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Adolfo Suárez
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Person

Adolfo Suárez

1932 – 2014 · aged 82

Prime Minister of Spain (1976–1981)

Born
25 Sept 1932 · Cebreros
Died
23 Mar 2014 · Madrid
Part ofSpain264 BCE – today

Life timeline

Their life from birth to death. On the timeline, world events of the time are shown faintly.

Showing 94 years
  1. 25 Sept 1932BornBorn in Cebreros
  2. 1967 – 1971RoleProcurador en Cortes
  3. 1969AwardGrand Cross of the Order of Civil Merit
  4. 1970AwardGrand Cross of the Cross of Military Merit with White Decoration
  5. 1971AwardGrand Cross of the Civil Order of Alfonso X the Wise
  6. 1971 – 1977RoleProcurador en Cortes
  7. 1972AwardGrand Cross of Naval Merit with white badge
  8. 1972AwardGrand Cross of the Order of Cisneros
  9. 1973AwardGrand Cross of the Order of Isabella the Catholic
  10. 1975AwardImperial Order of the Yoke and Arrows
  11. 1975 – 1976RoleMinister-Secretary-General of the Movement
  12. 1976 – 1981RolePrime Minister of Spain
  13. 1977 – 1979RoleMember of the Congress of Deputies
  14. 1978AwardGrand Cross of the Order of Charles III
  15. 1978AwardGrand Cross of the Military Order of Christ
  16. 1979 – 1982RoleMember of the Congress of Deputies
  17. 1982 – 1986RoleMember of the Congress of Deputies
  18. 1986 – 1989RoleMember of the Congress of Deputies
  19. 1989 – 1992RolePresident of Liberal International
  20. 1989 – 1991RoleMember of the Congress of Deputies
  21. 1996AwardGrand Cross of the Order of Liberty
  22. 1996AwardHonorary doctor of the University of Madrid Complutense
  23. 1996AwardPrincess of Asturias Award for Concord
  24. 23 Mar 2014DiedDied in Madrid

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Meanwhile in the world

Major world events during their lifetime (1932 – 2014).

  1. 1933 – 1945The Holocaust
  2. 19341934 FIFA World Cup
  3. 19361936 Summer Olympics
  4. 1937 – 1945Second Sino-Japanese War
  5. 19381938 FIFA World Cup
  6. 1938Munich Agreement
  7. 1939 – 1940Winter War
  8. 1939 – 1945World War II
  9. 1940 – 1945Auschwitz concentration camp
  10. 1941Attack on Pearl Harbor
  11. 1941 – 1945Eastern Front
  12. 1941Operation Barbarossa
  13. 1942 – 1943Battle of Stalingrad
  14. 1945Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
  15. 1945 – 1946Nuremberg trials
  16. 19501950 FIFA World Cup
  17. 1950 – 1953Korean War
  18. 1953 – 1959Cuban Revolution
  19. 19541954 FIFA World Cup
  20. 1955 – 1975Vietnam War
  21. 1956Hungarian Revolution of 1956
  22. 1956Suez Crisis
  23. 19581958 FIFA World Cup
  24. 1959Antarctic Treaty System
  25. 19621962 FIFA World Cup
  26. 1962Cuban Missile Crisis
  27. 19661966 FIFA World Cup
  28. 1966 – 1976Cultural Revolution
  29. 1968Prague Spring
  30. 1969Apollo 11 Moon landing
  31. 19721972 Summer Olympics
  32. 19741974 FIFA World Cup
  33. 19781978 FIFA World Cup
  34. 1978 – 1979Iranian Revolution
  35. 1979 – 1989Soviet–Afghan War
  36. 1980 – 1988Iran–Iraq War
  37. 19841984 Summer Olympics
  38. 1985Schengen Agreement
  39. 19891989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre
  40. 1989Fall of the Berlin Wall

Biography

Adolfo Suárez González, 1st Duke of Suárez (Spanish pronunciation: [aˈðolfo ˈswaɾeθ]; 25 September 1932 – 23 March 2014), was a Spanish lawyer and politician who was Prime Minister of Spain from 1976 to 1981. He was the country's first democratically elected prime minister since Juan Negrín of the Second Spanish Republic and a key figure in the country's transition to democracy after the dictatorship of Francisco Franco.

When Spain was still an autocratic regime, he was appointed prime minister by King Juan Carlos in 1976. At the time of his appointment, he was not a well-known figure, making many political forces skeptical of his government. However, he oversaw the end of the Francoist Cortes, and the legalisation of all political parties (including the Communist Party of Spain, a particularly difficult move). He led the Union of the Democratic Centre and won the 1977 general election. In 1981, he resigned and founded the party Democratic and Social Centre (CDS), which was elected to the Cortes numerous times. He retired from politics in 1991 and from public life in 2003, due to Alzheimer's disease.

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