Íñigo Cavero Lataillade, Marquis of el Castillo de Aysa, Baron of Carondelet, Baron of la Torre (1 August 1929 – 25 December 2002) was a Spanish aristocrat, lawyer and politician.

The Most Excellent and Most Illustrious
The Baron of Carondelet
Cavero in 1981
President of the Spanish Council of State
In office
29 May 1996 – 25 December 2002
Preceded byFernando Ledesma Bartret
Succeeded byJosé Manuel Romay Beccaría
Minister of Culture
In office
8 September 1980 – 2 December 1981
Preceded byRicardo de la Cierva
Succeeded bySoledad Becerril
Minister of Justice
In office
6 April 1979 – 8 September 1980
Preceded byLandelino Lavilla Alsina
Succeeded byFrancisco Fernández Ordóñez
Minister of Education and Science
In office
6 July 1977 – 4 April 1979
Preceded byAurelio Menéndez
Succeeded byJosé Manuel Otero
Member of the Congress of Deputies
In office
22 June 1986 – 2 September 1989
ConstituencyMadrid
In office
1 March 1979 – 18 November 1982
ConstituencyBaleares
In office
15 June 1977 – 2 January 1979
ConstituencyMadrid
Personal details
Born
Íñigo Cavero Lataillade

(1929-08-01)1 August 1929
San Sebastián
Died25 December 2002(2002-12-25) (aged 73)
Madrid
Political partyPeople's Party (after 1991)
Other political
affiliations
Democratic and Social Centre (1989–1991)
People's Democratic Party (1985–1989)
Union of the Democratic Centre (1977–1983)
Christian Democratic Party (1977–1978)
Popular Christian Democratic Party [es] (1975–1977)
Democratic Left (until 1975)
Alma materUniversity of Deusto
Complutense University of Madrid

Biography and career

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Born in San Sebastián on 1 August 1929, Cavero attended Our Lady of Remembrance College, Madrid before commencing studies in law and economics at the University of Deusto. Cavero completed his legal studies at the Complutense University of Madrid, where he later taught. Cavero joined the Grupo Tácito [es] in 1973, and left the group two years later.

At that time, Cavero also ended his involvement with the Democratic Left. In 1975, Cavero became a founding member of the Christian Democratic People's Party [es]. After joining the Union of the Democratic Centre, Cavero was elected to his first term on the Congress of Deputies as a representative from Madrid. He was reelected in 1979, as a deputy from Baleares. While serving consecutive terms as a member of the Congress of Deputies, Cavero also held several cabinet positions. He contested the congressional elections in 1982 in Grenada, but did not win. He remained the general secretary of the UDC until the party's dissolution in 1983. Cavero then assumed leadership roles in the People's Democratic Party and returned to the Congress of Deputies, winning election from Madrid in 1986. Cavero switched party affiliation to the Democratic and Social Centre in 1989 and ran for reelection in Burgos. He lost that year's election, and became a member of the People's Party in 1991.[1]

Cavero was named to the Spanish Council of State in 1996, and served until his death on 25 December 2002, of a heart attack at Clínica de La Luz in Madrid. He was 73.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Biografía de Iñigo Cavero". ABC. 25 December 2002. Retrieved 13 January 2018.
  2. ^ "Muere de infarto el presidente del Consejo de Estado, Iñigo Cavero". El Periódico de Aragón. 26 December 2002. Retrieved 13 January 2018.