The government of Luis Carrero Blanco was formed on 12 June 1973, following his appointment and swearing-in as prime minister of Spain on 9 June by Head of State Francisco Franco, who for the first time since 1938 had chosen to detach the figure of the head of government from that he held of head of state. It succeeded the eighth Franco government and was the government of Spain from 12 June 1973 to 4 January 1974, a total of days, or .
Carrero Blanco's cabinet was made up of members from the different factions or "families" within the National Movement: mainly the FET y de las JONS party—the only legal political party during the Francoist regime—the military and the Opus Dei, as well as a number of aligned-nonpartisan technocrats or figures from the civil service. The government would be disestablished following the assassination of Luis Carrero Blanco in Madrid by the Basque separatist group ETA on 20 December 1973, only six months into his term, being temporarily replaced in acting capacity by his deputy Torcuato Fernández-Miranda until a Carlos Arias Navarro was chosen as new prime minister. Under the regulations of the Organic Law of the State of 1967, all government ministers were automatically dismissed on 31 December upon the appointment of the new prime minister, but remained in acting capacity until the next government was sworn in.
Council of Ministers The Council of Ministers was structured into the offices for the prime minister, the deputy prime minister and 19 ministries.
← Carrero Blanco Government →(12 June 1973 – 4 January 1974) Portfolio Name Party Took office Left office Prime Minister Luis Carrero Blanco Military 9 June 1973 20 December 1973† Deputy Prime MinisterMinister Secretary-General of the Movement Torcuato Fernández-Miranda FET–JONS 12 June 1973 4 January 1974 Minister of Foreign Affairs Laureano López Rodó Opus Dei 12 June 1973 4 January 1974 Minister of Justice Francisco Ruiz-Jarabo FET–JONS 12 June 1973 4 January 1974 Minister of the Army Francisco Coloma Gallegos Military 12 June 1973 4 January 1974 Minister of the Navy Gabriel Pita da Veiga Military 12 June 1973 4 January 1974 Minister of Finance Antonio Barrera de Irimo Nonpartisan 12 June 1973 4 January 1974 Minister of Governance Carlos Arias Navarro FET–JONS 12 June 1973 31 December 1973 Minister of Public Works Gonzalo Fernández de la Mora Nonpartisan 12 June 1973 4 January 1974 Minister of Education and Science Julio Rodríguez Martínez Nonpartisan 12 June 1973 4 January 1974 Minister of Labour Licinio de la Fuente FET–JONS 12 June 1973 4 January 1974 Minister of Industry José María López de Letona Nonpartisan 12 June 1973 4 January 1974 Minister of Agriculture Tomás Allende y García-Baxter FET–JONS 12 June 1973 4 January 1974 Minister of the Air Julio Salvador y Díaz-Benjumea Military 12 June 1973 4 January 1974 Minister of Trade Agustín Cotorruelo Nonpartisan 12 June 1973 4 January 1974 Minister of Information and Tourism Fernando de Liñán FET–JONS 12 June 1973 4 January 1974 Minister of Housing José Utrera Molina FET–JONS 12 June 1973 4 January 1974 Minister Undersecretary of the Presidency José María Gamazo Nonpartisan 12 June 1973 4 January 1974 Minister of Trade Union Relations Enrique García-Ramal FET–JONS 12 June 1973 4 January 1974 Ministry of Development Planning Cruz Martínez Esteruelas FET–JONS 12 June 1973 4 January 1974 Changes December 1973 Portfolio Name Party Took office Left office Prime Minister
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External links Governments. Dictatorship of Franco (18.07.1936 / 20.11.1975) . CCHS–CSIC (in Spanish). Governments of Franco. Dictatorship Chronology (1939–1975). Fuenterrebollo Portal (in Spanish). The governments of the Civil War and Franco's dictatorship (1936–1975). Lluís Belenes i Rodríguez History Page (in Spanish). Biographies . Royal Academy of History (in Spanish).