Notable Deaths on December 20

Q: Who died on December 20?

Notable people who died on December 20 include: Titus Flavius Sabinus, Zephyrinus, Alfonso III, Fujiwara no Kanemichi, Margaret of Provence.

Q: What is Luis Carrero Blanco known for?

Luis Carrero Blanco, Spanish admiral and politician, 69th President of the Government of Spain (born 1904; assassinated)

98 people 69 – 2024

December 20 has seen 98 notable figures pass away throughout recorded history — from 69 – 2024. Below are the most significant names who died on this date.

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1973 — Luis Carrero Blanco

Spanish admiral and politician, 69th President of the Government of Spain (born 1904; assassinated)

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He also was the main drafter behind the 1947 Law of Succession to the Headship of the State

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Franco handpicked him as his successor in the role of head of government, with Carrero thereby taking office in June 1973.

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Admiral-General Luis Carrero Blanco was a Spanish Navy officer and politician

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A long-time confidant and right-hand man of dictator Francisco Franco, Carrero served as Prime Minister of Spain

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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

Titus Flavius Sabinus

a Roman politician and soldier

AD 69 (LXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as the Year of the consulship of Galba and Vinius. The denomination AD 69 for this year has been used since the…

Zephyrinus

pope of the Catholic Church

Pope Zephyrinus was the bishop of Rome from the year 199 until his death on 20 December 217. He was born in Rome, and succeeded Victor I. Upon his death on 20 December 217, he was succeeded by his principal advisor,…

217

Alfonso III

king of Asturias

Alfonso III, called the Great, was king of Asturias from 866 until his death. He was the son and successor of Ordoño I. After his death, the Kingdom of Asturias was split between his sons, with García inheriting León,…

910

Fujiwara no Kanemichi

Japanese statesman (born 925)

Fujiwara no Kanemichi , also known as Horikawa-dono and Tōtōmi-kō, was a Japanese statesman, courtier and politician during the Heian period.

977

Margaret of Provence

French queen (born 1221)

Margaret of Provence was Queen of France by marriage to King Louis IX.

1295

Peter of Moscow

Russian metropolitan bishop

Peter of Moscow was an Eastern Orthodox bishop of Kiev, who moved his see from Vladimir to Moscow in 1325. Later he was proclaimed a patron saint of Moscow. In spite of the move, the office remained officially entitled…

1326

John I

duke of Bavaria (born 1329)

John I of Bavaria, was the Duke of Lower Bavaria since 1339.

1340

Stefan Dušan

emperor of Serbia (born 1308)

Stefan Uroš IV Dušan, also known as Dušan the Mighty, was the King of Serbia from 8 September 1331 and Emperor of the Serbs, Greeks, Bulgarians and Albanians from 16 April 1346 until his death in 1355. Dušan is…

1355

Johannes Lupi

Flemish composer (born 1506)

Jean Leleu, most commonly known by the latinized version of his name, Johannes Lupi, was a Franco-Flemish composer of the Renaissance. A representative of the generation after Josquin, he was a minor but skilled…

1539

Katharina von Bora

wife of Martin Luther (born 1499)

Katharina von Bora, after her wedding Katharina Luther, also referred to as "die Lutherin", was the wife of the German reformer Martin Luther and a seminal figure of the Protestant Reformation. Although little is known…

1552

Ambroise Paré

French physician and surgeon (born 1510)

Ambroise Paré was a French barber surgeon who served in that role for kings Henry II, Francis II, Charles IX and Henry III. He is considered one of the fathers of surgery and modern forensic pathology and a pioneer in…

1590

Jean Jannon

French designer and typefounder (born 1580)

Jean Jannon was a French Protestant printer, type designer, punchcutter and typefounder active in Sedan in the seventeenth century. He was a reasonably prolific printer by contemporary standards, printing several…

1658

Kangxi

emperor of the Qing Dynasty (born 1654)

The Kangxi Emperor, also known by his temple name Emperor Shengzu of Qing, personal name Xuanye, was the third emperor of the Qing dynasty, and the second Qing emperor to rule over China proper. His reign of 61 years…

1722

Augustus Quirinus Rivinus

German physician and botanist (born 1652)

Augustus Quirinus Rivinus is the professional name of August Bachmann or A. Q. Bachmann who was a German physician and botanist who helped to develop better ways of classifying plants.

