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    Leopoldo Ramón Pedro Calvo-Sotelo y Bustelo, 1st Marquess of Ría de Ribadeo (Spanish pronunciation: [leoˈpoldo ˈkalβosoˈteloj βusˈtelo]; 14 April 1926...
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    The government of Leopoldo Calvo-Sotelo was formed on 27 February 1981, following the latter's election as Prime Minister of Spain by the Congress of...
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    José Calvo Sotelo, 1st Duke of Calvo Sotelo, GE (6 May 1893 – 13 July 1936) was a Spanish jurist and politician. He was the minister of finance during...
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  • Calvo Sotelo can refer to: José Calvo Sotelo, Spanish politician assassinated in 1936 Leopoldo Calvo-Sotelo, Spanish prime minister from 1981 to 1982...
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    Congress of Deputies chamber in Madrid during a vote to swear in Leopoldo Calvo-Sotelo as President of the Government. The officers held the parliamentarians...
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    ahead of schedule on 27 August 1982, by the then Prime Minister Leopoldo Calvo-Sotelo, amid poor opinion poll ratings and severe infighting within his...
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    European Advisory Board. He is the nephew of former Spanish PM Leopoldo Calvo-Sotelo. In May 2022, he was awarded as Honorary Commander of the Order...
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    later, as parliament took the vote to confirm Suárez's successor Leopoldo Calvo-Sotelo, Lieutenant-Colonel Antonio Tejero and around 200 Civil Guards stormed...
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  • Italian painter Leopoldo Calvo-Sotelo (1926–2008), Spanish politician Leopoldo Contarbio (1927–1993), Argentine basketball player Leopoldo Conti (1901–1970)...
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    with dozens of armed officers, disrupting proceedings to elect Leopoldo Calvo-Sotelo as the new Spanish prime minister. The insurgents opened fire within...
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