Miguel Primo de Rivera y Urquijo, 3rd Duke of Primo de Rivera, 5th Marquess of Estella (17 August 1934 – 3 December 2018) was a Spanish politician, lawyer and businessman. He was a grandchild of the Spanish dictator of the same name. He was mayor of the city of Jerez from 1965 to 1971. He succeeded his uncle as 3rd

Duke of Primo de Rivera The Dukedom of Primo de Rivera ( es, Ducado de Primo de Rivera) was a hereditary title in the Spanish nobility. The dukedom was posthumously bestowed on José Antonio Primo de Rivera, founder of the Falangist movement, by General Francisco Franc ...

and passed down the

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of Marquess of Estella to his son.

Personal life

He was the grandson of

Miguel Primo de Rivera Miguel Primo de Rivera y Orbaneja, 2nd Marquess of Estella (8 January 1870 – 16 March 1930), was a dictator, aristocrat, and military officer who served as Prime Minister of Spain from 1923 to 1930 during Spain's Restoration era. He deepl ...

, a dictator who ruled Spain from 1923 to 1930. His father Fernando (1908-1936) was the youngest brother of

José Antonio Primo de Rivera José Antonio Primo de Rivera y Sáenz de Heredia, 1st Duke of Primo de Rivera, 3rd Marquess of Estella (24 April 1903 – 20 November 1936), often referred to simply as José Antonio, was a Spanish politician who founded the falangist Falange ...

, the founder and leader of

Falange Española Falange Española (FE; English: Spanish Phalanx) was a Spanish fascist political organization active from 1933 to 1934. History The Falange Española was created on 29 October 1933 as the successor of the Movimiento Español Sindicalista (MES ...

. He attended school with future king

Juan Carlos I of Spain Juan Carlos I (;, * ca, Joan Carles I, * gl, Xoán Carlos I, Juan Carlos Alfonso Víctor María de Borbón y Borbón-Dos Sicilias, born 5 January 1938) is a member of the Spanish royal family who reigned as King of Spain from 22 Nov ...

. It was in their school years that they became life-long friends.

Political life

Because of his friendship with then-prince Juan Carlos and his commitment to the restoration of the monarchy after General Franco's death, he lobbied inside the Francoist institutions, as instructed by the newly proclaimed king, to produce a candidate for Prime Minister, namely

Adolfo Suárez Adolfo Suárez González, 1st Duke of Suárez (; 25 September 1932 – 23 March 2014) was a Spanish lawyer and politician. Suárez was Spain's first democratically elected prime minister since the Second Spanish Republic and a key figure in th ...

, who was prepared to implement democratic reform. He was then tasked with presenting the Political Reform Bill to the Francoist ''Cortes'' (parliament). His role was instrumental in that the new law made possible the new democratic reforms that would culminate in the Spanish Constitution of 1978. He worked behind the scenes to ensure the support of some reluctant members of the Cortes, most notably his own aunt,

Pilar Primo de Rivera María del Pilar Primo de Rivera y Sáenz de Heredia, 1st Countess of the Castle of La Mota (4 November 1907 – 17 March 1991) was the sister of José Antonio Primo de Rivera, founder of the Falange, a political movement of Spain, and the dau ...

, the leader of the regime's

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, who had been a stalwart of Franco's regime. He was made a Senator by royal appointment in 1977.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Primo de Rivera, Miguel 1934 births 2018 deaths Members of the Congress of Deputies (Spain) Miguel Members of the Senate of Spain