1723

Richard Boyle

2nd Viscount Shannon, English field marshal and politician, Governor of Portsmouth (born 1675)

Field Marshal Richard Boyle, 2nd Viscount Shannon, PC was a British army officer and politician. After serving as a junior officer at the Battle of the Boyne during the Williamite War in Ireland and at the Battle of…

1740

Louis-Ferdinand

Dauphin of France (born 1729)

Louis, Dauphin of France was the elder and only surviving son of King Louis XV and Queen Marie Leszczyńska. As the son of the king, Louis was a fils de France. As heir apparent, he became Dauphin of France. Although he…

1765

Carlo Innocenzo Frugoni

Italian poet and academic (born 1692)

Carlo Innocenzo Frugoni was an Italian poet and librettist. As a poet Frugoni was one of the best of the school of the Arcadian Academy, and his lyrics and pastorals had great facility and elegance. His collected works…

1768

Antonio Soler

Spanish priest and composer (born 1729)

Antonio Francisco Javier José Soler Ramos, also known as Padre Antonio Soler, known in Catalan as Antoni Soler i Ramos was a Spanish composer whose works span the late Baroque and early Classical music eras. He is best…

1783

Sacagawea

American explorer (born 1788)

Sacagawea was a Lemhi Shoshone or Hidatsa woman who, in her teens, helped the Lewis and Clark Expedition in achieving their chartered mission objectives by exploring the Louisiana Territory. Sacagawea traveled with the…

1812

John Bell

American farmer (born 1750)

John Bell Sr was an American farmer whose death was attributed to supernatural causes. He is a central figure in the Bell Witch ghost story of southern American folklore. In 1817, Bell contracted a mysterious affliction…

1820

Kyai Maja

Javanese ulama and commander of Java War (born 1792)

Muslim Mochammad Khalifah, better known as Kyai Maja or Kyai Modjo, was a Javanese ulama and spiritual leader best known for his role as a key commander and religious adviser of Diponegoro during the Java War. He was a…

1849

Francesco Bentivegna

Italian activist (born 1820)

Baron Francesco Bentivegna was an Italian patriot, who led various revolts in Sicily against the Bourbon rulers between 1848 and 1856.

1856

Robert Knox

Scottish surgeon and zoologist (born 1791)

Robert Knox was a Scottish anatomist and ethnologist best known for his involvement in the Burke and Hare murders. Born in Edinburgh, Scotland, Knox eventually partnered with anatomist and former teacher John Barclay…

1862

Gaspar Tochman

Polish-American colonel and lawyer (born 1797)

Kasper (Gaspar) Tochman was a Polish-born American lawyer and soldier who formed the Polish Brigade of Johnson's Division.

1880

George F. Durand

Canadian architect (born 1850)

George Ferguson Durand was a Canadian architect. Born in London, Ontario, to a Scottish immigrant, he showed an interest in the arts from a young age. He apprenticed under William Robinson before working with Thomas…

1889

George C. Magoun

American businessman (born 1840)

George C. Magoun was, in the late 1880s, the Chairman of the Board of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway.

1893

Upendrakishore Ray

Indian painter and composer (born 1863)

Upendrakishore Ray Chowdhury was a Bengali writer, painter and entrepreneur. He was the son-in-law of reformer Dwarkanath Ganguly.

1915

Arthur Morgan

Australian politician, 16th Premier of Queensland (born 1856)

Sir Arthur Morgan was an Australian politician who was Premier of Queensland from 1903 to 1906.

1916

Lucien Petit-Breton

French-Argentinian cyclist (born 1882)

Lucien Georges Mazan, known by the pseudonym Lucien Petit-Breton, was a French racing cyclist best known as the first two-time winner of the Tour de France.

