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Suárez González, Adolfo

Suárez González, Adolfo

Suárez González, Adolfo, 1932-, Spanish political leader. Because he worked in the Nationalist Movement (the Falange) for 18 years and became its secretary-general after Franco's death (1975), centrist and leftist forces opposed his appointment in July, 1976, as premier by King Juan Carlos. In 1977 he led his Union of the Democratic Center to victory in Spain's first free elections in 41 years. His centrist government instituted democractic reforms, and his coalition again won the 1979 elections under the new constitution. Less successful as a day-to-day organizer than as a crisis manager, he was replaced as prime minister in 1981; Leopoldo Calvo Sotelo succeeded him, but only after a failed coup in which the Cortes was seized while in session. In 1982 he founded the Democratic and Social Center party. He retired from active politics in 1991.

Paloma Pérez-Lago González was born on 22 May 1967 in the City and Naval Station of El Ferrol, in Galicia, North-western Spain. She is one of the best known Television faces in Spain due to her modelling career in the fashion industry and her television presenting. She is a also keen sports woman who can compete almost at professional level when it comes to the equestrian arts; though this aspect of her does not attract as much media attention as the rest of her life.

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