Francisco Gómez de Llano

Francisco Gómez de Llano (1896–1970) was a Spanish politician and diplomat. In Francoist Spain, he served as Minister of Finance (1951–1957) and as Ambassador to the Holy See (1957–1962).

Biography

Born on 22 October 1896 in Madrid.^[1] After earning a Licentiate degree in Law at the University of Madrid, he joined the elite State Lawyers Corps.^[2] He served as official during the dictatorship of Primo de Rivera.^[3] He was a member of the Asociación Católica Nacional de Propagandistas (A.C.N. de P.).^[4]

In Francoist Spain, from July 1951 to February 1957, he served as Minister of Finance,^[5] espousing the paradigm of restraint of public spending in order to balance public budget.^[6] With a political profile described as one of a "technocrat"^[3] and not substantially involved with Falangism, Gómez de Llano sometimes clashed with his Falangist peers at the Council of Ministers.^[7] Appointed as Ambassador to the Holy See in 1957,^[2] he served in the diplomatic mission in the Vatican until 1962, when he was replaced by José María Doussinague.^[8] Later in his life, he served as Chairman of the Banco Hipotecario de España [es] (BHE).^[9]

He died in Madrid on 31 October 1970.^[10]

Decorations

• Grand Cross of the Order of Isabella the Catholic (1954)^[11]
• Grand Cross of the Order of the Agricultural Merit (1955)^[12]
• Gold Medal to Merit in the Insurance (1955)^[13]
• Grand Cross of the Order of St. Raymond of Peñafort (1957)^[14]
• Grand Cross of the Order of Charles III (1957)^[15]
• Grand Cross of the Order of Naval Merit (1957)^[16]