Don Luis
Carrero Blanco, 1st Duke of Carrero Blanco, Grandee of Spain (4
March 1904 – 20 December 1973) was a Spanish admiral and long-time confidant of
leader Francisco Franco.
Within six months of being named prime minister, Carrero
Blanco was assassinated in Madrid
by four Basque
members of ETA, who carried out a
bombing while he returned from Mass in a Dodge 3700.
Since Carrero Blanco could have become the most powerful figure in Spain upon
Franco's passing, his death was perhaps instrumental in the transition toward a
democratic government in that country.
In his first speech to the Cortes on 12 February 1974, Carrero
Blanco's successor, the new prime minister Carlos Arias
Navarro, promised liberalizing reforms including the right to form
political associations. Though he was denounced by hardliners within the
regime, the transition had begun.
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