8th government of Francisco Franco | |
|---|---|
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| 1969–1973 | |
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| Date formed | 30 October 1969 |
| Date dissolved | 9 June 1973 |
| People and organisations | |
| Head of State | Francisco Franco |
| Prime Minister | Francisco Franco |
| Deputy Prime Minister | Luis Carrero Blanco |
| No. of ministers | 19[a] |
| Total no. of members | 20[a] |
| Member party | National Movement (Military, FET–JONS, Opus Dei, ACNP, nonpartisans) |
| Status in legislature | One-party state |
| History | |
| Legislature terms | 9th Cortes Españolas 10th Cortes Españolas |
| Budget | 1970–71, 1972, 1973 |
| Predecessor | Franco VII |
| Successor | Carrero Blanco |
The eighth[b] government of Francisco Franco was formed on 30 October 1969, after the latter had sacked 13 out of 18 of his ministers—in what was to become the largest cabinet reshuffle in the whole Francoist period—as a result of internal divisions between the various factions within the National Movement and the unveiling of the Matesa scandal earlier that year.[3][4] It succeeded the seventh Franco government and was the Government of Spain from 30 October 1969 to 9 June 1973, a total of 1,318 days, or 3 years, 7 months and 10 days.[5]
Franco's eighth cabinet was made up of members from the different factions or "families" within the National Movement: mainly the FET y de las JONS party—the only legal political party during the Francoist regime—the military, the Opus Dei and the National Catholic Association of Propagandists (ACNP), as well as a number of aligned-nonpartisan technocrats or figures from the civil service.[6][7] It would be the last government under the direct control of Franco, as he would give up the post of prime minister to his deputy Luis Carrero Blanco on 9 June 1973.[8]
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- ^ "Breve historia de los cambios de Gobierno desde 1938". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). 9 June 1973. Retrieved 27 August 2020.
- ^ "Historia de los gobiernos de Franco". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). 4 January 1974. Retrieved 27 August 2020.
- ^ Bustamante, José Manuel (19 January 2007). "¿Qué fue el 'caso Matesa'?". El Mundo (in Spanish). Madrid. Retrieved 27 August 2020.
- ^ Noceda, Miguel Ángel (18 July 2019). "El escándalo que erosionó al régimen franquista". El País (in Spanish). Madrid. Retrieved 27 August 2020.
- ^ "El Jefe del Estado procede a una amplia reorganización del Gobierno". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). 30 October 1969. Retrieved 27 August 2020.
- ^ "Ministros de Franco pertenecientes al Opus Dei". opusdei.org (in Spanish). 2 December 2009. Retrieved 21 August 2020.
- ^ "Los ministros de Franco que eran del Opus Dei". atreveteasaber.centroeu.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 August 2020.
- ^ "Franco nombra Presidente del Gobierno al almirante Carrero Blanco". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). 9 June 1973. Retrieved 27 August 2020.