He was a member of the Senate of Spain between 1979 and 1982 and he served as State Secretary for Autonomous Communities for the Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD) between 1980 and 1982.
[1] Manuel Broseta Pont was born in Banyeres de Mariola in the Province of Alicante.
His father, a member of the Republican Left was temporarily arrested when Spanish leader Francisco Franco visited Valencia.
During this time he was prosecuted in the Tribunal de Orden Público for writing an article, he was however absolved of the charge.
[2] After the 1977 Spanish general election Broseta became an advisor to the President of the Consell of the Valencian Region.
[4] Broseta however did not join the Socialist Party, instead becoming member of the Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD) in January 1979.
[2] In 1991 Broseta refused an offer to lead the party list of the Partido Popular (PP) in the municipal elections of Valencia.
[1] On 15 February 1992 at 10:20 Broseta had just finished a class at the Faculty of Law of the University of Valencia and entered the gardens on Avenida de Blasco Ibañez.
[10] ETA commander José Luis Urrusolo Sistiaga, who was convicted to 449 years in prison for 16 murders, including that of Broseta, was temporarily released in 2013.
[11] José Luis Álvarez Santacristina was sentenced to thirty years' imprisonment for the murder of Broseta.
[12] A couple of ETA members suspected of the crime were arrested in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico in February 2014, after being fugitives for 22 years.
[15][16] In May 2022, Facultats, the Metrovalencia station closest to the university where he had worked was renamed Facultats-Manuela Broseta in his memory.