Fifth government of Francisco Franco

{{Infobox government cabinet

| cabinet_name = 5th government of Francisco Franco

| cabinet_number =

| cabinet_type = Government

| jurisdiction = Spain

| flag = Flag of Spain (1945–1977).svg

| flag_border = true

| incumbent = 1957–1962

| image = RETRATO DEL GRAL. FRANCISCO FRANCO BAHAMONDE (adjusted levels).jpg

| image_size = 175px

| caption =

| date_formed = 25 February 1957

| date_dissolved = 11 July 1962

| government_head = Francisco Franco

| government_head_title = Prime Minister

| deputy_government_head =

| deputy_government_head_title =

| state_head = Francisco Franco

| state_head_title = Head of State

| members_number = 18{{efn|name="PM"|Does not include the Prime Minister.}}

| total_number = 19{{efn|name="PM"}}

| political_party = {{color test|{{party color|Movimiento Nacional}}|size=1}} National Movement (Military, FET–JONS, Opus Dei, ACNP, nonpartisans)

| legislature_status = One-party state

| opposition_party =

| opposition_leader =

| election =

| last_election =

| legislature_term = 5th Cortes Españolas
6th Cortes Españolas
7th Cortes Españolas

| budget = 1958–59, 1960–61, 1962–63

| incoming_formation =

| outgoing_formation =

| previous = Franco IV

| successor = Franco VI

}}

The fifth{{efn|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 1957–1962 period is regarded as both the fifth and the tenth government under Franco, depending on the source.{{cite news|date=30 October 1969|title=Breve historia de todos los cambios de Gobierno desde 1938|url=http://hemeroteca.lavanguardia.com/preview/1969/10/30/pagina-6/33597574/pdf.html|language=es|newspaper=La Vanguardia|access-date=27 August 2020}}{{cite news|date=4 January 1974|title=Historia de los gobiernos de Franco|url=http://hemeroteca.lavanguardia.com/preview/1974/01/04/pagina-4/34208235/pdf.html|language=es|newspaper=La Vanguardia|access-date=27 August 2020}}}} government of Francisco Franco was formed on 25 February 1957.{{cite news|date=26 February 1957|title=S.E. el Jefe del Estado reorganiza el Gobierno de la nación|url=http://hemeroteca.lavanguardia.com/preview/1957/02/26/pagina-3/32762585/pdf.html|language=es|newspaper=La Vanguardia|access-date=27 August 2020}} It succeeded the fourth Franco government and was the Government of Spain from 25 February 1957 to 11 July 1962, a total of {{age in days|25 Feb 1957|11 Jul 1962}} days, or {{age in years, months and days|1957|2|25|1962|7|11}}.

Franco's fifth 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 National Catholic Association of Propagandists (ACNP) and a number of aligned-nonpartisan figures from the civil service; however for the first time, the cabinet would see the incorporation of several technocratic ministers from the Opus Dei.{{cite web|date=2 December 2009|title=Ministros de Franco pertenecientes al Opus Dei|url=https://opusdei.org/es-es/article/ministros-de-franco-pertenecientes-al-opus-dei/|language=es|website=opusdei.org|access-date=21 August 2020}}{{cite web|title=Los ministros de Franco que eran del Opus Dei|url=https://atreveteasaber.centroeu.com/ministros.htm|language=es|website=atreveteasaber.centroeu.com|access-date=27 August 2020}} The new government saw the establishment for the first time of a Ministry of Housing.{{cite journal|publisher=Agencia Estatal Boletín Oficial del Estado|journal=Boletín Oficial del Estado|issue=57|date=26 February 1957|language=es|title=Decreto-Ley de 25 de febrero de 1957 sobre reorganización de la Administración Central del Estado|format=pdf|url=https://www.boe.es/datos/pdfs/BOE//1957/057/A01231-01233.pdf|issn=0212-033X|pages=1231–1233}}{{cite journal|publisher=Agencia Estatal Boletín Oficial del Estado|journal=Boletín Oficial del Estado|issue=195|date=31 July 1957|language=es|title=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|format=pdf|url=https://www.boe.es/datos/pdfs/BOE//1957/195/A00646-00651.pdf|issn=0212-033X|pages=646–651}}

