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Adolfo Suárez

The Most Excellent
The Duke of Suárez
GE KOGF OCIII
Adolfo Suárez 1981 (cropped).jpg
Prime Minister of Spain
In office
3 July 1976 – 25 February 1981
Monarch Juan Carlos I
Deputy Manuel Gutiérrez Mellado
Preceded by Fernando de Santiago y Díaz
Succeeded by Leopoldo Calvo Sotelo
Minister-Secretary General of the Movimiento Nacional
In office
12 December 1975 – 6 July 1976
President Carlos Arias Navarro
Preceded by José Solís
Succeeded by Ignacio García López
Director-General of the Spanish Radio and Television Corporation
In office
14 May 1969 – 25 June 1973
Preceded by Jesús Aparicio-Bernal
Succeeded by Rafael Orbe
Civil Governor of the Province of Segovia
In office
31 May 1968 – 7 November 1969
Leader Francisco Franco
Preceded by Juan Murillo de Valdivia
Succeeded by Mariano Pérez-Hickman
Personal details
Born Adolfo Suárez González
(1932-09-25)25 September 1932
Cebreros, Spain
Died 23 March 2014(2014-03-23) (aged 81)
Madrid, Spain
Resting place Cathedral of Ávila
Nationality Spanish
Political party CDS
Other political
affiliations
FET y de las JONS
(1958–1977)
Union of the Democratic Centre
(1977-1982)
Democratic and Social Centre
(1982-1991)
Spouse(s) Amparo Illana Elórtegui (d. 2001)
Children María Amparo (1963–2004)
Adolfo (b. 1964)
Laura (b. 1966)
Sonsoles (b. 1967)
Francisco Javier (b. 1969)
Parents Hipólito Suárez Guerra
Herminia González Prados
Alma mater Salamanca University
Occupation Jurist
Religion Roman Catholicism
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Adolfo Suárez González, Duke of Suárez, Grandee of Spain KOGF OCIII (Spanish pronunciation: [aˈðolfo ˈswaɾeθ]; 25 September 1932 – 23 March 2014) was a Spanish attorney and politician. Suárez was Spain's first democratically elected Prime Minister since the Second Spanish Republic and a key figure in the country's transition to democracy after the dictatorship of Francisco Franco.

Adolfo Suárez was the eldest son of Hipólito Suárez Guerra and Herminia González Prados (Ávila, 1910 – 18 July 2006), and the brother of Hipólito, María del Carmen (who is married to Aurelio Delgado Martín), Ricardo and José María. He was born in Cebreros. He later studied law at Salamanca University.

Suárez held several government posts during the late Francoist regime. He became the Minister Secretary General of the National Movement (Movimiento Nacional), a body that served as the sole political party in Spain for 38 years, a period that extended beyond the death of Franco in November 1975. At a rally just a month before Franco's death, Suárez was queried by the aging Caudillo on the political future of Spain and told him frankly that the Movement would not likely long survive Franco and that democratization was inevitable. Suárez was appointed as the 138th Prime Minister of Spain by King Juan Carlos on 3 July 1976, a move opposed by leftists and some centrists given his Francoist history. As a nationalist, he 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 nation. Surprising many observers and political opponents, Suárez introduced Political Reform in 1976 as a first, decisive step in the transition to democracy (La Transición).


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