Third government of Adolfo Suárez

3rd government of Adolfo Suárez

Government of Spain
1979–1981
The government in May 1980 (top) and September 1980 (bottom).
Date formed6 April 1979
Date dissolved27 February 1981
People and organisations
MonarchJuan Carlos I
Prime MinisterAdolfo Suárez
Deputy Prime MinistersManuel Gutiérrez Mellado1st, Fernando Abril Martorell2nd (1979–1980)
Manuel Gutiérrez Mellado1st, Leopoldo Calvo-Sotelo2nd (1980–1981)
No. of ministers23 (1979–1980)
22 (1980–1981)
Total no. of members30
Member party  UCD
Status in legislatureMinority government
Opposition party  PSOE
Opposition leaderFelipe González
History
Election1979 general election
Legislature term1st Cortes Generales
Budget1979, 1980, 1981
PredecessorSuárez II
SuccessorCalvo-Sotelo

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. 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.

Suárez's third cabinet was the first to be appointed under the Spanish Constitution of 1978, and was an all-UCD government plus two military officers (Manuel Gutiérrez Mellado and Antonio Ibáñez Freire); 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.

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