1917

Philip Fysh

English-Australian politician, 12th Premier of Tasmania (born 1835)

Sir Philip Oakley Fysh was an English-born Australian politician. He arrived in Tasmania in 1859 and became a leading merchant in Hobart. He served two terms as premier of Tasmania and became a leader of the colony's…

1919

Linton Hope

English sailor and architect (born 1863)

Linton Chorley Hope FRAes was a sailor from Great Britain, who represented his country at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Meulan, France. With Lorne Currie as helmsman and fellow crewmembers John Gretton and Algernon…

1920

Julius Richard Petri

German microbiologist (born 1852)

Julius Richard Petri was a German microbiologist who is generally credited with inventing the device known as the Petri dish, which is named after him, while working as assistant to bacteriologist Robert Koch.

1921

João Ferreira Sardo

the founder of Gafanha da Nazaré, also known as Prior Sardo (born 1873).

João Ferreira Sardo, known as Prior Sardo, was a Portuguese presbyter, civic leader, and entrepreneur who founded the parish of Gafanha da Nazaré during the final years of the Kingdom of Portugal and the early…

1925

Frederick Semple

American golfer and tennis player (born 1872)

Frederick Humphrey Semple was an American golfer and tennis player who competed in the 1904 Summer Olympics.

1927

Émile Loubet

French lawyer and politician, 8th President of France (born 1838)

Émile François Loubet was the 45th Prime Minister of France from February to December 1892 and later President of France from 1899 to 1906.

1929

Martin O'Meara

Irish-Australian sergeant, Victoria Cross recipient (born 1882)

Martin O'Meara, VC was an Irish-born Australian recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.

1935

Erich Ludendorff

German general (born 1865)

Erich Friedrich Wilhelm Ludendorff was a Prussian-born German general and politician. He achieved fame during World War I (1914–1918) for his central role in the German victories at Liège and Tannenberg in 1914. After…

1937

Annie Armstrong

American missionary (born 1850)

Annie Walker Armstrong was a lay Southern Baptist denominational leader instrumental in the founding of the Woman's Missionary Union.

1938

Lida Howell

American archer (born 1859)

Matilda "Lida" Scott Howell was an American archer who competed in the early twentieth century. She won three gold medals in Archery at the 1904 Summer Olympics in Missouri in the double national and Columbia rounds and…

1938

Hans Langsdorff

German captain (born 1894)

Hans Wilhelm Langsdorff was a German naval officer, most famous for his command of the German pocket battleship Admiral Graf Spee before and during the Battle of the River Plate off the coast of Uruguay in 1939. After…

1939

Sarita Colonia

Peruvian folk saint (born 1914)

Sara Colonia Zambrano, popularly known as Sarita Colonia, was a Peruvian woman who became a folk saint after her death. Born into poverty, she moved to Lima and worked various jobs until her death at age 26. Her burial…

1940

Igor Severyanin

Russian-Estonian poet and author (born 1887)

Igor Severyanin was a Russian poet who presided over the circle of the so-called Ego-Futurists.

1941

Enrico Mizzi

Maltese lawyer and politician, 6th Prime Minister of Malta (born 1885)

Enrico Mizzi was a Maltese politician, leader of the Maltese Nationalist Party from 1926 and briefly Prime Minister of Malta in 1950.

1950

James Hilton

English-American author and screenwriter (born 1900)

James Hilton was a British-American novelist and screenwriter. He is best remembered for his novels Lost Horizon; Goodbye, Mr. Chips and Random Harvest; and co-writing screenplays for the films Camille (1936) and Mrs.…

1954

Ramón Carrillo

Argentinian neurologist and physician (born 1906)

Ramón Carrillo was an Argentine neurosurgeon, neurobiologist, physician, academic, public health advocate, and from 1949 to 1954 the nation's first Minister of Public Health.

1956

Juhan Simm

Estonian composer and conductor (born 1885)

Juhan Simm was an Estonian composer, conductor, and choir director.

1959

Moss Hart

American director and playwright (born 1904)

Moss Hart was an American playwright, librettist, and theater director.

