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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...
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    The government of Leopoldo Calvo-Sotelo was formed on 27 February 1981, following the latter's election as Prime Minister of Spain by the Congress of Deputies...
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    José Calvo Sotelo, 1st Duke of Calvo Sotelo, GE (6 May 1893 – 13 July 1936) was a Spanish jurist and politician. He was the minister of finance during...
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    leaders of his own party, precipitated preparations for a coup d'état, and during the investiture session of his replacement, Leopoldo Calvo-Sotelo (February...
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    election was called several months ahead of schedule on 27 August 1982, by the then Prime Minister Leopoldo Calvo-Sotelo, amid poor opinion poll ratings and...
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    Sociological Francoism (category Society of Francoist Spain)
    lengthy (except the government of Leopoldo Calvo-Sotelo, due to that same circumstance), and had never resorted to coalition government, until the second...
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    the government. Leopoldo Calvo-Sotelo replaced Fernando Abril Martorell as Second Deputy Prime Minister, Marcelino Oreja stepped down in favour of José...
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    Operation Algeciras (category Military history of Gibraltar)
    time the political climate in Spain was unstable with the government of Leopoldo Calvo Sotelo having political difficulties on many fronts, including with...
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    resigned as the head of government, and Leopoldo Calvo Sotelo was appointed, first to lead the new cabinet, and later, to the presidency of the UCD; social...
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    2020. "Leopoldo Calvo Sotelo será nombrado hoy ministro para Europa". El País (in Spanish). 10 February 1978. Retrieved 4 January 2020. "Calvo Sotelo, ministro...
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    stormed the Congress of Deputies chamber in Madrid during a vote to swear in Leopoldo Calvo-Sotelo as President of the Government. The officers held the...
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    Palacio de las Cortes, Madrid (category Government buildings completed in 1850)
    stormed the Congress of Deputies chamber along with dozens of armed officers, disrupting proceedings to elect Leopoldo Calvo-Sotelo as the new Spanish prime...
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    coup d'état of 1981, this entrance was prioritized by the government of Leopoldo Calvo-Sotelo, making the entry. Felipe González, from the opposition,...
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  • (Spanish: Pláticas de familia (1878–2003)) is the third book by Leopoldo Calvo-Sotelo, published by La Esfera de los libros in year 2003, four years after...
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    company Explosivos Río Tinto, then directed by Mr. Leopoldo Calvo-Sotelo, later President of the Government, bought a 12 million square meter property, in...
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    Party of Spain (PCE) on 9 April; he was replaced by Admiral Pascual Pery on 15 April. On 23 April 1977, Leopoldo Calvo-Sotelo resigned as Minister of Public...
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    Suárez and his replacement by Leopoldo Calvo-Sotelo, UCD had been slowly drifting rightwards amid an intensification of the political tensions between...
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    later, as parliament took the vote to confirm Suárez's successor Leopoldo Calvo-Sotelo, Lieutenant-Colonel Antonio Tejero and around 200 Civil Guards stormed...
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    prime minister in January 1981. He was replaced by Leopoldo Calvo Sotelo for the remainder of the term of the Cortes. On 10 November 1981, Manuel Díaz-Piniés...
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    Juan Carlos I managed to stop. After 23-F, the new UCD government presided by Leopoldo Calvo Sotelo managed to rule largely thanks to the support given by...
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    Communities and appointed Leopoldo Calvo-Sotelo as minister. The negotiations started on February 5, 1979. Eduard Punset succeeded Calvo-Sotelo in the Ministry...
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    Calvo-Sotelo, GCIH (born 3 December 1951) is a Spanish politician, political scientist, historian, and minister. She is also niece of Leopoldo Calvo-Sotelo...
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    those of Adolfo Suárez (to whom the golden fleece was also awarded in 2007), who was created Duke of Suárez in 1981 and Leopoldo Calvo-Sotelo, created...
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    policy of inauguration of public works and the involvement of several high-ranking ministers and members, such as Prime Minister Leopoldo Calvo-Sotelo, or...
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    of the international law firm Cremades & Calvo-Sotelo and president of the World Jurist Association. Cremades was born in Ceuta. He has a Doctor of Constitutional...
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    de febrero, por el que se nombra Presidente del Gobierno a don Leopoldo Calvo-Sotelo y Bustelo" (PDF). Boletín Oficial del Estado (in Spanish) (49)....
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    septiembre por el que se nombra Vicepresidente del Gobierno a don Leopoldo Calvo-Sotelo y Bustelo" (PDF). Boletín Oficial del Estado (in Spanish) (217)...
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    Miguel Boyer (category Government ministers of Spain)
    the cousin of Leopoldo Calvo-Sotelo. Isabel Preysler was the former spouse of the singer Julio Iglesias and Carlos Falcó, 5th Marquess of Griñón. They...
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  • of the government during the Spanish transition. It is the first of the books published by Leopoldo Calvo-Sotelo, which was followed by an out-of-office...
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  • as well as the president of government Leopoldo Calvo Sotelo, Minister of Defence Alberto Oliart and Manglano, director of the CESID, decided it was...
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