First government of Adolfo Suárez
1st government of Adolfo Suárez | |
|---|---|
| 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 362 days, or 11 months and 27 days.[4][5]
Suárez's first cabinet comprised members from the
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]
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
- ^ a b Does not include the Prime Minister.
- ^ a b c d 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
- ^ "Adolfo Suárez, nuevo presidente del Gobierno". El País (in Spanish). 4 July 1976. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
- ^ "Puede ser presidente durante cinco años". El País (in Spanish). 4 July 1976. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
- ^ "El presidente jura su cargo ante el Rey". El País (in Spanish). 6 July 1976. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
- ^ "Hoy podrá Adolfo Suárez formar Gobierno". El País (in Spanish). 7 July 1976. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
- ^ "Los Gobiernos de Suárez". El País (in Spanish). 30 January 1981. Retrieved 5 January 2020.
- ^ González Yuste, Juan (9 July 1976). "Un Gabinete que se aleja del antiguo régimen". El País (in Spanish). Washington. Retrieved 23 August 2020.
- ^ "Cinco ministros apoyan la creación de un nuevo partido demócrata-cristiano". El País (in Spanish). 31 August 1976. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
- ^ "Los "tácitos", un producto de la transición". ABC (in Spanish). 3 March 2002. Retrieved 23 August 2020.
- ^ "Filiación política del nuevo gobierno". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). 8 July 1976. Retrieved 23 August 2020.
- ^ "Nuevo Gobierno: los propagadistas, al poder". El País (in Spanish). 8 July 1976. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
- ^ De la Cuadra, Bonifacio (11 July 1976). "El Gobierno Suárez, ante la primera prueba sobre su credibilidad democrática". El País (in Spanish). Retrieved 6 January 2020.
- ISSN 0048-7694. Retrieved 23 August 2020.
- ^ ISSN 0212-033X.
- ^ "El yugo y las flechas de Alcalá 44, desmontados". El País (in Spanish). 10 April 1977. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
- ^ "El presidente del Gobierno candidato por la Unión del Centro". El País (in Spanish). 4 May 1977. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
- ^ Merino, Julio (20 April 2020). "La historia de UCD a través de Landelino Lavilla, uno de los hombres clave de la Transición". El Cierre Digital (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 August 2020.
- ^ "3. Partidos políticos que integraron "Unión de Centro Democrático"". Ministry of the Interior (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 August 2020.
- ^ "Un militar liberal, como segundo del presidente". El País (in Spanish). 23 September 1976. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
- ^ "Gutiérrez Mellado juró su cargo ante el Rey". El País (in Spanish). 24 September 1976. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
- ^ "Pita da Veiga no estaba conforme con la legalización del Partido Comunista". El País (in Spanish). 13 April 1977. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
- ^ "El ministro actual que más tiempo ha pemanecido en el cargo". El País (in Spanish). 13 April 1977. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
- ^ "Nadie anticipó el nombre del almirante Pascual Pery como nuevo ministro de Marina". El País (in Spanish). 15 April 1977. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
- ^ "Posible reajuste del Gabinete Suárez". El País (in Spanish). 17 April 1977. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
- ^ "Dimite el ministro de Obras Públicas". El País (in Spanish). 24 April 1977. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
- ^ "Luis Ortiz, posible ministro de Obras Públicas". El País (in Spanish). 30 April 1977. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
- ^ "Luiz Ortiz, nuevo ministro de Obras Públicas". El País (in Spanish). 10 May 1977. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
- ^ "El ministro de Obras Públicas juró su cargo en la Zarzuela". El País (in Spanish). 12 May 1977. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
- ISSN 0212-033X.
- ^ ISSN 0212-033X.
- ^ ISSN 0212-033X.
- ISSN 0212-033X.
- ISSN 0212-033X.
- ISSN 0212-033X.
- ISSN 0212-033X.
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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).
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