First government of Adolfo Suárez explained

Cabinet Name:1st government of Adolfo Suárez
Cabinet Type:Government
Jurisdiction:Spain
Flag:Flag of Spain (1945–1977).svg
Flag Border:true
Incumbent:1976–1977
Date Formed:8 July 1976
Date Dissolved:5 July 1977
Government Head:Adolfo Suárez
Government Head Title:Prime Minister
Deputy Government Head:Fernando de Santiago1st, Alfonso Osorio2nd (1976)
Manuel Gutiérrez Mellado1st, Alfonso Osorio2nd (1976–1977)
Deputy Government Head Title:Deputy Prime Ministers
State Head:Juan Carlos I
Members Number:19
Total Number:22
Political Party: National Movement (Legal associations, military, nonpartisans) (1976–1977)
UCD (1977)
Legislature Status:One-party state
Legislature Term:10th Cortes Españolas
Budget:1977
Previous: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 days, or .[4] [5]

Suárez's first cabinet comprised members from the National Movement (with the notable absences of FET y de las JONS and the Opus Dei),[6] but also by members of the reformist 'Tácito' group,[7] [8] a number of political associations that could not yet be legalized as parties—such as the Spanish People's Union (UDPE) and the Spanish Democratic Union (UDE)—and the Federation of Independent Studies (FEDISA) political society.[9] [10] [11] Following the death of dictator Francisco Franco, the regulations of the Cortes Españolas had been amended to allow legislators to group into 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:

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.

Suárez I Government
(8 July 1976 – 5 July 1977)
PortfolioNameFactionTook officeLeft office
Prime MinisterAdolfo SuárezUDPE/Indep.5 July 197617 June 1977[28]
First Deputy Prime Minister
Minister without portfolio
Fernando de SantiagoMilitary8 July 197623 September 1976[29]
[30]
Second Deputy Prime Minister
Minister of the Presidency
Alfonso OsorioUDE8 July 19765 July 1977
Minister of Foreign AffairsMarcelino OrejaTácito8 July 19765 July 1977
Minister of JusticeLandelino LavillaTácito8 July 19765 July 1977
Minister of the ArmyFélix Álvarez-ArenasMilitary8 July 19765 July 1977
Minister of the NavyGabriel Pita da VeigaMilitary8 July 197615 April 1977
Minister of FinanceEduardo CarrilesUDE8 July 19765 July 1977
Minister of GovernanceRodolfo Martín VillaGPI8 July 19765 July 1977
Minister of Public WorksLeopoldo Calvo-SoteloFEDISA8 July 197623 April 1977
Minister of Education and ScienceAurelio MenéndezNonpartisan8 July 19765 July 1977
Minister of LabourÁlvaro RengifoNonpartisan8 July 19765 July 1977
Minister of IndustryCarlos Pérez de BricioFEDISA8 July 19765 July 1977
Minister of the AirCarlos Franco IribarnegarayMilitary8 July 19765 July 1977
Minister of AgricultureFernando Abril MartorellUDPE/Indep.8 July 19765 July 1977
Minister Secretary-General of the MovementIgnacio García LópezUDPE/Indep.8 July 19767 April 1977
Minister of TradeJosé LladóUDPE/Indep.8 July 19765 July 1977
Minister of Information and TourismAndrés RegueraUDE8 July 19765 July 1977
Minister of HousingFrancisco Lozano VicenteNonpartisan8 July 19765 July 1977
Minister for Trade Union RelationsEnrique de la MataUDE8 July 19765 July 1977

Changes September 1976

PortfolioNameFactionTook officeLeft office
First Deputy Prime Minister for Defence Affairs
Minister without portfolio
Manuel Gutiérrez MelladoMilitary23 September 19765 July 1977[31]

Changes April 1977

PortfolioNameFactionTook officeLeft office
Minister of the NavyPascual PeryMilitary15 April 19775 July 1977[32]
Minister of Public Works
Luis Ortiz GonzálezIndependent11 May 19775 July 1977[33]
Minister Secretary of the GovernmentIgnacio García LópezIndependent7 April 19775 July 1977