1961

Earle Page

Australian soldier and politician, 11th Prime Minister of Australia (born 1880)

Sir Earle Christmas Grafton Page was an Australian politician and surgeon who served as the 11th Prime Minister of Australia from 7 to 26 April 1939, in a caretaker capacity following the death of Joseph Lyons. He was…

1961

John Steinbeck

American novelist and short story writer, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1902)

John Ernst Steinbeck was an American writer and novelist. He won the 1962 Nobel Prize in Literature "for his realistic and imaginative writings, combining as they do sympathetic humor and keen social perception". He has…

1968

Roy O. Disney

American banker and businessman, co-founded The Walt Disney Company (born 1893)

Roy Oliver Disney was an American entrepreneur. He co-founded with his younger brother Walt what is now the Walt Disney Company in October of 1923. Disney also served as the company's first chief executive officer and…

1971

Adolfo Orsi

Italian businessman (born 1888)

Adolfo Orsi was an Italian industrialist, known for owning the Maserati automobile maker.

1972

Bobby Darin

American singer-songwriter and actor (born 1936)

Walden Robert Cassotto, known by the stage name Bobby Darin, was an American singer, songwriter, and actor who performed pop, swing, folk, rock and roll and country music.

1973

Rajani Palme Dutt

English journalist and politician (born 1896)

Rajani Palme Dutt was a British political figure, journalist and theoretician who served as the fourth general secretary of the Communist Party of Great Britain during World War II from October 1939 to June 1941. His…

1974

André Jolivet

French composer and conductor (born 1905)

André Jolivet was a French composer. Known for his devotion to French culture and musical thought, Jolivet drew on his interest in acoustics and atonality, as well as both ancient and modern musical influences,…

1974

Richard J. Daley

American lawyer and politician, 48th Mayor of Chicago (born 1902)

Richard Joseph Daley was an American politician who served as the mayor of Chicago from 1955, and the chairman of the Cook County Democratic Party from 1953, until his death. He has been called "the last of the big city…

1976

Soetardjo Kartohadikusumo

Indonesian politician, 1st Governor of West Java (born 1890)

Soetardjo Kartohadikusumo was an Indonesian politician who served as the first Governor of West Java in 1945. A former member of the Volksraad, he was also renowned for the 1936 Soetardjo Petition.

1976

Dimitris Rontiris

Greek actor and director (born 1899)

Dimitris Rontiris was a Greek actor and director.

1981

Arthur Rubinstein

Polish-American pianist and composer (born 1887)

Arthur Rubinstein KBE OMRI was a Polish and American pianist. Widely regarded as one of the greatest pianists, he received international acclaim for his interpretations of classical music compositions, particularly…

1982

Stanley Milgram

American psychologist and academic (born 1933)

Stanley Milgram was an American social psychologist who conducted controversial experiments on obedience in the 1960s during his professorship at Yale.

1984

Dmitry Ustinov

Minister of Defence of the Soviet Union (1976–84) (born 1908)

Dmitry Fyodorovich Ustinov was a Soviet politician and a Marshal of the Soviet Union during the Cold War. He served as a Central Committee secretary in charge of the Soviet military–industrial complex from 1965 to 1976…

1984

Joe DeSa

American baseball player (born 1959)

Joseph DeSa was an American Major League Baseball first baseman.

1986

Simone Beck

French chef and author (born 1904)

Simone "Simca" Beck was a French cookbook writer and cooking teacher who, along with colleagues Julia Child and Louisette Bertholle, played a significant role in the introduction of French cooking technique and recipes…

1991

Sam Rabin

English wrestler, singer, and sculptor (born 1903)

Samuel (Sam) Rabin, originally Samuel Rabinovitch, was an English sculptor, artist, film actor, art teacher, singer, boxer, wrestler and a 1928 Olympic bronze medalist in Middleweight wrestling.

