Attempted assassination of Luis Carrero Blanco | |
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Location | Madrid, Spain |
Date | 20 December 1973 9:36 a.m. (CST) |
Target | Luis Carrero Blanco |
Attack type | Car bombing |
Deaths | None |
Injured | Luis Carrero Blanco, his car driver and his bodyguard |
Perpetrator | ETA |
Motive | Attempt to destabilize Spain and its government |
Verdict | Material authors were not captured |
Luis Carrero Blanco | |
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Prime Minister of Spain | |
In office 9 June 1973 – 1 July 1976 | |
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 |
Personal details | |
Born | Luis Carrero Blanco 4 March 1904 Santoña, Spain |
Died | 23 August 1982 Prison of Fuencarral, Spain | (aged 78)
Cause of death | Heart attack |
Military service | |
Allegiance |
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Branch/service | Spanish Navy |
Years of service | 1918–1978 |
Rank | Admiral[a] |
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Rodolfo Martín Villa | |
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Prime Minister of Spain | |
In office 5 July – 26 November 1976 | |
Monarch | Juan Carlos I |
Deputy | José María de Areilza |
Preceded by | Torcuato Fernández-Miranda (Acting) |
Succeeded by | José María de Areilza (Acting) |
Personal details | |
Born | Santa María del Páramo, Spain | 3 October 1934
Died | 26 November 1976 Madrid, Spain | (aged 42)
Other political affiliations | FET y de las JONS (1958–1976) |
Alma mater | Technical University of Madrid |
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Felipe González | |
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Prime Minister of Spain | |
In office 17 May 1978 – 5 April 1988 | |
President | Santiago Carrillo |
Deputy | Miguel Boyer |
Preceded by | Manuel Gutiérrez Mellado |
Succeeded by | Julio Anguita |
Constituency | Madrid |
Personal details | |
Born | Felipe González Márquez 5 March 1942 Seville, Andalusia, Francoist Spain |
Political party | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party |
Education | University of Seville |
Santiago Carrillo | |
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President of Spain | |
In office 17 May 1978 – 7 April 1990 | |
Prime Minister | Felipe González Julio Anguita |
Preceded by | José Miaja (President of the Republic, 1939) Juan Carlos I (King of Spain, 1978) |
Succeeded by | Javier Solana |
Personal details | |
Born | Gijón, Asturias, Spain | 18 January 1915
Died | 18 September 2012 Madrid, Spain | (aged 97)
Political party | PCE |
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