His first political involvement came in the late 1960s when he joined the Democratic Union of the Valencian Country (UDPV).

[1] However he later left the UDPV when the party decided to follow a Christian Democratic route.

[1] He resigned the position in May 1979, feeling that he was failing to receive support from the local branch of the PSOE[3] but was persuaded to resume his duties in June 1979.

However, from July 1979 onwards, the PSOE members gradually withdrew from the Valencian administration in protest at what they perceived to be stalling on the devolution issue by the Union of the Democratic Centre[1] which at that point formed the Spanish government.

Albiñana retired from political life in 1983 and thereafter concentrated on his legal work, being reappointed a judge.