Council of Ministers

The Council of Ministers was structured into the office for the prime minister and 18 ministries, including one minister without portfolio and the office of the minister undersecretary of the presidency.{{cite journal|publisher=Agencia Estatal Boletín Oficial del Estado|journal=Boletín Oficial del Estado|issue=57|date=26 February 1957|language=es|title=Decreto-Ley de 25 de febrero de 1957 sobre reorganización de la Administración Central del Estado|format=pdf|url=https://www.boe.es/datos/pdfs/BOE//1957/057/A01231-01233.pdf|issn=0212-033X|pages=1231–1233}}{{cite journal|publisher=Agencia Estatal Boletín Oficial del Estado|journal=Boletín Oficial del Estado|issue=195|date=31 July 1957|language=es|title=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|format=pdf|url=https://www.boe.es/datos/pdfs/BOE//1957/195/A00646-00651.pdf|issn=0212-033X|pages=646–651}}

{| class="wikitable"

| colspan="7" bgcolor="#F2F2F2" align="center"| ← Franco V Government →
(25 February 1957 – 11 July 1962)

! Portfolio

! Name

! width="100px" colspan="2"| Faction

! width="135px"| Took office

! width="135px"| Left office

! {{abbr|Ref.|Reference}}

| Head of State
Prime Minister

| Francisco Franco

| width="1" style="background-color:{{party color|Military}};"|

| Military

| 30 January 1938

| 9 June 1973

| align="center"| {{cite journal|publisher=Agencia Estatal Boletín Oficial del Estado|journal=Boletín Oficial de la Junta de Defensa Nacional de España|issue=32|date=30 September 1936|language=es|title=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|format=pdf|url=https://www.boe.es/datos/pdfs/BOE//1936/032/J00125-00126.pdf|pages=125–126}}
{{cite journal|publisher=Agencia Estatal Boletín Oficial del Estado|journal=Boletín Oficial del Estado|issue=467|date=31 January 1938|language=es|title=Ley organizando la Administración Central del Estado|format=pdf|url=https://www.boe.es/datos/pdfs/BOE//1938/467/A05514-05515.pdf|issn=0212-033X|pages=5514–5515}}

! colspan="7"|

| Minister of Foreign Affairs

| Fernando María Castiella

| style="background-color:{{party color|National Catholic Association of Propagandists}};"|

| ACNP

| 25 February 1957

| 30 October 1969

| align="center"| {{cite journal|publisher=Agencia Estatal Boletín Oficial del Estado|journal=Boletín Oficial del Estado|issue=201|date=20 July 1951|language=es|title=Decreto de 25 de febrero de 1957 por el que se nombra Ministro de Asuntos Exteriores a don Fernando Maria Castiella y Maíz|format=pdf|url=https://www.boe.es/datos/pdfs/BOE//1951/201/A03447-03447.pdf|issn=0212-033X|page=3447}}

| Minister of Justice

| Antonio Iturmendi

| style="background-color:{{party color|Falange}};"|

| FET–JONS

| 19 July 1951

| 8 July 1965

| align="center"| {{cite journal|publisher=Agencia Estatal Boletín Oficial del Estado|journal=Boletín Oficial del Estado|issue=201|date=20 July 1951|language=es|title=Decreto de 19 de julio de 1951 por el que se nombra Ministro de Justicia a don Antonio Iturmendi Bañales|format=pdf|url=https://www.boe.es/datos/pdfs/BOE//1951/201/A03447-03447.pdf|issn=0212-033X|page=3447}}

| Minister of the Army

| Antonio Barroso Sánchez-Guerra

| style="background-color:{{party color|Military}};"|

| Military

| 25 February 1957

| 11 July 1962

| align="center"| {{cite journal|publisher=Agencia Estatal Boletín Oficial del Estado|journal=Boletín Oficial del Estado|issue=57|date=26 February 1957|language=es|title=Decreto de 25 de febrero de 1957 por el que se nombra Ministro del Ejército a don Antonio Barroso Sánchez-Guerra|format=pdf|url=https://www.boe.es/datos/pdfs/BOE//1957/057/A01235-01235.pdf|issn=0212-033X|page=1235}}

| Minister of the Navy

| Felipe José Abárzuza

| style="background-color:{{party color|Military}};"|

| Military

| 25 February 1957

| 11 July 1962

| align="center"| {{cite journal|publisher=Agencia Estatal Boletín Oficial del Estado|journal=Boletín Oficial del Estado|issue=57|date=26 February 1957|language=es|title=Decreto de 25 de febrero de 1957 por el que se nombra Ministro de Marina a don Felipe José Abárzuza y Oliva|format=pdf|url=https://www.boe.es/datos/pdfs/BOE//1957/057/A01235-01235.pdf|issn=0212-033X|page=1235}}

