Sixth government of Francisco Franco

6th government of Francisco Franco
Government of Spain
1962–1965
Franco in the 1950s
Date formed	11 July 1962
Date dissolved	8 July 1965
People and organisations
Head of State	Francisco Franco
Prime Minister	Francisco Franco
Deputy Prime Minister	Agustín Muñoz Grandes
No. of ministers	19[a]
Total no. of members	20[a]
Member party	FET–JONS
Status in legislature	One-party state
History
Legislature terms	7th Cortes Españolas 8th Cortes Españolas
Budget	1964–65
Predecessor	Franco V
Successor	Franco VII

The sixth^[b] government of Francisco Franco was formed on 11 July 1962.^[3] It succeeded the fifth Franco government and was the government of Spain from 11 July 1962 to 8 July 1965, a total of 1,093 days, or 2 years, 11 months and 27 days.

Franco's sixth cabinet was made up of members from the different factions or "families" within the National Movement: mainly the FET y de las JONS party—the only legal political party during the Francoist regime—the military, the Opus Dei and the National Catholic Association of Propagandists (ACNP), as well as a number of aligned-nonpartisan technocrats or figures from the civil service.^[4]

Council of Ministers

The Council of Ministers was structured into the offices for the prime minister, the deputy prime minister and 18 ministries, including two ministers without portfolio and the office of the minister undersecretary of the presidency.^[5]

← Franco VI Government → (11 July 1962 – 8 July 1965)
Portfolio	Name	Party		Took office	Left office	Ref.
Head of State Prime Minister	Francisco Franco		Military	30 January 1938	9 June 1973	[6] [7]
Deputy Prime Minister	Agustín Muñoz Grandes		Military	11 July 1962	28 July 1967	[8]
Minister of Foreign Affairs	Fernando María Castiella		FET–JONS^/ACNP	25 February 1957	30 October 1969	[9]
Minister of Justice	Antonio Iturmendi		FET–JONS^/Trad.	19 July 1951	8 July 1965	[10]
Minister of the Army	Pablo Martín Alonso		Military	11 July 1962	11 February 1964†	[11]
Minister of the Navy	Pedro Nieto Antúnez		Military	11 July 1962	30 October 1969	[12]
Minister of Finance	Mariano Navarro Rubio		Opus Dei	25 February 1957	8 July 1965	[13]
Minister of Governance	Camilo Alonso Vega		Military	25 February 1957	30 October 1969	[14]
Minister of Public Works	Jorge Vigón		Military	25 February 1957	8 July 1965	[15]
Minister of National Education	Manuel Lora-Tamayo		Nonpartisan	11 July 1962	2 June 1966	[16]
Minister of Labour	Jesús Romeo Gorría		FET–JONS	11 July 1962	30 October 1969	[17]
Minister of Industry	Gregorio López-Bravo		Opus Dei	11 July 1962	30 October 1969	[18]
Minister of Agriculture	Cirilo Cánovas		FET–JONS	25 February 1957	8 July 1965	[19]
Minister of the Air	José Lacalle Larraga		Military	11 July 1962	30 October 1969	[20]
Minister of Trade	Alberto Ullastres		Opus Dei	25 February 1957	8 July 1965	[21]
Minister of Information and Tourism	Manuel Fraga		FET–JONS	11 July 1962	30 October 1969	[22]
Minister of Housing	José María Martínez Sánchez-Arjona		FET–JONS	21 April 1960	30 October 1969	[23]
Minister Undersecretary of the Presidency	Luis Carrero Blanco		Military	19 July 1951	22 September 1967	[24]
Minister Secretary-General of the Movement	José Solís Ruiz		FET–JONS	25 February 1957	30 October 1969	[25]
Minister without portfolio President of the Council of National Economy	Pedro Gual Villalbí		Nonpartisan	25 February 1957	8 July 1965	[26]
Changes February 1964
Portfolio	Name	Faction		Took office	Left office	Ref.
Minister of the Army	Pedro Nieto Antúnez took on the ordinary discharge of duties from 11 to 21 February 1964.[27]
	Camilo Menéndez Tolosa		Military	21 February 1964	30 October 1969	[28]

Departmental structure

Francisco Franco's sixth government was organised into several superior and governing units, whose number, powers and hierarchical structure varied depending on the ministerial department.^[5]

