First government of Carlos Arias Navarro
1st government of Carlos Arias Navarro | |
|---|---|
Government of Spain | |
| 1974–1975 | |
Carlos Arias Navarro in October 1975. | |
| Date formed | 4 January 1974 |
| Date dissolved | 12 December 1975 |
| People and organisations | |
| Head of State/Monarch | Francisco Franco (1974–1975) Council of the Realm (1975) Juan Carlos I (1975) |
| Prime Minister | Carlos Arias Navarro |
| Deputy Prime Ministers | José García Hernández1st, Antonio Barrera de Irimo2nd, Licinio de la Fuente3rd (1974) José García Hernández1st, Rafael Cabello de Alba2nd, Licinio de la Fuente3rd (1974–1975) |
| No. of ministers | 19 |
| Total no. of members | 27 |
| Member party | National Movement (FET–JONS, military, nonpartisans, legal associations) |
| Status in legislature | One-party state |
| History | |
| Legislature term | 10th Cortes Españolas |
| Budget | 1975 |
| Predecessor | Carrero Blanco |
| Successor | Arias Navarro II |
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The first government of Carlos Arias Navarro was formed on 4 January 1974, following the latter's appointment as Prime Minister of Spain by Head of State Francisco Franco on 29 December and his swearing-in on 2 January, as a result of Luis Carrero Blanco's assassination on 20 December 1973. It succeeded the Carrero Blanco government and was the Government of Spain from 4 January 1974 to 12 December 1975, a total of 707 days, or 1 year, 11 months and 8 days.
Arias Navarro's first cabinet was the last to serve under Franco, 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 a number of aligned-nonpartisan figures from the civil service, to be joined later on by the legally-recognized Spanish People's Union (UDPE). In the first cabinet since 1957 without the presence of any Opus Dei member, Arias Navarro went on to form a mostly bureaucratic government.