Íñigo Cavero

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Cavero and the second or maternal family name is Lataillade.

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 by	Fernando Ledesma Bartret
Succeeded by	José Manuel Romay Beccaría
Minister of Culture
In office 8 September 1980 – 2 December 1981
Preceded by	Ricardo de la Cierva
Succeeded by	Soledad Becerril
Minister of Justice
In office 6 April 1979 – 8 September 1980
Preceded by	Landelino Lavilla Alsina
Succeeded by	Francisco Fernández Ordóñez
Minister of Education and Science
In office 6 July 1977 – 4 April 1979
Preceded by	Aurelio Menéndez
Succeeded by	José Manuel Otero
Member of the Congress of Deputies
In office 22 June 1986 – 2 September 1989
Constituency	Madrid
In office 1 March 1979 – 18 November 1982
Constituency	Baleares
In office 15 June 1977 – 2 January 1979
Constituency	Madrid
Personal details
Born	Íñigo Cavero Lataillade (1929-08-01)1 August 1929 San Sebastián
Died	25 December 2002(2002-12-25) (aged 73) Madrid
Political party	People'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 (1975–1977) Democratic Left (until 1975)
Alma mater	University of Deusto Complutense University of Madrid

Biography and career

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 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. 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.

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.