Torcuato Fernández-Miranda

The Duke of Fernández-Miranda
President of the Cortes Españolas
In office
6 December 1975  30 June 1977
Head of StateFrancisco Franco
Juan Carlos I
Preceded byAlejandro Rodríguez de Valcárcel
Succeeded byFernando Álvarez de Miranda (as President of the Congress of Deputies)
Prime Minister of Spain
Acting
In office
20 December 1973  31 December 1973
Head of StateFrancisco Franco
Preceded byLuis Carrero Blanco
Succeeded byCarlos Arias Navarro
First Deputy Prime Minister of Spain
In office
9 June 1973  31 December 1973
Prime MinisterLuis Carrero Blanco
Preceded byLuis Carrero Blanco
Succeeded byJosé García Hernández
Minister-Secretary General of the Movimiento Nacional
In office
29 October 1969  3 January 1974
Prime MinisterFrancisco Franco
Luis Carrero Blanco
Carlos Arias Navarro
Preceded byJosé Solís Ruiz
Succeeded byJosé Utrera Molina
Member of the Senate
In office
13 July 1977  2 January 1979
Appointed byJuan Carlos I
Personal details
Born
Torcuato Fernández-Miranda y Hevia

(1915-11-10)10 November 1915
Gijón, Asturias, Spain
Died19 June 1980(1980-06-19) (aged 64)
St Mary's Hospital, London, UK
Political partyFET y de las JONS (1939–1977)
Union of the Democratic Centre (1977–1978)
Spouse
María del Carmen Lozana Abeo
(m. 1946)
Children2
EducationColegio de la Inmaculada
Alma materUniversity of Oviedo

Torcuato Fernández-Miranda y Hevia, 1st Duke of Fernández-Miranda (10 November 1915 – 19 June 1980) was a Spanish lawyer and politician who played important roles in both the Spanish State of Francisco Franco and in the Spanish transition to democracy.

Fernández Miranda was born in Gijón, Asturias, on Spain's north coast, in 1915. He died of a heart attack in 1980 while traveling to London.