1991

Albert Van Vlierberghe

Belgian cyclist (born 1942)

Albert Van Vlierberghe was a Belgian professional road bicycle racer. Van Vlierberghe won three stages in the Tour de France, and three stages in the Giro d'Italia. He also competed in the team time trial and the team…

1991

W. Edwards Deming

American statistician, author, and academic (born 1900)

William Edwards Deming was an American business theorist, composer, economist, industrial engineer, management consultant, statistician, and writer. Educated initially as an electrical engineer and later specializing in…

1993

Nazife Güran

Turkish composer and educator (born 1921)

Avniye Nazife Aral Güran was a Turkish composer and pianist, born in Vienna of a diplomat father. She is one of the first Turkish female composers to write classical music. She studied music as a child with her mother…

1993

Dean Rusk

American lawyer, and politician, 54th United States Secretary of State (born 1909)

David Dean Rusk was the United States secretary of state from 1961 to 1969 under presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson, the second-longest serving secretary of state after Cordell Hull from the Franklin…

1994

Madge Sinclair

Jamaican-American actress (born 1938)

Madge Dorita Sinclair CD was a Jamaican actress best known for her roles in Cornbread, Earl and Me (1975), Convoy (1978), Coming to America (1988), Trapper John, M.D. (1980–1986), and the ABC TV miniseries Roots (1977).…

1995

Carl Sagan

American astronomer, astrophysicist, and cosmologist (born 1934)

Carl Edward Sagan was an American astronomer, planetary scientist and science communicator. Initially an assistant professor at Harvard, Sagan later moved to Cornell, where he was the David Duncan Professor of Astronomy…

1996

Denise Levertov

English-American poet and translator (born 1923)

Priscilla Denise Levertov was a British-born naturalised American poet. She was heavily influenced by the Black Mountain poets and by the political context of the Vietnam War, which she explored in her poetry book The…

1997

Dick Spooner

English cricketer (born 1919)

Richard Thompson Spooner was an English cricketer who played for Warwickshire and England.

1997

Dawn Steel

American film producer (born 1946)

Dawn Leslie Steel was an American film studio executive and producer. She was one of the first women to run a major Hollywood film studio, rising through the ranks of merchandising and production to head Columbia…

1997

Alan Lloyd Hodgkin

English physiologist and biophysicist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1916)

Sir Alan Lloyd Hodgkin was an English physiologist and biophysicist who shared the 1963 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Andrew Huxley and John Eccles.

1998

Riccardo Freda

Egyptian-Italian director and screenwriter (born 1909)

Riccardo Freda was an Italian film director. He worked in a variety of genres, including sword-and-sandal, horror, giallo and spy films.

1999

Hank Snow

Canadian-American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1914)

Clarence Eugene "Hank" Snow was a Canadian country music guitarist, singer, and songwriter. He recorded 140 albums and charted more than 85 singles on the Billboard country charts between 1950 and 1980. Snow had success…

1999

Léopold Sédar Senghor

Senegalese poet and politician, 1st President of Senegal (born 1906)

Léopold Sédar Senghor was a Senegalese politician, cultural theorist and poet who served as the first president of Senegal from 1960 to 1980.

2001

Raoul Bott

Hungarian-American mathematician and academic (born 1923)

Raoul Bott was a Hungarian-American mathematician known for numerous foundational contributions to geometry in its broad sense. He is best known for his Bott periodicity theorem, the Morse–Bott functions which he used…

2005

Anne Rogers Clark

American dog breeder and trainer (born 1929)

Anne Rogers Clark was an American dog breeder and trainer and one of the few people licensed to judge all 165 breeds and varieties recognized by the American Kennel Club.

2006

Adrian Mitchell

English author, poet, and playwright (born 1932)

Adrian Mitchell FRSL was an English poet, novelist, and playwright. A former journalist, he became a noted figure on the British left. For almost half a century he was the foremost poet of the country's Campaign for…

2008

Robert Mulligan

American director and producer (born 1925)

Robert Patrick Mulligan was an American director and producer. He is best known for his sensitive dramas, including To Kill a Mockingbird (1962), Summer of '42 (1971), The Other (1972), Same Time, Next Year (1978), and…

2008

Igor Troubetzkoy

Russian aristocrat and racing driver (born 1912)

Prince Igor Nikolayevich Troubetzkoy was a French aristocrat and athlete of Russian descent. He was styled His Serene Highness, but did not use the style often.