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Notes and References

  1. News: 4 July 1976. Adolfo Suárez, nuevo presidente del Gobierno. es. El País. 6 January 2020.
  2. News: 4 July 1976. Puede ser presidente durante cinco años. es. El País. 6 January 2020.
  3. News: 6 July 1976. El presidente jura su cargo ante el Rey. es. El País. 6 January 2020.
  4. News: 7 July 1976. Hoy podrá Adolfo Suárez formar Gobierno. es. El País. 6 January 2020.
  5. News: 30 January 1981. Los Gobiernos de Suárez. es. El País. 5 January 2020.
  6. News: González Yuste. Juan. 9 July 1976. Un Gabinete que se aleja del antiguo régimen. es. El País. Washington. 23 August 2020.
  7. News: 31 August 1976. Cinco ministros apoyan la creación de un nuevo partido demócrata-cristiano. es. El País. 6 January 2020.
  8. News: 3 March 2002. Los "tácitos", un producto de la transición. es. ABC. 23 August 2020.
  9. News: 8 July 1976. Filiación política del nuevo gobierno. es. La Vanguardia. 23 August 2020.
  10. News: 8 July 1976. Nuevo Gobierno: los propagadistas, al poder. es. El País. 6 January 2020.
  11. News: De la Cuadra. Bonifacio. 11 July 1976. El Gobierno Suárez, ante la primera prueba sobre su credibilidad democrática. es. El País. 6 January 2020.
  12. Giménez Martínez. Miguel Ángel. 2018. Los reformistas del franquismo en las Cortes: el Grupo Parlamentario Independiente. es. Revista de Estudios Políticos. 179. 0048-7694. 199–230. 10.18042/cepc/rep.179.07. 23 August 2020. free. 10486/685279. free.
  13. Agencia Estatal Boletín Oficial del Estado. Boletín Oficial del Estado. 83. 7 April 1977. es. Real Decreto-ley 23/1977, de 1 de abril, sobre reestructuración de los órganos dependientes del Consejo Nacional y nuevo régimen jurídico de las Asociaciones, funcionarios y patrimonio del Movimiento. 0212-033X. 7768–7770.
  14. News: 10 April 1977. El yugo y las flechas de Alcalá 44, desmontados. es. El País. 6 January 2020.
  15. News: 4 May 1977. El presidente del Gobierno candidato por la Unión del Centro. es. El País. 6 January 2020.
  16. News: Merino. Julio. 20 April 2020. La historia de UCD a través de Landelino Lavilla, uno de los hombres clave de la Transición. es. El Cierre Digital. 23 August 2020.
  17. Web site: 3. Partidos políticos que integraron "Unión de Centro Democrático". es. Ministry of the Interior. 23 August 2020.
  18. News: 23 September 1976. Un militar liberal, como segundo del presidente. es. El País. 6 January 2020.
  19. News: 24 September 1976. Gutiérrez Mellado juró su cargo ante el Rey. es. El País. 6 January 2020.
  20. News: 13 April 1977. Pita da Veiga no estaba conforme con la legalización del Partido Comunista. es. El País. 6 January 2020.
  21. News: 13 April 1977. El ministro actual que más tiempo ha pemanecido en el cargo. es. El País. 6 January 2020.
  22. News: 15 April 1977. Nadie anticipó el nombre del almirante Pascual Pery como nuevo ministro de Marina. es. El País. 6 January 2020.
  23. News: 17 April 1977. Posible reajuste del Gabinete Suárez. es. El País. 6 January 2020.
  24. News: 24 April 1977. Dimite el ministro de Obras Públicas. es. El País. 6 January 2020.
  25. News: 30 April 1977. Luis Ortiz, posible ministro de Obras Públicas. es. El País. 6 January 2020.
  26. News: 10 May 1977. Luiz Ortiz, nuevo ministro de Obras Públicas. es. El País. 6 January 2020.
  27. News: 12 May 1977. El ministro de Obras Públicas juró su cargo en la Zarzuela. es. El País. 6 January 2020.
  28. Agencia Estatal Boletín Oficial del Estado. Boletín Oficial del Estado. 160. 5 July 1976. es. Real Decreto 1561/1976, de 3 de julio, por el que se designa Presidente del Gobierno a don Adolfo Suárez González. 0212-033X. 13129.
  29. Agencia Estatal Boletín Oficial del Estado. Boletín Oficial del Estado. 163. 8 July 1976. es. Real Decreto 1606/1976, de 7 de julio, por el que se nombran Vicepresidentes del Gobierno a don Fernando de Santiago y Díaz de Mendívil y don Alfonso Osorio García. 0212-033X. 13385.
  30. Agencia Estatal Boletín Oficial del Estado. Boletín Oficial del Estado. 163. 8 July 1976. es. Real Decreto 1607/1976, de 7 de julio, por el que que se nombran los Ministros del Gobierno. 0212-033X. 13385.
  31. Agencia Estatal Boletín Oficial del Estado. Boletín Oficial del Estado. 229. 23 September 1976. es. Real Decreto 2217/1976, de 22 de septiembre, por el que se nombra Ministro sin cartera y Vicepresidente primero del Gobierno para Asuntos de la Defensa a don Manuel Gutiérrez Mellado. 0212-033X. 18586.
  32. Agencia Estatal Boletín Oficial del Estado. Boletín Oficial del Estado. 80. 15 April 1977. es. Real Decreto 655/1977, de 14 de abril, por el que se nombra Ministro de Marina a don Pascual Pery Junquera. 0212-033X. 8219.
  33. Agencia Estatal Boletín Oficial del Estado. Boletín Oficial del Estado. 112. 11 May 1977. es. Real Decreto 1019/1977, de 10 de mayo, por el que se nombra Ministro de Obras Públicas a don Luis Ortiz González. 0212-033X. 10348.