Government of Luis Carrero Blanco | |
|---|---|
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| 1973 | |
 | |
| Date formed | 12 June 1973 |
| Date dissolved | 31 December 1973 |
| People and organisations | |
| Head of State | Francisco Franco |
| Prime Minister | Luis Carrero Blanco (Jun–Dec 1973) Torcuato Fernández-Miranda (Dec 1973; acting) |
| Deputy Prime Minister | Torcuato Fernández-Miranda |
| No. of ministers | 19[a] |
| Total no. of members | 19[a] |
| Member party | National Movement (Military, FET–JONS, Opus Dei, nonpartisans) |
| Status in legislature | One-party state |
| History | |
| Legislature term | 10th Cortes Españolas |
| Budget | 1974 |
| Predecessor | Franco VIII |
| Successor | Arias Navarro I |
The government of Luis Carrero Blanco was formed on 12 June 1973, following his appointment and swearing-in as Prime Minister of Spain on 9 June by Head of State Francisco Franco, who for the first time since 1938 had chosen to detach the figure of the head of government from that he held of head of state.[1][2][3] It succeeded the eighth Franco government and was the Government of Spain from 12 June to 31 December 1973, a total of 202 days, or 6 months and 19 days.
Carrero Blanco's 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 and the Opus Dei, as well as a number of aligned-nonpartisan technocrats or figures from the civil service.[4][5] The government would be disestablished following the assassination of Luis Carrero Blanco in Madrid by the Basque separatist group ETA on 20 December 1973, only six months into his term, being temporarily replaced in acting capacity by his deputy Torcuato Fernández-Miranda until a Carlos Arias Navarro was chosen as new prime minister.[6][7] Under the regulations of the Organic Law of the State of 1967, all government ministers were automatically dismissed on 31 December upon the appointment of the new prime minister, but remained in acting capacity until the next government was sworn in.[8][9]
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- ^ "Franco nombra Presidente del Gobierno al almirante Carrero Blanco". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). 9 June 1973. Retrieved 27 August 2020.
- ^ "El almirante Carrero Blanco forma nuevo Gobierno". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). 12 June 1973. Retrieved 27 August 2020.
- ^ "Ley 14/1973, de 8 de junio, por la que se suspende la vinculación de la Presidencia del Gobierno a la Jefatura del Estado" (pdf). Boletín Oficial del Estado (in Spanish) (138). Agencia Estatal Boletín Oficial del Estado: 11686. 9 June 1973. ISSN 0212-033X.
- ^ "Diez de los miembros del nuevo Gobierno son abogados". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). 12 June 1973. Retrieved 27 August 2020.
- ^ "Ministros de Franco pertenecientes al Opus Dei". opusdei.org (in Spanish). 2 December 2009. Retrieved 21 August 2020.
- ^ "Duelo nacional por el vil asesinato del almirante Carrero Blanco". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). 21 December 1973. Retrieved 27 August 2020.
- ^ "Un franquista de camisa blanca". El País (in Spanish). 1 June 1977. Retrieved 27 August 2020.
- ^ "Cese automático del Gabinete del almirante Carrero". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). 30 December 1973. Retrieved 27 August 2020.
- ^ "Ley Orgánica del Estado, número 1/1967, de 10 de enero" (pdf). Boletín Oficial del Estado (in Spanish) (9). Agencia Estatal Boletín Oficial del Estado: 466–477. 11 January 1967. ISSN 0212-033X.