| Minister of Finance

| Mariano Navarro Rubio

| style="background-color:{{party color|Opus Dei}};"|

| Opus Dei

| 25 February 1957

| 8 July 1965

| align="center"| {{cite journal|publisher=Agencia Estatal Boletín Oficial del Estado|journal=Boletín Oficial del Estado|issue=57|date=26 February 1957|language=es|title=Decreto de 25 de febrero de 1957 por el que se nombra Ministro de Hacienda a don Mariano Navarro Rubio|format=pdf|url=https://www.boe.es/datos/pdfs/BOE//1957/057/A01235-01235.pdf|issn=0212-033X|page=1235}}

| Minister of Governance

| Camilo Alonso Vega

| style="background-color:{{party color|Military}};"|

| Military

| 25 February 1957

| 30 October 1969

| align="center"| {{cite journal|publisher=Agencia Estatal Boletín Oficial del Estado|journal=Boletín Oficial del Estado|issue=57|date=26 February 1957|language=es|title=Decreto de 25 de febrero de 1957 por el que se nombra Ministro de la Gobernación a don Camilo Alonso Vega|format=pdf|url=https://www.boe.es/datos/pdfs/BOE//1957/057/A01235-01235.pdf|issn=0212-033X|page=1235}}

| Minister of Public Works

| Jorge Vigón

| style="background-color:{{party color|Military}};"|

| Military

| 25 February 1957

| 8 July 1965

| align="center"| {{cite journal|publisher=Agencia Estatal Boletín Oficial del Estado|journal=Boletín Oficial del Estado|issue=57|date=26 February 1957|language=es|title=Decreto de 25 de febrero de 1957 por el que se nombra Ministro de Obras Públicas a don Jorge Vigón Suerodíaz|format=pdf|url=https://www.boe.es/datos/pdfs/BOE//1957/057/A01235-01235.pdf|issn=0212-033X|page=1235}}

| Minister of National Education

| Jesús Rubio García-Mina

| style="background-color:{{party color|Falange}};"|

| FET–JONS

| 15 February 1956

| 11 July 1962

| align="center"| {{cite journal|publisher=Agencia Estatal Boletín Oficial del Estado|journal=Boletín Oficial del Estado|issue=47|date=16 February 1956|language=es|title=Decreto de 15 de febrero de 1956 por el que se nombra Ministro de Educación Nacional a don Jesús Rubio García|format=pdf|url=https://www.boe.es/datos/pdfs/BOE//1956/047/A01062-01062.pdf|issn=0212-033X|page=1062}}

| Minister of Labour

| Fermín Sanz-Orrio

| style="background-color:{{party color|Falange}};"|

| FET–JONS

| 25 February 1957

| 11 July 1962

| align="center"| {{cite journal|publisher=Agencia Estatal Boletín Oficial del Estado|journal=Boletín Oficial del Estado|issue=57|date=26 February 1957|language=es|title=Decreto de 25 de febrero de 1957 por el que se nombra Ministro de Trabajo a don Fermin Sanz Orrio|format=pdf|url=https://www.boe.es/datos/pdfs/BOE//1957/057/A01235-01235.pdf|issn=0212-033X|page=1235}}

| Minister of Industry

| Joaquín Planell

| style="background-color:{{party color|Military}};"|

| Military

| 19 July 1951

| 11 July 1962

| align="center"| {{cite journal|publisher=Agencia Estatal Boletín Oficial del Estado|journal=Boletín Oficial del Estado|issue=201|date=20 July 1951|language=es|title=Decreto de 19 de julio de 1951 por el que se nombra Ministro de Industria a don Joaquin Planell Riera|format=pdf|url=https://www.boe.es/datos/pdfs/BOE//1951/201/A03447-03447.pdf|issn=0212-033X|page=3447}}

| Minister of Agriculture

| Cirilo Cánovas

| style="background-color:{{party color|Nonpartisan politician}};"|

| Nonpartisan

| 25 February 1957

| 8 July 1965

| align="center"| {{cite journal|publisher=Agencia Estatal Boletín Oficial del Estado|journal=Boletín Oficial del Estado|issue=57|date=26 February 1957|language=es|title=Decreto de 25 de febrero de 1957 por el que se nombra Ministro de Agricultura a don Cirilo Cánovas García|format=pdf|url=https://www.boe.es/datos/pdfs/BOE//1957/057/A01235-01235.pdf|issn=0212-033X|page=1235}}

