Carlos Arias Navarro

Carlos Arias Navarro ( born December 11, 1908 in Madrid, † November 27, 1989 ) was a Spanish politician and 1973-1976 Prime Minister of Spain.

Since 1929, Arias Navarro worked as a lawyer in Málaga and Madrid in the Ministry of Justice. Politically right standing, he moved during the Spanish Civil War on the side of General Franco. From 1965 to 1973 was as a pragmatic management expert applicable Arias Navarro Mayor of Madrid. In June 1973 he was Minister of the Interior. After shortly after the Spanish Prime Minister Luis Carrero Blanco was assassinated one, he was appointed on December 29, 1973 as his successor. The swearing-in ceremony on January 2, 1974.

The Spanish public he is best known as the person remained in my memory, the death of General Franco in a choked by tears voice announced ( " Españoles, Franco ha muerto " ) in November 1975 on the radio. Earlier, Arias Navarro, following the request of Franco, entrusted with the powers of head of state, to the much deteriorated state of health of Franco, Juan Carlos I..

Arias Navarro tried to continue to implement its policies, where he was supported by the Franco family after the death of Franco. The new head of state Juan Carlos put him on 1 July 1976 from (or urged him strongly to resign ); Carlos had doubts whether with Arias of Spain's road to democracy was beschreitbar (see also Transition in Spain).

Arias Navarro candidate in the first democratic elections of the post- Franco era ( parliamentary elections on 15 June 1977 ) on the list of Alianza Popular by Manuel Fraga. Adolfo Suárez won the elections and remained until 1981, Prime Minister; Arias practiced the rest of his life not a major political office.

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• Prime Minister (Spain )
• Mayor (Spain )
• Politicians ( Community of Madrid )
• Of the Order of Infante Dom Henrique (Great Cross)
• Born in 1908
• Died in 1989
• Man