Leopoldo Calvo Sotelo
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| In office February 25, 1981 – December 2, 1982 |
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| Preceded by | Adolfo Suárez |
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| Succeeded by | Felipe Gonzalez |
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| Born | April 14, 1926 Madrid |
| Political party | UCD |
Leopoldo Calvo-Sotelo y Bustelo, Marquess of Ría de Ribadeo (Don Leopoldo Calvo-Sotelo y Bustelo, Marqués de la Ría de Ribadeo) (born April 14, 1926, Madrid) was a Spanish political figure and President of the Spanish government during Spain's period of transition after the end of Francisco Franco's regime.
He was president of RENFE (Spanish national company of railroads) in 1967–1968 and was solicitor in the Cortes in representation of the industrialists of the Union of Chemical Industries (1971). He was Minister of Commerce in the first government of the Monarchy (December 1975 – July 1976) and held various posts in the governments of Adolfo Suárez. After the resignation of Suárez, he was supposed to be appointed Prime Minister (Presidente del Gobierno) on February 23, 1981 in a session of the Congress of Deputies interrupted by an attempted coup (23-F). After the failed coup, he served as Prime minister until 1982. He was succeeded by the socialist Felipe González.
| Preceded by Adolfo Suárez |
Prime Minister of Spain 1981–1982 |
Succeeded by Felipe González |
| Prime Ministers of Spain since 1931 |
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 Second Republic: Niceto Alcalá-Zamora • Manuel Azaña • Alejandro Lerroux • Diego Martínez Barrio • Alejandro Lerroux • Ricardo Samper • Alejandro Lerroux • Joaquín Chapaprieta • Manuel Portela Valladares • Manuel Azaña • Augusto Barcía Trelles • Santiago Casares Quiroga • Diego Martínez Barrio • José Giral • Francisco Largo Caballero • Juan Negrín
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