Adolfo Suárez
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The Most Excellent The Duke of Suárez GE KOGF OCIII |
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| Prime Minister of Spain | |
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In office 3 July 1976 – 25 February 1981 |
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| 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 | |
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In office 12 December 1975 – 6 July 1976 |
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| President | Carlos Arias Navarro |
| Preceded by | José Solís |
| Succeeded by | Ignacio García López |
| Director-General of the Spanish Radio and Television Corporation | |
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In office 14 May 1969 – 25 June 1973 |
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| Preceded by | Jesús Aparicio-Bernal |
| Succeeded by | Rafael Orbe |
| Civil Governor of the Province of Segovia | |
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In office 31 May 1968 – 7 November 1969 |
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| Leader | Francisco Franco |
| Preceded by | Juan Murillo de Valdivia |
| Succeeded by | Mariano Pérez-Hickman |
| Personal details | |
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Adolfo Suárez González 25 September 1932 Cebreros, Spain |
| Died | 23 March 2014 (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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