satisfaction to the illustrious Madame Curie" following the overwhelmingly positive reception and credit that Spanish scientists were giving to Marie Curie during her first visit to Spain, with Cernuda asking for her to be granted the Grand Cross of Alfonso, which was approved unanimously.
[4] Continuing his immersion in Sports Law, at the Assembly on 26 March 1923 held in Bilbao, the delegates of the Hockey Federation elected him as president of the committee, where he remained until 1935.
[3][7][8] At the beginning of April 1924, Cernuda was elected Civil Governor of Guadalajara, for which he immediately resigned from the position he held at the Royal Spanish Football Federation.
[4] However, the National Committee, understanding that the proximity of Guadalajara to the city of Madrid did not represent any obstacle, chose not to accept said request and Cernuda was thus able to continue at RFEF.
[4] At the end of the Civil War, he continued to practice his work as a lawyer, being one of the most prestigious jurists in the capital, to the point that the Illustrious Bar Association of Madrid awarded him the Plaque of Honor for his 50 years of profession.