Valentín Galarza

Colonel Valentín Galarza Morante (1882 in El Puerto de Santa María – 1951 in Madrid) was a Spanish officer and right wing politician.[6] Galarza's leading role in plotting the uprising and his good personal relationship with Franco ensured that he was able to secure government office after the civil war.[7] On 5 May 1941, he was appointed Interior Minister as Franco moved to check the growing influence of Ramón Serrano Súñer by adding leading anti-Falangists like Galarza to the cabinet.Franco feared the growing power of Varela who came to the fore as an opponent of Falangism when he resigned after Falangists attacked monarchists at the Basilica of Begoña, and he sought to remove his supporters, including Galarza, from positions of influence.In June 1943, he was one of a number of leading monarchists to lend their name to a manifesto sent to Franco calling on him to settle the constitutional questions by immediately restoring the monarchy.
Spanish namesurnameEl Puerto de Santa MaríaMadridright wingmonarchistFalange Española Tradicionalista y de las Juntas de Ofensiva Nacional-SindicalistaFalangeJosé SanjurjoFrancisco FrancoUnión Militar EspañolaJuan Antonio AnsaldoJuan VigónEmilio MolaPortugalJuan YagüephilologistPedro Sainz RodríguezconspiraciesSpanish Civil WarRamón Serrano SúñerDionisio RidruejoJosé Enrique VarelaBasilica of BegoñaCortes GeneralesPaul PrestonHugh Thomas