Torcuato Fernández-Miranda
The Duke of Fernández-Miranda | |
|---|---|
| President of the Cortes Españolas | |
| In office 6 December 1975 – 30 June 1977 | |
| Head of State | Francisco Franco Juan Carlos I |
| Preceded by | Alejandro Rodríguez de Valcárcel |
| Succeeded by | Fernando 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 State | Francisco Franco |
| Preceded by | Luis Carrero Blanco |
| Succeeded by | Carlos Arias Navarro |
| First Deputy Prime Minister of Spain | |
| In office 9 June 1973 – 31 December 1973 | |
| Prime Minister | Luis Carrero Blanco |
| Preceded by | Luis Carrero Blanco |
| Succeeded by | José García Hernández |
| Minister-Secretary General of the Movimiento Nacional | |
| In office 29 October 1969 – 3 January 1974 | |
| Prime Minister | Francisco Franco Luis Carrero Blanco Carlos Arias Navarro |
| Preceded by | José Solís Ruiz |
| Succeeded by | José Utrera Molina |
| Member of the Senate | |
| In office 13 July 1977 – 2 January 1979 | |
| Appointed by | Juan Carlos I |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Torcuato Fernández-Miranda y Hevia 10 November 1915 Gijón, Asturias, Spain |
| Died | 19 June 1980 (aged 64) St Mary's Hospital, London, UK |
| Political party | FET y de las JONS (1939–1977) Union of the Democratic Centre (1977–1978) |
| Spouse |
María del Carmen Lozana Abeo
(m. 1946) |
| Children | 2 |
| Education | Colegio de la Inmaculada |
| Alma mater | University 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.