Fernando de Santiago | |
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Prime Minister of Spain | |
Acting | |
In office 1 July 1976 – 5 July 1976 | |
Monarch | Juan Carlos I |
Deputy | Juan-Miguel Villar Mir |
Preceded by | Carlos Arias Navarro |
Succeeded by | Adolfo Suárez |
Governor-General of the Spanish Sahara | |
In office 4 March 1971 – 24 April 1974 | |
Preceded by | José María Pérez de Lerma |
Succeeded by | Federico Gómez de Salazar |
Personal details | |
Born | Fernando de Santiago y Díaz de Mendívil 23 July 1910 Madrid, Spain |
Died | 6 November 1994 Madrid, Spain | (aged 84)
Political party | Falange (1936–1980) Movimiento Nacional |
Spouse | María Ignacia Morales de Los Ríos y Palacio |
Children | 5 |
Military service | |
Branch/service | Army |
Rank | Lieutenant general |
Commands | Superior Polytechnic Army College |
Fernando de Santiago y Díaz de Mendívil (23 July 1910 – 6 November 1994) was a conservative politician who served as deputy prime minister of Spain and briefly as acting prime minister during the Spanish transition to democracy in the late 1970s. He had earlier been a general in the Spanish Civil War and under the dictatorship of Francisco Franco.