2008

Brittany Murphy

American actress and singer (born 1977)

Brittany Anne Murphy-Monjack was an American actress and singer, known for her equal mastery of the comedy and drama genres. Her famed roles include Tai Frasier in the teen film Clueless (1995), Alex Latourno in 8 Mile…

2009

Arnold Stang

American actor (born 1918)

Arnold Sidney Stang was an American actor and comedian. Recognized by his small stature and squawky, Brooklyn-accented speaking voice, he steadily worked on the stage, radio, and television and provided animation…

2009

K. P. Ratnam

Sri Lankan academic and politician (born 1914)

Kaarthigesar Ponnambalam Ratnam was a Sri Lankan Tamil academic, politician and Member of Parliament.

2010

Barry Reckord

Jamaican playwright and screenwriter (born 1926)

Barrington John Reckord, known as Barry Reckord, was a Jamaican playwright, one of the earliest Caribbean writers to make a contribution to theatre in Britain. His brother was the actor and director Lloyd Reckord, with…

2011

Stan Charlton

English footballer and manager (born 1929)

Stanley Charlton was an English footballer and manager. Charlton featured as a right back with clubs Bromley, Leyton Orient and Arsenal. As a manager he was one of the longest serving at Weymouth.

2012

Robert Juniper

Australian painter and sculptor (born 1929)

Robert Litchfield Juniper, AM was an Australian artist, art teacher, illustrator, painter, printmaker and sculptor.

2012

Victor Merzhanov

Russian pianist and educator (born 1919)

Victor Karpovich Merzhanov was a Russian pianist, honoured as People's Artist of the USSR in 1990.

2012

Pyotr Bolotnikov

Russian runner (born 1930)

Pyotr Grigoryevich Bolotnikov was a Soviet Track and field athlete who competed mainly in long-distance running events. He was the winner of the 10,000 metres at the 1960 Summer Olympics.

2013

Per-Ingvar Brånemark

Swedish surgeon and academic (born 1929)

Per-Ingvar Brånemark was a Swedish physician and researcher, known as the "father of modern dental implantology". The Brånemark Osseointegration Center (BOC), named after its founder, was founded in 1989 in Gothenburg,…

2014

John Freeman

English lawyer, politician, and diplomat, British Ambassador to the United States (born 1915)

Major John Horace Freeman was a British politician, diplomat, broadcaster, and British Army officer. He was the Labour Member of Parliament (MP) for Watford from 1945 to 1955.

2014

Fanny Waterman

British pianist (born 1920)

Dame Fanny Waterman was a British pianist and academic piano teacher, who is particularly known as the founder, chair and artistic director of the Leeds International Piano Competition. She was also president of the…

2020

Ezra Vogel

American sociologist (born 1930)

Ezra Feivel Vogel was an American sociologist who wrote on modern Japan, China, and Korea. He was Henry Ford II Professor of the Social Sciences at Harvard University.

2020

Franco Harris

American football player (born 1950)

Franco Harris was an American professional football player who was a fullback for 13 seasons in the National Football League (NFL), primarily with the Pittsburgh Steelers. He played college football for the Penn State…

2022

Casey Chaos

American singer (born 1965)

Karim George Chmielinski, known professionally as Casey Chaos, was an American musician, best known as the lead singer of Amen. His music encompassed a number of styles in the punk and metal genres.

2024

George Eastham

English footballer (born 1936)

George Edward Eastham, OBE was an English footballer who played as a midfielder or inside forward for Newcastle United, Arsenal and Stoke City, as well as being a member of England's 1966 World Cup-winning squad. He is…

2024

Rickey Henderson

American baseball player (born 1958)

Rickey Nelson Henley Henderson, nicknamed "Man of Steal", was an American professional baseball left fielder who played 25 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for nine teams from 1979 to 2003, including four separate…

2024

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Luis Carrero Blanco — Spanish Navy officer and Prime Minister (1904–1973)

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Known forA long-time confidant and right-hand man of dictator Francisco Franco, Carrero served as Prime Minister of Spain

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