Third government of Adolfo Suárez
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The third government of Adolfo Suárez was formed on 6 April 1979, following the latter's election as Prime Minister of Spain by the Congress of Deputies on 30 March and his swearing-in on 2 April, as a result of the Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD) emerging as the largest parliamentary force at the 1979 Spanish general election.[1][2] It succeeded the second Suárez government and was the Government of Spain from 6 April 1979 to 27 February 1981, a total of 693 days, or 1 year, 10 months and 21 days.[3]
3rd government of Adolfo Suárez | |
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Government of Spain | |
1979–1981 | |
Date formed | 6 April 1979 |
Date dissolved | 27 February 1981 |
People and organisations | |
Monarch | Juan Carlos I |
Prime Minister | Adolfo Suárez |
Deputy Prime Ministers | Manuel Gutiérrez Mellado1st, Fernando Abril Martorell2nd (1979–1980) Manuel Gutiérrez Mellado1st, Leopoldo Calvo-Sotelo2nd (1980–1981) |
No. of ministers | 23[lower-alpha 1] (1979–1980) 22[lower-alpha 1] (1980–1981) |
Total no. of members | 30[lower-alpha 1] |
Member party | UCD |
Status in legislature | Minority government |
Opposition party | PSOE |
Opposition leader | Felipe González |
History | |
Election | 1979 general election |
Legislature term | 1st Cortes Generales |
Budget | 1979, 1980, 1981 |
Predecessor | Suárez II |
Successor | Calvo-Sotelo |
Suárez's third cabinet was the first to be appointed under the Spanish Constitution of 1978,[4] and was an all-UCD government plus two military officers (Manuel Gutiérrez Mellado and Antonio Ibáñez Freire);[5][6] subsequent reshuffles in 1980 seeing would see the incorporation of a number of independents. It was automatically dismissed on 29 January 1981 as a consequence of Adolfo Suárez's resignation as Prime Minister, but remained in acting capacity until the next government was sworn in.[7][8][9][10]