Fernando de Santiago | |
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| Prime Minister of Spain | |
Acting | |
| In office 1 July 1976 – 5 July 1976 | |
| Monarch | Juan Carlos I |
| Deputy | Juan-Miguel Villar Mir |
| Preceded by | Carlos Arias Navarro |
| Succeeded by | Adolfo Suárez |
| Governor-General of the Spanish Sahara | |
| In office 4 March 1971 – 24 April 1974 | |
| Preceded by | José María Pérez de Lerma |
| Succeeded by | Federico Gómez de Salazar |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Fernando de Santiago y Díaz de Mendívil 23 July 1910 Madrid, Spain |
| Died | 6 November 1994 (aged 84) Madrid, Spain |
| Political party | Falange (1936–1980) Movimiento Nacional |
| Spouse | María Ignacia Morales de Los Ríos y Palacio |
| Children | 5 |
| Military service | |
| Branch/service | Army |
| Rank | Lieutenant general |
| Commands | Superior Polytechnic Army College |
Fernando de Santiago y Díaz de Mendívil (23 July 1910 – 6 November 1994) was a conservative politician who served as deputy prime minister of Spain and briefly as acting prime minister during the Spanish transition to democracy in the late 1970s. He had earlier been a general in the Spanish Civil War and under the dictatorship of Francisco Franco.