Gabriel Pita da Veiga

{{Short description|Spanish admiral}}

{{family name hatnote|Pita da Veiga|y Sanz|lang=Spanish}}

{{Expand Spanish|topic=bio|date=October 2021|Gabriel Pita da Veiga}}

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| name = Gabriel Pita da Veiga

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| office = Minister of the Navy of Spain

| primeminister = Francisco Franco
Luis Carrero Blanco
Carlos Arias Navarro
Adolfo Suárez

| term_start = 12 June 1973

| term_end = 15 April 1977

| predecessor = Adolfo Baturone Colombo

| successor = Pascual Pery

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| birth_name = Gabriel Pita da Veiga y Sanz

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1909|1|31|df=y}}

| birth_place = Ferrol, Galicia, Kingdom of Spain

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1993|5|8|1909|1|31|df=y}}

| death_place = Madrid, Spain

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| branch = 20px Spanish Armed Forces

| serviceyears = 1924–1993

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Gabriel Pita da Veiga y Sanz (31 January 1909 – 8 May 1993) was a Spanish admiral who served as Minister of the Navy of Spain between 1973 and 1977, during the Francoist dictatorship.{{cite web |url=https://dbe.rah.es/biografias/9808/gabriel-pita-da-veiga-y-sanz |title=Gabriel Pita da Veiga y Sanz |language=es |publisher=Real Academia de la Historia |access-date=13 October 2021}}{{cite journal|publisher=Agencia Estatal Boletín Oficial del Estado|journal=Boletín Oficial del Estado|issue=140|date=12 June 1973|language=es|title=Decreto 1159/1973, de 11 de junio, por el que se nombran los Ministros del Gobierno|url=https://www.boe.es/boe/dias/1973/06/12/pdfs/A11883-11883.pdf|issn=0212-033X|page=11883}}{{cite journal|publisher=Agencia Estatal Boletín Oficial del Estado|journal=Boletín Oficial del Estado|issue=4|date=4 January 1974|language=es|title=Decreto 2/1974, de 3 de enero, por el que se nombran los Ministros del Gobierno|url=https://www.boe.es/boe/dias/1974/01/04/pdfs/A00179-00179.pdf|issn=0212-033X|page=179}}{{cite journal|publisher=Agencia Estatal Boletín Oficial del Estado|journal=Boletín Oficial del Estado|issue=298|date=12 December 1975|language=es|title=Decreto 3237/1975, de 11 de diciembre, por el que se nombran Ministros del Gobierno|url=https://www.boe.es/boe/dias/1975/12/12/pdfs/A25861-25861.pdf|issn=0212-033X|page=25861}}{{cite journal|publisher=Agencia Estatal Boletín Oficial del Estado|journal=Boletín Oficial del Estado|issue=163|date=8 July 1976|language=es|title=Real Decreto 1607/1976, de 7 de julio, por el que que se nombran los Ministros del Gobierno|url=https://www.boe.es/boe/dias/1976/07/08/pdfs/A13385-13385.pdf|issn=0212-033X|page=13385}}