About Luis Carrero Blanco
Admiral-General Luis Carrero Blanco (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈlwis kaˈreɾo ˈβlaŋko]; 4 March 1904 – 20 December 1973) was a Spanish Navy officer and politician. A long-time confidant and right-hand man of dictator Francisco Franco, Carrero served as Prime Minister of Spain. Upon graduating from the naval academy Carrero Blanco participated in the Rif War, and later the Spanish Civil War, in which he supported the Nationalist faction. He became one of the most prominent figures in Francoist Spain's power structure and held throughout his career a number of high-ranking offices such as those of Minister-Under Secretary of the Presidency from 1941 to 1967 and Franco's deputy prime minister from 1967 to 1973. He also was the main drafter behind the 1947 Law of Succession to the Headship of the State. Franco handpicked him as his successor in the role of head of government, with Carrero thereby taking office in June 1973. Shortly after he became prime minister, Carrero Blanco was assassinated in December 1973 by a cache of explosives placed in a tunnel by the Basque nationalist group Euskadi Ta Askatasuna (ETA). == Life == === Early life === Luis Carrero Blanco was born on 4 March 1904 in the coastal town of Santoña, province of Santander, to Camilo Carrero Gutiérrez, an army officer, and Ángeles Blanco Abascal, a native of Santoña. He studied at the Colegio Manzanedo in Santoña and entered the Spanish Naval Academy in San Fernando, Cádiz, in January 1918. After completing his studies, he was commissioned as an alférez de navío on 19 September 1922 and returned to the battleship Alfonso XIII. After taking the Submarine School course in 1924, he served on the guardacostas Arcila, participated in the Rif War, including the landings at Alcazarseguer and Alhucemas in 1925, and was promoted to teniente de navío in September 1926.
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