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Adolfo Suárez González (born September 25, 1932) Spanish politician and statesman. Born in Cebreros, Ávila province, Suárez became Spain's first democratically elected President of the Government (i.e., Prime Minister) after the dictatorship of General Francisco Franco. He studied Law at the Complutense University in Madrid and held several government posts during the Francoist regime. July 5 is the 186th day of the year (187th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 179 days remaining. ...
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Carlos Arias Navarro ( Madrid 1908 - 1989) was one of the best known Spanish politicians during the dictatorship of General Franco. ...
Leopoldo Calvo Sotelo y Bustelo (Madrid, 1926 - ) was a Spanish political figure during Spains period of transition after the end of Francisco Francos regime. ...
September 25 is the 268th day of the year (269th in leap years). ...
1932 is a leap year starting on a Friday. ...
Ávila province Ávila is a province of western Spain, in the southern part of the autonomous community of Castile and León. ...
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September 25 is the 268th day of the year (269th in leap years). ...
1932 is a leap year starting on a Friday. ...
Ávila province Ávila is a province of western Spain, in the southern part of the autonomous community of Castile and León. ...
The President of the Government (Spanish: Presidente del Gobierno), or Prime Minister, of Spain is the Spanish head of government. ...
Francisco Franco, late in life Francisco Paulino Hermenegildo Teódulo Franco y Bahamonde Salgado Pardo de Andrade (December 4, 1892 - November 20, 1975), abbreviated Francisco Franco Bahamonde and sometimes known as Generalísimo Francisco Franco, was dictator of Spain from 1939 until his death in 1975. ...
The Complutense University of Madrid, in Spanish Universidad Complutense de Madrid, is an important Spanish university, located in Madrid. ...
Coat of arms The Plaza de España square Madrid, the capital of Spain, is located in the center of the country at 40°25′ N 3°45′ W. Population of the city of Madrid proper was 3,093,000 (Madrilenes, madrileños) as of 2003 estimates. ...
He became the Secretary-general of the National Movement (Movimiento Nacional), that acted as the single party, for 18 years and following the death of Franco in late 1975. For this reason, centrist and leftist supporters opposed his appointment as President of the Government by King Juan Carlos I in July 1976. Suárez, as a nationalist, was chosen by the monarch to lead the country towards a democratic, parliamentary monarchy without annoying the powerful conservative factions (especially the military) in the country. Surprising many observers and political opponents, Suárez introduced Political Reform in 1976 as a first, decisive step in the Transition (Transición) to democracy. Falange was a totalitarian clerical fascist political organization founded by José Antonio Primo de Rivera in 1933 in opposition to the Second Spanish Republic. ...
1975 was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1975 calendar). ...
King Juan Carlos I His Majesty King Juan Carlos I (Juan Carlos Alfonso Víctor María de Borbón y Borbón), styled HM The King (born January 5, 1938), is the reigning King of Spain. ...
July is the seventh month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days. ...
1976 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ...
Nationalism is an ideology that creates and sustains a nation as a concept of a common identity for groups of humans. ...
For related meanings see also Monarch (disambiguation) A monarchy, (from the Greek monos, one, and archein, to rule) is a form of government that has a monarch as Head of State. ...
In 1977 he led the Democratic Centre Union (Unión de Centro Democrático, UCD) to victory in Spain's first free elections in 41 years, and became the first democratically elected Prime Minister after the Franco regime. Adolfo Suarez decorating a political poster 15th of June, 1977 The Democratic Center Union (Spanish: Unión de Centro Democrático, UCD) was a political coalition formed by several groups of conservatives, democristians, liberals and social democrats in Spain in 1977. ...
Francisco Franco, late in life Francisco Paulino Hermenegildo Teódulo Franco y Bahamonde Salgado Pardo de Andrade (December 4, 1892 - November 20, 1975), abbreviated Francisco Franco Bahamonde and sometimes known as Generalísimo Francisco Franco, was dictator of Spain from 1939 until his death in 1975. ...
His centrist government instituted democratic reforms, and his coalition again won the 1979 elections under the new constitution. Less successful as a day-to-day organizer than as a crisis manager, he was replaced as premier in 1981. In 1982 he founded Democratic and Social Center (Centro Democrático y Social, CDS) party, which never achieved the success of UCD. He retired from active politics in 1991, for political party and family reasons. In politics, centrism usually refers to the political ideal of promoting moderate policies which land in the middle ground between different political extremes. ...
Suárez won the "Príncipe de Asturias a la Concordia" award in September 1996, in recognition of his important personal contribution to Spanish democracy. The King of Spain made him Duke of Ávila. The Prince of Asturias Awards (in Spanish: Premios Príncipe de Asturias) is a series of annual prizes given in Spain by the Fundación Príncipe de Asturias to individuals from around the world who make notable achievements in the sciences, humanities, or public affairs. ...
The term duke is a title of nobility which refers to the sovereign male ruler of a Continental European duchy, to a nobleman of the highest grade of the British peerage, or to the highest rank of nobility in various other European countries, including Spain and France (in Italy, principe...
Family Both his wife, Amparo Illana Elórtegui, and elder daughter, Marian Suárez Illana, suffered and died from cancers (in 2001 and 2004, respectively). Another daughter, Sonsoles Suárez Illana, became a TV news anchor for Antena 3. Son Adolfo Suárez Illana was chosen by José María Aznar as the People's Party (PP) candidate for the post of president of the Autonomous Community of Castilla-La Mancha, but lost against incumbent José Bono, of the Partido Socialista Obrero Español (PSOE). Suárez has two more siblings, Laura and Javier. When normal cells are damaged or old they undergo apoptosis; cancer cells, however, avoid apoptosis. ...
2001 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
A news anchor (US and CA) or newsreader (UK, AU and SL) (occasionally newscaster) is a person that works in television or radio that hosts a regular news program or provides occasional on air news updates. ...
Antena 3 Televisión is a Spanish television station. ...
José María Aznar López (born February 25, 1953) was President of Spain (styled Presidente del Gobierno from May 5, 1996 to April 17, 2004. ...
From the left: Mariano Rajoy, Josep Piqué and José María Aznar during the proclamation act of Josep Piqué in September 2003 The Peoples Party (Spanish: Partido Popular) is a large liberal-conservative political party in Spain. ...
Spains fifty provinces (provincias) are grouped into seventeen autonomous communities (comunidades aut nomas), in addition to two African autonomous cities (ciudades aut nomas) (Ceuta and Melilla). ...
Categories: Castile-La Mancha | Autonomous communities of Spain ...
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The Spanish Socialist Workers Party (Partido Socialista Obrero Español or PSOE) is one of the main parties of Spain. ...
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