Francisco Laína dies, president of the provisional government during the 23-F blow

Francisco Laína, who during the coup d’état of February 23, 1981 was provisional president of the Government kidnapped at the Congress of the Deputies, in addition to one of the main drivers of the National School of Police, has passed away, as reported by the City Council
of Ávila.

Laína (La Carrera, Ávila, 1936), which died this past Friday, was the State Security Director during 23-F, with a rank of Secretary of State, and for fourteen hours he acted as Head of the Permanent Commission of Secretaries of Secretaries
State and Undersecretary, that is, a government that assumed the functions of the Executive at that time.

In addition to highlighting this work, the Capital Consistory Abodense has also emphasized the fact that, together with the President, Adolfo Suárez, Francisco Laína was at the time one of the people who bet on installing in Ávila one of the training centers
Most important police in Europe.