| Minister of the Air

| José Rodríguez y Díaz de Lecea

| style="background-color:{{party color|Military}};"|

| Military

| 25 February 1957

| 11 July 1962

| align="center"| {{cite journal|publisher=Agencia Estatal Boletín Oficial del Estado|journal=Boletín Oficial del Estado|issue=57|date=26 February 1957|language=es|title=Decreto de 25 de febrero de 1957 por el que se nombra Ministro del Aire a don José Rodríguez y Díaz de Lecea|format=pdf|url=https://www.boe.es/datos/pdfs/BOE//1957/057/A01236-01236.pdf|issn=0212-033X|page=1236}}

| Minister of Trade

| Alberto Ullastres

| style="background-color:{{party color|Opus Dei}};"|

| Opus Dei

| 25 February 1957

| 8 July 1965

| align="center"| {{cite journal|publisher=Agencia Estatal Boletín Oficial del Estado|journal=Boletín Oficial del Estado|issue=57|date=26 February 1957|language=es|title=Decreto de 25 de febrero de 1957 por el que se nombra Ministro de Comercio a don Alberto Ullastres Calvo|format=pdf|url=https://www.boe.es/datos/pdfs/BOE//1957/057/A01236-01236.pdf|issn=0212-033X|page=1236}}

| Minister of Information and Tourism

| Gabriel Arias-Salgado

| style="background-color:{{party color|Falange}};"|

| FET–JONS

| 19 July 1951

| 11 July 1962

| align="center"| {{cite journal|publisher=Agencia Estatal Boletín Oficial del Estado|journal=Boletín Oficial del Estado|issue=201|date=20 July 1951|language=es|title=Decreto de 19 de julio de 1951 por el que se nombra Ministro de Información y Turismo a don Gabriel Arias Salgado|format=pdf|url=https://www.boe.es/datos/pdfs/BOE//1951/201/A03448-03448.pdf|issn=0212-033X|page=3448}}

| Minister of Housing

| José Luis de Arrese

| style="background-color:{{party color|Falange}};"|

| FET–JONS

| 25 February 1957

| 18 March 1960

| align="center"| {{cite journal|publisher=Agencia Estatal Boletín Oficial del Estado|journal=Boletín Oficial del Estado|issue=57|date=26 February 1957|language=es|title=Decreto de 25 de febrero de 1957 por el que se nombra Ministro de la Vivienda a don José Luis de Arrese y Magra|format=pdf|url=https://www.boe.es/datos/pdfs/BOE//1957/057/A01236-01236.pdf|issn=0212-033X|page=1236}}

| Minister Undersecretary of the Presidency

| Luis Carrero Blanco

| style="background-color:{{party color|Military}};"|

| Military

| 19 July 1951

| 22 September 1967

| align="center"| {{cite journal|publisher=Agencia Estatal Boletín Oficial del Estado|journal=Boletín Oficial del Estado|issue=201|date=20 July 1951|language=es|title=Decreto de 19 de julio de 1951 por el que se nombra Ministro Subsecretario de la Presidencia del Gobierno a don Luis Carrero Blanco|format=pdf|url=https://www.boe.es/datos/pdfs/BOE//1951/201/A03448-03448.pdf|issn=0212-033X|page=3448}}

| Minister Secretary-General of the Movement

| José Solís Ruiz

| style="background-color:{{party color|Falange}};"|

| FET–JONS

| 25 February 1957

| 30 October 1969

| align="center"| {{cite journal|publisher=Agencia Estatal Boletín Oficial del Estado|journal=Boletín Oficial del Estado|issue=57|date=26 February 1957|language=es|title=Decreto de 25 de febrero de 1957 por el que se nombra Ministro Secretario general del Movimiento a don José Solís Ruiz|format=pdf|url=https://www.boe.es/datos/pdfs/BOE//1957/057/A01235-01235.pdf|issn=0212-033X|page=1235}}

| Minister without portfolio
President of the Council of National Economy

| Pedro Gual Villalbí

| style="background-color:{{party color|Nonpartisan politician}};"|

| Nonpartisan

| 25 February 1957

| 8 July 1965

| align="center"| {{cite journal|publisher=Agencia Estatal Boletín Oficial del Estado|journal=Boletín Oficial del Estado|issue=57|date=26 February 1957|language=es|title=Decreto de 25 de febrero de 1957 por el que se nombra Ministro sin Cartera a don Pedro Gual Villalbi|format=pdf|url=https://www.boe.es/datos/pdfs/BOE//1957/057/A01236-01236.pdf|issn=0212-033X|page=1236}}

