Manuel Gutiérrez Mellado, 1st Marquess of Gutiérrez Mellado was a Spanish Army officer and politician who played a relevant role during the Spanish transition to democracy.
Manuel Gutiérrez Mellado in 1980
Spanish transition to democracy
The Spanish transition to democracy, known in Spain as la Transición or la Transición española, is a period of modern Spanish history encompassing the regime change that moved from the Francoist dictatorship to the consolidation of a parliamentary system, in the form of constitutional monarchy under Juan Carlos I.
Juan Carlos I before the Cortes Españolas, during his proclamation as King on 22 November 1975
Manuel Fraga Iribarne, the most important Minister of the Arias Navarro government
Federica Montseny speaking at the meeting of the CNT in Barcelona in 1977, after 36 years of exile
People waiting to vote in the 1977 general election, the first free election since 1936.