Unit/body rank

• (■) Undersecretary
• (■) Director-general
• (◆) Military & intelligence agency

Office (Original name)	Portrait	Name	Took office	Left office	Alliance/party			Ref.
Prime Minister's Office
Prime Minister (Presidencia del Gobierno)		Francisco Franco	30 January 1938	9 June 1973			FET–JONS (Military)
Deputy Prime Minister (Vicepresidencia del Gobierno)		Agustín Muñoz Grandes	11 July 1962	28 July 1967			FET–JONS (Military)
Minister Undersecretary of the Presidency (Ministro Subsecretario de la Presidencia)		Luis Carrero Blanco	19 July 1951	9 June 1973			FET–JONS (Military)
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Ministerio de Asuntos Exteriores)		Fernando María Castiella	25 February 1957	30 October 1969			FET–JONS (also a member of ACNP)	[29]
	18 October 1957 – 17 April 1964 (■) Undersecretariat of Foreign Affairs (■) Directorate-General for Foreign Policy (■) Directorate-General for Cultural Relations (■) Directorate-General for Internal Regime (■) Directorate-General for Consular Affairs (■) Directorate-General for Economic Relations (■) Directorate-General for International Organizations (■) Directorate-General of the Office for Diplomatic Information (■) Service for Chancery, Protocol and Orders–Introducer of Ambassadors (■) Inspectorate-General for Services Abroad 17 April 1964 – 25 April 1966 (■) Undersecretariat of Foreign Affairs (■) Directorate-General for Foreign Policy (■) Directorate-General for Cultural Relations (■) Directorate-General for Internal Regime (■) Directorate-General for Consular Affairs (■) Directorate-General for Economic Relations (■) Directorate-General for International Organizations (■) Directorate-General of the Office for Diplomatic Information (■) Directorate-General for Relations with the United States of America (■) Service for Chancery, Protocol and Orders–Introducer of Ambassadors (■) Inspectorate-General for Services Abroad
Ministry of Justice
Ministry of Justice (Ministerio de Justicia)		Antonio Iturmendi	19 July 1951	8 July 1965			FET–JONS (Traditionalist)
Ministry of the Army
Ministry of the Army (Ministerio del Ejército)		Pablo Martín Alonso	11 July 1962	11 February 1964 (died in office)			FET–JONS (Military)
		Pedro Nieto Antúnez (ordinary discharge of duties)	11 February 1964	21 February 1964			FET–JONS (Military)
		Camilo Menéndez Tolosa	21 February 1964	30 October 1969			FET–JONS (Military)
Ministry of the Navy
Ministry of the Navy (Ministerio de Marina)		Pedro Nieto Antúnez	11 July 1962	30 October 1969			FET–JONS (Military)
Ministry of Finance
Ministry of Finance (Ministerio de Hacienda)		Mariano Navarro Rubio	25 February 1957	8 July 1965			FET–JONS (Opus Dei)	[30] [31] [32]
Ministry of Governance
Ministry of Governance (Ministerio de la Gobernación)		Camilo Alonso Vega	25 February 1957	30 October 1969			FET–JONS (Military)
Ministry of Public Works
Ministry of Public Works (Ministerio de Obras Públicas)		Jorge Vigón	25 February 1957	8 July 1965			FET–JONS (Military)
Ministry of National Education
Ministry of National Education (Ministerio de Educación Nacional)		Manuel Lora-Tamayo	11 July 1962	17 April 1968			FET–JONS (Nonpartisan)
Ministry of Labour
Ministry of Labour (Ministerio de Trabajo)		Jesús Romeo Gorría	11 July 1962	30 October 1969			FET–JONS
Ministry of Industry
Ministry of Industry (Ministerio de Industria)		Gregorio López-Bravo	11 July 1962	30 October 1969			FET–JONS (Opus Dei)
Ministry of Agriculture
Ministry of Agriculture (Ministerio de Agricultura)		Cirilo Cánovas	25 February 1957	8 July 1965			FET–JONS
Ministry of the Air
Ministry of the Air (Ministerio del Aire)		José Lacalle Larraga	11 July 1962	30 October 1969			FET–JONS (Military)	[33]
Ministry of Trade
Ministry of Trade (Ministerio de Comercio)		Alberto Ullastres	25 February 1957	8 July 1965			FET–JONS (Opus Dei)
Ministry of Information and Tourism
Ministry of Information and Tourism (Ministerio de Información y Turismo)		Manuel Fraga	11 July 1962	30 October 1969			FET–JONS
Ministry of Housing
Ministry of Housing (Ministerio de la Vivienda)		José María Martínez Sánchez-Arjona	21 April 1960	30 October 1969			FET–JONS
Ministers without portfolio
Minister Secretary-General of FET–JONS (Ministro Secretario General de FET y de las JONS)		José Solís Ruiz	25 February 1957	30 October 1969			FET–JONS	[5]
Minister without portfolio; President of the Council of National Economy (Ministro sin cartera; Presidente del Consejo de Economía Nacional)		Pedro Gual Villalbí	25 February 1957	8 July 1965			FET–JONS (Nonpartisan)

