Leopoldo Calvo-Sotelo

The Marquess of Ría de Ribadeo
Prime Minister of Spain
In office
26 February 1981  2 December 1982
MonarchJuan Carlos I
DeputyRodolfo Martín Villa
Juan Antonio García Díez
Preceded byAdolfo Suárez
Succeeded byFelipe González
Second Deputy Prime Minister of Spain
In office
9 September 1980  25 February 1981
Prime MinisterAdolfo Suárez
Preceded byFernando Abril Martorell
Succeeded byJuan Antonio García Díez
Minister of Economy
In office
9 September 1980  25 February 1981
Prime MinisterAdolfo Suárez
Preceded byFernando Abril Martorell
Succeeded byJosé Luis Leal Maldonado
Minister for Relations with the European Communities
In office
25 February 1978  9 September 1980
Prime MinisterAdolfo Suárez
Preceded byOffice created
Succeeded byEduard Punset
Minister of Public Works
In office
4 July 1976  April 1977
Prime MinisterAdolfo Suárez
Preceded byAntonio Valdés
Succeeded byLuis Ortiz González
Minister of Trade
In office
13 December 1975  6 July 1976
Prime MinisterCarlos Arias Navarro
Preceded byJosé Luis Cerón Ayuso
Succeeded byJosé Lladó
Member of the Congress of Deputies
In office
22 July 1977  31 August 1982
ConstituencyMadrid
In office
28 July 1983  23 April 1986
ConstituencyMadrid
Personal details
Born
Leopoldo Ramón Pedro Calvo-Sotelo y Bustelo

(1926-04-14)14 April 1926
Madrid, Spain
Died3 May 2008(2008-05-03) (aged 82)
Pozuelo de Alarcón, Spain
Resting placeRibadeo Cemetery, Galicia, Spain
Political partyUnion of the Democratic Centre (1977–1983)
SpouseMaría del Pilar Ibáñez-Martín Mellado
Children8
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Leopoldo Ramón Pedro Calvo-Sotelo y Bustelo, 1st Marquess of Ría de Ribadeo (Spanish pronunciation: [leoˈpoldo ˈkalβosoˈteloj βusˈtelo]; 14 April 1926 – 3 May 2008), usually known as Leopoldo Calvo-Sotelo, was Prime Minister of Spain between 1981 and 1982.