First government of Adolfo Suárez
1st government of Adolfo Suárez | |
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50px Government of Spain |
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1976–1977 | |
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Adolfo Suárez in August 1977.
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Date formed | 8 July 1976 |
Date dissolved | 5 July 1977 |
People and organisations | |
Head of government | Adolfo Suárez, Prime Minister |
Deputy head of government | Fernando de Santiago1st, Alfonso Osorio2nd (1976) Manuel Gutiérrez Mellado1st, Alfonso Osorio2nd (1976–1977) |
Head of state | Juan Carlos I |
Number of ministers | 19[lower-alpha 1] |
Total number of ministers | 22[lower-alpha 1] |
Member party | National Movement (Legal associations, military, nonpartisans) (1976–1977) UCD (1977) |
Status in legislature | One-party state |
History | |
Legislature term(s) | 10th Cortes Españolas |
Budget(s) | 1977 |
Predecessor | Arias Navarro II |
Successor | Suárez II |
The first government of Adolfo Suárez was formed on 8 July 1976, following the latter's appointment as Prime Minister of Spain by King Juan Carlos I on 3 July and his swearing-in on 5 July, as a result of Carlos Arias Navarro's resignation from the post on 1 July 1976.[1][2][3] It succeeded the second Arias Navarro government and was the Government of Spain from 8 July 1976 to 5 July 1977, a total of Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. days, or Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist..[4][5]
Suárez's first cabinet comprised members from the National Movement (with the notable absences of FET y de las JONS and the Opus Dei),[6] but also by members of the reformist 'Tácito' group,[7][8] a number of political associations that could not yet be legalized as parties—such as the Spanish People's Union (UDPE) and the Spanish Democratic Union (UDE)—and the Federation of Independent Studies (FEDISA) political society.[9][10][11] Following the death of dictator Francisco Franco, the regulations of the Cortes Españolas had been amended to allow legislators to group into parliamentary factions, one of whom—the Independent Parliamentary Group (GPI), which would later become the Independent Social Federation (FSI) party—being represented in the Council of Ministers through Rodolfo Martín Villa.[12]
On 7 April 1977, the National Movement and the FET y de las JONS party were officially disbanded,[13][14] and many cabinet members—who had gone their own separate ways to a number of political parties ahead of the 1977 general election—joined into the nascent Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD) electoral alliance under Suárez's leadership upon its formation in May 1977.[15][16][17]
Contents
Cabinet changes
Suárez's first government saw a number of cabinet changes during its tenure:
- On 23 September 1976, Fernando de Santiago was replaced as First Deputy Prime Minister by Manuel Gutiérrez Mellado.[18][19]
- Minister of the Navy Gabriel Pita da Veiga announced his resignation on 12 April 1977 over personal disagreements with the government's decision to legalize the Communist Party of Spain (PCE) on 9 April;[20][21] he was replaced by Admiral Pascual Pery on 15 April.[22][23]
- On 23 April 1977, Leopoldo Calvo-Sotelo resigned as Minister of Public Works in order to organize the newly-formed Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD) ahead of the 1977 Spanish general election.[24] Carlos Pérez de Bricio took on the ordinary duties of the affairs of the ministry until Calvo-Sotelo's successor, Luis Ortiz González, could take office on 11 May 1977.[25][26][27]
Council of Ministers
The Council of Ministers was structured into the offices for the prime minister, the two deputy prime ministers and 19 ministries, including one minister without portfolio.
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Does not include the Prime Minister.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Remained in the cabinet as an unaligned independent after UDPE merged into AP in October 1976.
- ↑ Following Fernando de Santiago's dismissal as First Deputy Prime Minister on 23 September 1976, the post was rebranded as the post of the First Deputy Prime Minister for Defence Affairs.
- ↑ On 7 April 1977, the Minister Secretary-General of the Movement was reorganized as the Minister Secretary of the Government.[13]
References
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Bibliography
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External links
- Governments. Juan Carlos I (20.11.1975 ...). CCHS-CSIC (in Spanish).
- Governments of Spain 1975–1977. Ministers of Carlos Arias Navarro and Adolfo Suárez. Historia Electoral.com (in Spanish).
- The governments of the Transition (1975–1977). Lluís Belenes i Rodríguez History Page (in Spanish).
- Biographies. Royal Academy of History (in Spanish).
Preceded by | Government of Spain 1976–1977 |
Succeeded by Suárez II |