Leopoldo Calvo-Sotelo

The Marquess of Ría de Ribadeo
Prime Minister of Spain
In office
26 February 1981 – 2 December 1982
MonarchJuan Carlos I
DeputyRodolfo Martín Villa
Juan Antonio García Díez
Preceded byAdolfo Suárez
Succeeded byFelipe González
Second Deputy Prime Minister of Spain
In office
9 September 1980 – 25 February 1981
Prime MinisterAdolfo Suárez
Preceded byFernando Abril Martorell
Succeeded byJuan Antonio García Díez
Minister of Economy
In office
9 September 1980 – 25 February 1981
Prime MinisterAdolfo Suárez
Preceded byFernando Abril Martorell
Succeeded byJosé Luis Leal Maldonado
Minister for Relations with the European Communities
In office
25 February 1978 – 9 September 1980
Prime MinisterAdolfo Suárez
Preceded byOffice created
Succeeded byEduard Punset
Minister of Public Works
In office
4 July 1976 – April 1977
Prime MinisterAdolfo Suárez
Preceded byAntonio Valdés
Succeeded byLuis Ortiz González
Minister of Trade
In office
13 December 1975 – 6 July 1976
Prime MinisterCarlos Arias Navarro
Preceded byJosé Luis Cerón Ayuso
Succeeded byJosé Lladó
Member of the Congress of Deputies
In office
22 July 1977 – 31 August 1982
ConstituencyMadrid
In office
28 July 1983 – 23 April 1986
ConstituencyMadrid
Personal details
Born
Leopoldo Ramón Pedro Calvo-Sotelo y Bustelo

(1926-04-14)14 April 1926
Madrid, Spain
Died3 May 2008(2008-05-03) (aged 82)
Pozuelo de Alarcón, Spain
Resting placeRibadeo Cemetery, Galicia, Spain
Political partyUnion of the Democratic Centre (1977–1983)
SpouseMaría del Pilar Ibáñez-Martín Mellado
Children8
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Leopoldo Ramón Pedro Calvo-Sotelo y Bustelo, 1st Marquess of Ría de Ribadeo (Spanish pronunciation: [leoˈpoldo ˈkalβosoˈteloj βusˈtelo]; 14 April 1926 – 3 May 2008), usually known as Leopoldo Calvo-Sotelo, was Prime Minister of Spain between 1981 and 1982.