Eduardo Carriles (1923–2020) was a

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lawyer, businessman and politician who served as the

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between 1976 and 1977.

Biography

Carriles was born in

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on 28 November 1923. He was a lawyer by profession. He served as the general secretary of a company, Aeronáutica Industrial, and director of various other companies. Carriles was part of the reformist Tácito group, but he left the group with others to establish the Unión Democrática Española. He was part of the Unión when he was appointed minister of finance to the

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led by

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on 7 July 1976. In the cabinet Carriles and other ministers, including

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, Marcelino Oreja and

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, were called Tácito group due to their previous involvement in the movement. Like his predecessors Carriles could not manage to reduce economic crisis experienced in Spain in the period 1973–1977. His term ended on 4 July 1977. Carriles married Carola Díaz de Bustamante in 1950, and they had eight children. He was the recipient of Knight Grand Cross of the

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. He died on 12 January 2020. The funeral was held in the Church of San Francisco de Borja, Madrid, on 6 February.

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