Manuel Gutiérrez Mellado

This name uses Spanish naming customs; the first or paternal family name is Gutiérrez and the second or maternal family name is Mellado.

Manuel Gutiérrez Mellado
First Deputy Prime Minister
In office 23 September 1976 – 26 February 1981
Prime Minister	Adolfo Suárez
Preceded by	Fernando de Santiago y Díaz de Mendívil
Succeeded by	Rodolfo Martín Villa
Minister of Defence
In office 5 July 1977 – 6 April 1979
Prime Minister	Adolfo Suárez
Preceded by	Office established
Succeeded by	Agustín Rodríguez Sahagún
Personal details
Born	Manuel Gutiérrez Mellado April 30, 1912(1912-04-30) Madrid, Spain
Died	December 15, 1995(1995-12-15) (aged 83) Torremocha del Campo, Spain
Resting place	Villaviciosa de Odón cemetery
Nationality	Spanish
Political party	None
Military service
Allegiance	Spain
Service/branch	Army
Rank	Lieutenant General

Manuel Gutiérrez Mellado, 1st Marquis of Gutiérrez Mellado (April 30, 1912 - December 15, 1995) was a Spanish general and government minister. Appointed Chief of Staff of the Spanish Army in June 1976, Gutiérrez Mellado served as Deputy Prime Minister of Spain from September 21, 1976 to February 26, 1981, holding the Defence portfolio from July 4, 1977. All this time the President of the Government (i.e., Prime Minister) was Adolfo Suárez.

During the failed Coup d'état on February 23rd 1981, Gutiérrez-Mellado was one of only three members of the Spanish Congress of the Deputies (with Suarez and the communist Santiago Carrillo) to physically confront the armed Guardia Civil troops led by Lieutenant Colonel Tejero.

On 7 October 1994 Gutiérrez-Mellado was raised into the Spanish nobility by King Juan Carlos I with the hereditary title marqués de Gutiérrez-Mellado (English: Marquess of Gutiérrez-Mellado).

A retired captain-general, Gutiérrez-Mellado was killed in 1995 at the age of 83 in a car crash on the highway from Madrid to Guadalajara. He was buried the next day in the Villaviciosa de Odón cemetery, the town he lived in for several years. After his death his daughter María del Carmen Gutiérrez-Mellado and Blasco became the 2nd Marquise of Gutiérrez-Mellado.^[1]

See also

• History of Spain
• Politics of Spain
• Prime Minister of Spain

References

1. ^ [1] - Website BOE

Political offices
Preceded by Fernando de Santiago as Vice President for Defence (first in the succession line)	First Vice President of the Spanish Government in the Suárez I and Suárez II cabinets September 21, 1976 – February 26, 1981	Vacant until December 1981 Title next held by Rodolfo Martín Villa
Preceded by Félix Álvarez-Arenas as Minister of the Army	Spanish Minister of Defence July 4, 1977 – February 26, 1981	Succeeded by Agustín Rodríguez Sahagún
Preceded by Pascual Pery as Minister of the Navy
Preceded by Carlos Franco as Minister of the Air Forces
Spanish nobility
New title	Marquess of Gutiérrez Mellado 1994–1995	Succeeded by María del Carmen Gutiérrez- Mellado and Blasco

Persondata
Name	Gutierrez Mellado, Manuel
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	April 30, 1912
Place of birth	Madrid, Spain
Date of death	December 15, 1995
Place of death	Torremocha del Campo, Spain