Spanish Admiral-General Prime Minister (1904–1973)
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Carrero and the second or maternal family name is Blanco.
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The Most Excellent Admiral-General
Luis Carrero Blanco
Prime Minister of Spain
In office 9 June – 20 December 1973
Leader
Francisco Franco
Deputy
Torcuato Fernández-Miranda
Preceded by
Francisco Franco
Succeeded by
Torcuato Fernández-Miranda (acting)
Deputy Prime Minister of Spain
In office 22 September 1967 – 9 June 1973
Leader
Francisco Franco
Preceded by
Agustín Muñoz Grandes
Succeeded by
Torcuato Fernández-Miranda
Undersecretary of the Presidency[a]
In office 5 May 1941 – 9 June 1973
Nominated by
Francisco Franco
Preceded by
Valentín Galarza Morante
Succeeded by
José María Gamazo
Member of the Cortes Españolas
In office 16 March 1943 – 24 March 1946
Nominated by
Francisco Franco
Personal details
Born
Luis Carrero Blanco
(1904-03-04)4 March 1904 Santoña, Restoration (Spain)
Died
20 December 1973(1973-12-20) (aged 69) Madrid, Francoist Spain
Manner of death
Assassination by explosive device
Resting place
Mingorrubio Cemetery, El Pardo, Madrid
Spouse
María del Carmen Lozana Abeo
(m. 1946)
Children
5
Signature
Military service
Allegiance
Spain (1918–1973)
Nationalist faction (1936–1939)
Branch/service
Spanish Navy
Years of service
1918–1973
Rank
Admiral[b]
Battles/wars
Rif War
Spanish Civil War
Admiral-General Luis Carrero Blanco (Spanish pronunciation:[ˈlwiskaˈreɾoˈβlaŋko]; 4 March 1904 – 20 December 1973) was a Spanish Navy officer and politician. A long-time confidant and right-hand man of dictator Francisco Franco, Carrero served as Spain's Premier.
Upon graduating from the naval academy Carrero Blanco participated in the Rif War, and later the Spanish Civil War, in which he supported the Rebel faction. He became one of the most prominent figures in the Francoist dictatorship's power structure and held throughout his career a number of high-ranking offices such as those of Undersecretary of the Presidency from 1941 to 1967 and Franco's deputy from 1967 to 1973. He also was the main drafter behind the 1947 Law of Succession to the Headship of the State. Franco handpicked him as his successor in the role of head of government, with Carrero thereby taking office in June 1973.
Shortly after he became prime minister, Carrero Blanco was assassinated in Madrid in a streetside bombing on 20 December 1973 by the Basque nationalist group Euskadi Ta Askatasuna (ETA) while he was returning from Mass in his car.[2][3]
^"Decreto de 19 de julio de 1951 por el que se nombra Ministro Subsecretario de la Presidencia del Gobierno a don Luis Carrero Blanco" (PDF). Boletín Oficial del Estado (in Spanish) (201). Agencia Estatal Boletín Oficial del Estado: 3448. 20 July 1951. ISSN 0212-033X.
^Woodworth, Paddy. "In 1973, I applauded an Eta killing. Not now". The Irish Times. Retrieved 12 November 2019.
^Aizpeolea, Luis R. (18 December 2013). "The day ETA struck a lethal blow to the Franco regime and his dictatorship". El País. ISSN 1134-6582. Retrieved 11 November 2019.
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