Carlos Arias Navarro

The Most Excellent The Marquess of Arias Navarro GE
Prime Minister of Spain
In office 31 December 1973 – 1 July 1976
Monarch	Juan Carlos I (from 22 November 1975)
Leader	Francisco Franco (1973–1975)
Deputy	José García Hernández (acting) Fernando de Santiago y Díaz (1975–1976)
Preceded by	Torcuato Fernández-Miranda
Succeeded by	Adolfo Suárez González
Minister of Government
In office 9 June 1973 – 3 January 1974
Prime Minister	Luis Carrero Blanco Torcuato Fernández-Miranda (acting)
Preceded by	Tomás Garicano Goñi
Succeeded by	José García Hernández
Mayor of Madrid
In office 5 February 1965 – 12 June 1973
Preceded by	José Finat y Escrivá de Romaní
Succeeded by	Miguel Ángel García-Lomas
Director General of State Security
In office 25 June 1957 – 5 February 1965
President	Francisco Franco
Preceded by	Rafael Hierro Martínez
Succeeded by	Mariano Tortosa Sobejano
Personal details
Born	Carlos Arias Navarro (1908-12-11)11 December 1908 Madrid, Spain
Died	27 November 1989(1989-11-27) (aged 80) Madrid, Spain
Resting place	Mingorrubio Cemetery
Political party	FET y de las JONS (1936–1977) Popular Alliance (1977–1989) People's Party (1989)
Spouse	María de la Luz del Valle y Menéndez
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Carlos Arias Navarro, 1st Marquess of Arias Navarro (11 December 1908 – 27 November 1989) was the prime Minister of Spain during the final years of the Francoist dictatorship and the beginning of the Spanish transition to democracy.

Arias Navarro was a hardline politician and was involved in the White Terror, having signed thousands of death warrants during the dismantling of the Spanish Republic. Later, he was a more moderate leader during his premiership.^[1]