Notes

1. Does not include the prime minister.
2. Sources differ on the numbering, depending on whether they consider every cabinet change or just major reshuffles as giving way to a different government. In this sense, the 1962–1965 period is regarded as both the sixth and the eleventh government under Franco, depending on the source.^[1][2]

References

1. "Breve historia de todos los cambios de Gobierno desde 1938". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). 30 October 1969. Retrieved 27 August 2020.
2. "Historia de los gobiernos de Franco". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). 4 January 1974. Retrieved 27 August 2020.
3. "Reorganización del Gobierno español". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). 11 July 1962. Retrieved 27 August 2020.
4. Montagut, Edmundo (17 January 2016). "Familias políticas franquistas". Nueva Tribuna (in Spanish). Retrieved 30 August 2025.
5. "Decreto de 26 julio de 1957 por el que se aprueba el texto refundido de la Ley de Régimen jurídico de la Administración del Estado" (pdf). Official State Gazette (in Spanish) (195). State Agency for the Official State Gazette: 646–651. 31 July 1957. ISSN 0212-033X.
6. "Decreto núm. 138. Nombrando Jefe del Gobierno del Estado Español al Excelentísimo Sr. General de División don Francisco Franco Bahamonde, quien asumirá todos los poderes del nuevo Estado" (pdf). National Defense Junta Official Gazette (in Spanish) (32). State Agency for the Official State Gazette: 125–126. 30 September 1936.
7. "Ley organizando la Administración Central del Estado" (pdf). Boletín Oficial del Estado (in Spanish) (467). State Agency for the Official State Gazette: 5514–5515. 31 January 1938. ISSN 0212-033X.
8. "Decreto-Ley 25/1962, de 10 de julio, por el que se nombra Vicepresidente del Gobierno a don Agustín Muñoz Grandes" (pdf). Official State Gazette (in Spanish) (165). State Agency for the Official State Gazette: 9653. 11 July 1962. ISSN 0212-033X.
9. "Decreto de 25 de febrero de 1957 por el que se nombra Ministro de Asuntos Exteriores a don Fernando Maria Castiella y Maíz" (pdf). Official State Gazette (in Spanish) (201). State Agency for the Official State Gazette: 3447. 20 July 1951. ISSN 0212-033X.
10. "Decreto de 19 de julio de 1951 por el que se nombra Ministro de Justicia a don Antonio Iturmendi Bañales" (pdf). Official State Gazette (in Spanish) (201). State Agency for the Official State Gazette: 3447. 20 July 1951. ISSN 0212-033X.
11. "Decreto 1494/1962, de 10 de julio, por el que se nombra Ministro del Ejército a don Pablo Martín Alonso" (pdf). Official State Gazette (in Spanish) (165). State Agency for the Official State Gazette: 9653. 11 July 1962. ISSN 0212-033X.
12. "Decreto 1495/1962, de 10 de julio, por el que se nombra Ministro de Marina a don Pedro Nieto Antúnez" (pdf). Official State Gazette (in Spanish) (165). State Agency for the Official State Gazette: 9653. 11 July 1962. ISSN 0212-033X.
13. "Decreto de 25 de febrero de 1957 por el que se nombra Ministro de Hacienda a don Mariano Navarro Rubio" (pdf). Official State Gazette (in Spanish) (57). State Agency for the Official State Gazette: 1235. 26 February 1957. ISSN 0212-033X.
14. "Decreto de 25 de febrero de 1957 por el que se nombra Ministro de la Gobernación a don Camilo Alonso Vega" (pdf). Official State Gazette (in Spanish) (57). State Agency for the Official State Gazette: 1235. 26 February 1957. ISSN 0212-033X.
15. "Decreto de 25 de febrero de 1957 por el que se nombra Ministro de Obras Públicas a don Jorge Vigón Suerodíaz" (pdf). Official State Gazette (in Spanish) (57). State Agency for the Official State Gazette: 1235. 26 February 1957. ISSN 0212-033X.
16. "Decreto 1496/1962, de 10 de julio, por el que se nombra Ministro de Educación Nacional a don Manuel Lora Tamayo" (pdf). Official State Gazette (in Spanish) (165). State Agency for the Official State Gazette: 9653. 11 July 1962. ISSN 0212-033X.
17. "Decreto 1497/1962, de 10 de julio, por el que se nombra Ministro de Trabajo a don Jesús Romeo Gorria" (pdf). Official State Gazette (in Spanish) (165). State Agency for the Official State Gazette: 9653. 11 July 1962. ISSN 0212-033X.
18. "Decreto 1498/1962, de 10 de julio, por el que se nombra Ministro de Industria a don Gregorio López Bravo de Castro" (pdf). Official State Gazette (in Spanish) (165). State Agency for the Official State Gazette: 9653. 11 July 1962. ISSN 0212-033X.
