María Teresa Fernández de la Vega Sanz born 15 June 1949 is a Spanish politician and magistrate of the Socialist Party. She currently serves as President of the Spanish Council of State since 2018. From 18 April 2004 to 20 October 2010, she was the first deputy prime minister, minister of the Presidency and cabinet
Francisco Franco Bahamonde /ˈfræŋkoʊ/, Spanish: ; 4 December 1892 – 20 November 1975 was a Spanish general who led the Nationalist forces in overthrowing the Second Spanish Republic during the Spanish Civil War and thereafter ruled over Spain from 1939 to 1975 (36 years) as a dictator, assuming the title Caudillo. This period in Spanish history, from the
José Buenaventura Durruti Dumange 14 July 1896 – 20 November 1936 was a Spanish insurrectionary, anarcho-syndicalist militant involved with the CNT, FAI and other anarchist organisations during the period leading up to and including the Spanish Civil War. Durruti played an influential role during the Spanish Revolution and is remembered as a hero in the
Santiago José Carrillo Solares 18 January 1915 – 18 September 2012 was a Spanish politician who served as General Secretary of the Communist Party of Spain (PCE) from 1960 to 1982. His role in the Paracuellos massacres during the Civil War was particularly controversial. He was exiled during the dictatorship of Francisco Franco, becoming a
Leopoldo Ramón Pedro Calvo-Sotelo y Bustelo, 1st Marquess of Ría de Ribadeo Spanish pronunciation: ; 14 April 1926 – 3 May 2008, usually known as Leopoldo Calvo-Sotelo, was Prime Minister of Spain between 1981 and 1982. Contents 1Early life and career 2Political career 3President of the Government of Spain 4Later years 5Personal life 6General references 7References 8External
Josep Borrell Fontelles Catalan: ; born 24 April 1947 is a Spanish politician, current High Representative of the European Union since 1 December 2019. A member of the Spanish Socialist Workers’ Party (PSOE), he served as Minister of Foreign Affairs, European Union and Cooperation of the Government of Spain from 2018 to 2019, having previously served
José María Alfredo Aznar López Spanish pronunciation: born 25 February 1953 is a Spanish politician who was the Prime Minister of Spain from 1996 to 2004. He led the People’s Party (PP), the dominant centre-right political party in the country at the time. A member of the Frente de Estudiantes Sindicalistas, a student organization in which
Manuel Azaña Díaz Spanish pronunciation: ; 10 January 1880 – 3 November 1940 was a Spanish politician who served as Prime Minister of the Second Spanish Republic (1931–1933 and 1936), organizer of the Popular Front in 1935 and the last President of the Republic (1936–1939). He was the most prominent leader of the losing Republican cause
Fernando de los Ríos Urruti 8 December 1879 – 31 May 1949 was a Spanish professor of Political Law and Socialist politician who was in turn Minister of Justice, Minister of Education and Foreign Minister between 1931 and 1933 in the early years of the Second Spanish Republic. During the Spanish Civil War (1936–39) he
Antonio Cánovas del Castillo 8 February 1828 – 8 August 1897 was a Spanish politician and historian known principally for serving six terms as Prime Minister and his overarching role as “architect” of the regime that ensued with the 1874 restoration of the Bourbon monarchy. He died in office at the hands of an anarchist,