Education, literary work, and personal life Obregón earned a
doctorate in
Philosophy and Letters from the
Complutense University of Madrid, where he served as an assistant professor for two years. He was a professor of Greek at two institutes in Santander. In 1949, he joined the Santa Clara Institute, serving as head of studies and director in the late 1960s, and retired from the José María Pereda Institute. including
Las razones del proletariado,
Las clases sociales: qué son y qué significan,
El mundo de las palabras,
Democracia, and
Las autonomías territoriales. He published an article in the Catholic weekly
Signo, advocating for Catholics' involvement in politics, and wrote on in regional press. His granddaughter, Ana Obregón Abascal, led the PRC's list for
Santa María de Cayón in the
2007 municipal elections, becoming the party's youngest candidate and securing three councillors. She ran again in the , achieving the same result. Obregón died on 17 May 2006, prompting the regional government to declare two days of mourning with flags at half-mast. His funeral was held the next day at Nuestra Señora del Carmen church in , attended by hundreds, including
Miguel Ángel Revilla, and he was buried in the family pantheon in Esles, Santa María de Cayón.
Political career , one of the five founders of the Regionalist Party of Cantabria and Obregón's successor as PRC general secretary. Obregón opposed the
Francoist dictatorship, participating in the HOAC, Christians for Socialism, and the Popular Liberation Front. He wrote an article in Santander's '''' condemning the
1973 Chilean coup against
Salvador Allende, earning a reprimand from the
provincial governor. In the
1977 general election, he ran for the
Senate in Cantabria as an independent with
Senators for Democracy, but was not elected. In 1978, he co-founded the Regionalist Party of Cantabria with
Miguel Ángel Revilla, Ignacio Gómez Llata, and
Torrelavega syndicalists José Somarriba and José Luis Oria, both promoters of the (Asociación para la Defensa de los Intereses de Cantabria, ADIC by its acronym in Spanish). In the
1979 general election, he ran for the Senate with the PRC, alongside
Benito Huerta and Ramón Arias Azpiazu, but none were elected. In the
1979 municipal elections, he led the PRC's list for Santander City Council, securing four of 27 councillors, making the PRC the third-largest force in Santander. Initially, the PRC agreed to support socialist for mayor, but Obregón and the PRC councillors voted for
Juan Hormaechea of the
UCD, securing his mayoralty. This decision led to protests by about 700 people outside the city hall, forcing PRC councillors to exit under police escort. In the 1987 regional election,
People's Alliance won 19 seats, one short of a majority, while the PRC achieved its best result with five deputies.
Juan Hormaechea, running as an independent for People's Alliance, was elected president with the abstention of the
CDS and opposition from the
PSOE and PRC. Obregón was appointed assembly president with opposition party votes, but resigned in December 1989 after a prevarication conviction by the High Court of Justice of Cantabria, disqualifying him for six years and one day. In April 1992, the
Supreme Court acquitted him, ruling his actions a non-punishable irregularity.
Adolfo Pajares succeeded him as assembly president in February 1990. == Eduardo Obregón Foundation ==