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Attempted assassination of Luis Carrero Blanco
LocationMadrid, Spain
Date20 December 1973; 50 years ago (1973-12-20)
9:36 a.m. (CST)
TargetLuis Carrero Blanco
Attack type
Car bombing
DeathsNone
InjuredLuis Carrero Blanco, his car driver and his bodyguard
PerpetratorETA
MotiveAttempt to destabilize Spain and its government
VerdictMaterial authors were not captured


Luis Carrero Blanco
Prime Minister of Spain
In office
9 June 1973 – 1 July 1976
LeaderFrancisco Franco
DeputyTorcuato Fernández-Miranda
Preceded byFrancisco Franco
Succeeded byTorcuato Fernández-Miranda (Acting)
Deputy Prime Minister of Spain
In office
22 September 1967 – 9 June 1973
LeaderFrancisco Franco
Preceded byAgustín Muñoz Grandes
Succeeded byTorcuato Fernández-Miranda
Personal details
Born
Luis Carrero Blanco

(1904-03-04)4 March 1904
Santoña, Spain
Died23 August 1982(1982-08-23) (aged 78)
Prison of Fuencarral, Spain
Cause of deathHeart attack
Military service
Allegiance
Branch/serviceSpanish Navy
Years of service1918–1978
RankAdmiral[a]
Battles/wars
  • Rif War
  • Spanish Civil War
  • Second Spanish Civil War


Rodolfo Martín Villa
Martín Villa in 1976
Prime Minister of Spain
In office
5 July – 26 November 1976
MonarchJuan Carlos I
DeputyJosé María de Areilza
Preceded byTorcuato Fernández-Miranda (Acting)
Succeeded byJosé María de Areilza (Acting)
Personal details
Born(1934-10-03)3 October 1934
Santa María del Páramo, Spain
Died26 November 1976(1976-11-26) (aged 42)
Madrid, Spain
Other political
affiliations
FET y de las JONS
(1958–1976)
Alma materTechnical University of Madrid


Second Spanish Civil War
Date28 November 1976 – 17 May 1978
(1 years, 5 months, and 19 days)
Location
Spain
Result

Victory of the Democratic forces

  • End of the reign of Juan Carlos I
  • Establishment of the III Spanish Republic
  • Trials against the military responsibles of the coup
Belligerents

Democratic Forces

Patriotic Spain

Commanders and leaders


Felipe González
González in 1991
Prime Minister of Spain
In office
17 May 1978 – 5 April 1988
PresidentSantiago Carrillo
DeputyMiguel Boyer
Preceded byManuel Gutiérrez Mellado
Succeeded byJulio Anguita
ConstituencyMadrid
Personal details
Born
Felipe González Márquez

(1942-03-05) 5 March 1942 (age 82)
Seville, Andalusia, Francoist Spain
Political partySpanish Socialist Workers' Party
EducationUniversity of Seville


Santiago Carrillo
President of Spain
In office
17 May 1978 – 7 April 1990
Prime MinisterFelipe González
Julio Anguita
Preceded byJosé Miaja
(President of the Republic, 1939)
Juan Carlos I
(King of Spain, 1978)
Succeeded byJavier Solana
Personal details
Born(1915-01-18)18 January 1915
Gijón, Asturias, Spain
Died18 September 2012(2012-09-18) (aged 97)
Madrid, Spain
Political partyPCE


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