Leopoldo Calvo Sotelo

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Leopoldo Calvo Sotelo

Prime Minister of the Spanish government

Tenure February 25, 1981 - December 2, 1982
Preceded by Adolfo Suárez
Succeeded by Felipe Gonzalez
Date of birth April 14, 1926
Place of birth Madrid
Party Union del Centro Democratico (UCD)

Leopoldo Calvo Sotelo y Bustelo (born in 1926, Madrid) was a Spanish political figure and Prime Minister 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 1967-68 and was solicitor in the Cortes in representation of the industralists 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.


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Preceded by:
Adolfo Suárez
Prime Minister of Spain
1981-1982
Followed by:
Felipe González
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