On 20 December 1973, Luis Carrero Blanco, the Prime Minister of Spain, was assassinated in Madrid. After returning from daily mass in a Spanish Dodge 3700, Carrero Blanco was caught in a bombing near San Francisco de Borja Church on Calle de Serrano. The attack was carried out by four members of an ETA cell using a cache of explosives placed in a tunnel.
Carrero Blanco was a long-time confidant of dictator Francisco Franco and served as his right-hand man. He held numerous high-ranking offices, including Minister-Under Secretary of the Presidency from 1941 to 1967 and Deputy Prime Minister from 1967 to 1973. He reached the peak of his political career in June 1973 when Franco appointed him Prime Minister, having handpicked him as his successor in the role of head of government.
Before his political rise, Carrero Blanco was a naval officer who participated in the Rif War and the Spanish Civil War. During the Civil War, he served as a naval instructor teaching submarine tactics in Madrid. He was made Vice-Admiral in 1963 and Admiral in 1966. He also served as the main drafter behind the 1947 Law of Succession to the Headship of the State.
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Written by Nicolo Ciampini
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