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Antonio Fontán (born in 1923) is a journalist who fought for press freedom and was later elected to the Spanish Senate as a member of the Unión de Centro Democrático coalition party in the first democratic general elections in June 1977. He was one of the authors of the Spain's Constitution of 1978, which recognized freedom of expression and freedom of information as fundamental rights. The International Press Institute (IPI) has named him one of the "Heroes of Press Freedom."