19. "Decreto de 25 de febrero de 1957 por el que se nombra Ministro de Agricultura a don Cirilo Cánovas García" (pdf). Official State Gazette (in Spanish) (57). State Agency for the Official State Gazette: 1235. 26 February 1957. ISSN 0212-033X.
20. "Decreto 1499/1962, de 10 de julio, por el que se nombra Ministro del Aire a don José Lacalle Larraga" (pdf). Official State Gazette (in Spanish) (165). State Agency for the Official State Gazette: 9653. 11 July 1962. ISSN 0212-033X.
21. "Decreto de 25 de febrero de 1957 por el que se nombra Ministro de Comercio a don Alberto Ullastres Calvo" (pdf). Official State Gazette (in Spanish) (57). State Agency for the Official State Gazette: 1236. 26 February 1957. ISSN 0212-033X.
22. "Decreto 1500/1962, de 10 de julio, por el que se nombra Ministro de Información y Turismo a don Manuel Fraga Iribarne" (pdf). Official State Gazette (in Spanish) (165). State Agency for the Official State Gazette: 9653. 11 July 1962. ISSN 0212-033X.
23. "Decreto 707/1960, de 20 de abril, por el que se nombra Ministro de la Vivienda a don José María Martínez Sánchez-Arjona" (pdf). Official State Gazette (in Spanish) (96). State Agency for the Official State Gazette: 5196. 21 April 1960. ISSN 0212-033X.
24. "Decreto de 19 de julio de 1951 por el que se nombra Ministro Subsecretario de la Presidencia del Gobierno a don Luis Carrero Blanco" (pdf). Official State Gazette (in Spanish) (201). State Agency for the Official State Gazette: 3448. 20 July 1951. ISSN 0212-033X.
25. "Decreto de 25 de febrero de 1957 por el que se nombra Ministro Secretario general del Movimiento a don José Solís Ruiz" (pdf). Official State Gazette (in Spanish) (57). State Agency for the Official State Gazette: 1235. 26 February 1957. ISSN 0212-033X.
26. "Decreto de 25 de febrero de 1957 por el que se nombra Ministro sin Cartera a don Pedro Gual Villalbi" (pdf). Official State Gazette (in Spanish) (57). State Agency for the Official State Gazette: 1236. 26 February 1957. ISSN 0212-033X.
27. "Decreto 311/1964, de 11 de febrero, por el que se dispone que se encargue del Despacho del Ministerio del Ejército el Ministro de Marina" (pdf). Official State Gazette (in Spanish) (37). State Agency for the Official State Gazette: 1914. 12 February 1964. ISSN 0212-033X.
28. "Decreto 360/1964, de 20 de febrero, por el que se nombra Ministro del Ejército a don Camilo Menéndez Tolosa" (pdf). Official State Gazette (in Spanish) (45). State Agency for the Official State Gazette: 2342. 21 February 1964. ISSN 0212-033X.
29. "Decreto 968/1964, de 26 de marzo, por el que se crea la Dirección General de Relaciones con los Estados Unidos de América" (pdf). Official State Gazette (in Spanish) (93). State Agency for the Official State Gazette: 4851–4852. 17 April 1964. ISSN 0212-033X.
30. "Decreto 2908/1962, de 15 de noviembre, sobre modificaciones orgánicas en el Ministerio de Hacienda" (pdf). Official State Gazette (in Spanish) (275). State Agency for the Official State Gazette: 16290. 16 November 1962. ISSN 0212-033X.
31. "Decreto 2876/1963, de 15 de noviembre, por el que se modifica la organización actual del Ministerio de Hacienda" (pdf). Official State Gazette (in Spanish) (275). State Agency for the Official State Gazette: 16112–16113. 16 November 1963. ISSN 0212-033X.
32. "Decreto 2003/1964, de 13 de julio, de modificaciones orgánicas del Ministerio de Hacienda y sobre el Servicio de Inspección de los Tributos" (pdf). Official State Gazette (in Spanish) (169). State Agency for the Official State Gazette: 9116–9118. 15 July 1964. ISSN 0212-033X.
33. "Decreto 2384/1963, de 7 de septiembre, por el que se reorganiza el Ministerio del Aire" (pdf). Official State Gazette (in Spanish) (229). State Agency for the Official State Gazette: 13783–13784. 24 September 1963. ISSN 0212-033X.

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External links

• Governments. Dictatorship of Franco (18.07.1936 / 20.11.1975). CCHS–CSIC (in Spanish).
• Governments of Franco. Dictatorship Chronology (1939–1975). Fuenterrebollo Portal (in Spanish).
• The governments of the Civil War and Franco's dictatorship (1936–1975). Lluís Belenes i Rodríguez History Page (in Spanish).
• Biographies. Royal Academy of History (in Spanish).

Preceded by Franco V

Government of Spain 1962–1965

Succeeded by Franco VII