| colspan="7"|

=Changes March 1960=

! Portfolio

! Name

! colspan="2"| Faction

! Took office

! Left office

! {{abbr|Ref.|Reference}}

| rowspan="2"| Minister of Housing

| colspan="6"| {{resize|Pedro Gual Villalbí took on the ordinary discharge of duties from 18 March to 21 April 1960.{{cite journal|publisher=Agencia Estatal Boletín Oficial del Estado|journal=Boletín Oficial del Estado|issue=67|date=18 March 1960|language=es|title=Decreto 473/1960, de 17 de marzo, por el que se dispone se encargue del despacho del Ministerio de la Vivienda el Ministro sin Cartera don Pedro Gual Villalbí|format=pdf|url=https://www.boe.es/boe/dias/1960/03/18/pdfs/A03407-03407.pdf|issn=0212-033X|page=3407}}{{cite journal|publisher=Agencia Estatal Boletín Oficial del Estado|journal=Boletín Oficial del Estado|issue=96|date=21 April 1960|language=es|title=Decreto 706/1960, de 20 de abril, por el que cesa en el cargo del despacho del Ministerio de la Vivienda el Ministro sin Cartera don Pedro Gual Villalbí|format=pdf|url=https://www.boe.es/boe/dias/1960/04/21/pdfs/A05196-05196.pdf|issn=0212-033X|page=5196}}}}

| José María Martínez Sánchez-Arjona

| style="background-color:{{party color|Falange}};"|

| FET–JONS

| 21 April 1960

| 30 October 1969

| align="center"| {{cite journal|publisher=Agencia Estatal Boletín Oficial del Estado|journal=Boletín Oficial del Estado|issue=96|date=21 April 1960|language=es|title=Decreto 707/1960, de 20 de abril, por el que se nombra Ministro de la Vivienda a don José María Martínez Sánchez-Arjona|format=pdf|url=https://www.boe.es/boe/dias/1960/04/21/pdfs/A05196-05196.pdf|issn=0212-033X|page=5196}}

Departmental structure

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

;Unit/body rank

({{colorbull|#00A2E8}}) Undersecretary
({{colorbull|#FF8080}}) Director-general
({{colorbull|#C70243|d}}) Military & intelligence agency

{| class="wikitable" style="line-height:18px;"

! scope="col"| Office
{{smaller|(Original name)}}

! scope="col"| Portrait

! scope="col"| Name

! scope="col"| Took office

! scope="col"| Left office

! colspan="3" scope="col"| Alliance/faction

! {{abbr|Ref.|Reference}}

! colspan="9"|

=[[Palace of Moncloa#Prime Minister's Office|Prime Minister's Office]]=

| align="center" rowspan="2" width="250"| Prime Minister
{{smaller|(Presidencia del Gobierno)}}

| width="80"| 80px

| width="200"| Francisco Franco

| width="200"| 30 January 1938

| width="200"| 9 June 1973

| width="1" style="background-color:{{party color|Movimiento Nacional}};"|

| width="1" style="background-color:{{party color|Military}};"|

| width="175" align="center"| National Movement
{{smaller|(Military)}}

| align="center" rowspan="2"|

| colspan="7"|

| align="center" rowspan="2"| Minister Undersecretary
of the Presidency
{{smaller|(Ministro Subsecretario
de la Presidencia)}}

Fifth government of Francisco Franco

Council of Ministers

=Changes March 1960=

Departmental structure

=[[Palace of Moncloa#Prime Minister's Office|Prime Minister's Office]]=

=[[Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Spain)|Ministry of Foreign Affairs]]=

=[[Ministry of Justice (Spain)|Ministry of Justice]]=

=[[Ministry of the Army (Spain)|Ministry of the Army]]=

=[[Ministry of the Navy (Spain)|Ministry of the Navy]]=

=[[Ministry of Finance (Spain)|Ministry of Finance]]=

=[[Ministry of the Interior (Spain)|Ministry of Governance]]=

=[[Ministry of Public Works (Spain)|Ministry of Public Works]]=

=[[Ministry of Education (Spain)|Ministry of National Education]]=

=[[Ministry of Labour (Spain)|Ministry of Labour]]=

=[[Ministry of Industry (Spain)|Ministry of Industry]]=

=[[Ministry of Agriculture (Spain)|Ministry of Agriculture]]=

=[[Ministry of the Air (Spain)|Ministry of the Air]]=

=[[Ministry of Trade (Spain)|Ministry of Trade]]=

=[[Ministry of Information and Tourism]]=

=[[Ministry of Housing (Spain)|Ministry of Housing]]=

=[[Ministers without portfolio]]=

Notes

References

Bibliography

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