Carlos Arias Navarro

Prime Minister of Spain

11 December 1908 Madrid, Spain

27 November 1989(1989-11-27) (80) Madrid, Spain

31 December 1973 – 1 July 1976

Spanish politician In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Arias and the second or maternal family name is Navarro. Carlos Arias Navarro, 1st Marquis of Arias-Navarro (11 December 1908 – 27 November 1989) was one of the best known Spanish politicians during the dictatorship of Francisco Franco. While Arias Navarro was a moderate leader in the last phase of Francoism and the beginning of the transition to democracy, he was in fact a hard-line politician who had been involved in the White Terror, signing thousands of death warrants at the time of the dismantling of the Spanish Republic.