diminished. Return to Government From June 1975, he once again occupied the position of Secretary General of the Movement in Franco's final government, after the accidental death of his predecessor Fernando Herrero Tejedor. However, by this time Solís had already left behind his previous liberal proposals. In October 1975 he was a prominent participant in the Sahara Crisis. With Franco seriously ill, on 21 October Solís travelled to Morocco to meet King Hassan II, to try and negotiate an exit and avoid direct conflict between the two countries. They would end up signing the Madrid Accords by which Spain left the territories of the Spanish Sahara, which were to be occupied by Morocco and Mauritania. He formed part of the first government after the death of Franco as Minister of Labour, a position he held from 11 December 1975 to 7 July 1946. Some authors have suggested that this appointment was partially in recognition of his previous participation in the negotiations with Morocco. However, the labour situation Solís found was very complicated. The Spanish economy had weakened significantly due to the effects of the oil crisis of 1973. During the first months of 1976, the opposition's trade union forces embarked on an important campaign of mobilizations and strikes, with a total of 17,731 strikes. In this context, the Vitoria massacre occurred, during which several workers were killed by police repression. Solís retired from his post following the end of the Arias government in July 1976. He has since abandoned political life to focus on business activity. He died at his home in Madrid on 20 May 1990 and was buried in his hometown. Personal life He married Ana María Rodríguez Sedano-Bosch, with whom he had fourteen children. Solís collaborated with his friend Colonel Enrique Herrera Marín – Spain's military attaché in Buenos Aires – on the steps of the transfer of exiled Argentine President Juan Domingo Perón. In 1961 Perón finally settled on Spanish soil with the assistance of the Francoist government. During the years of dictatorship, Solís became president of the International Committee for the Defense of Christian Civilization. Works —— (1955). Nuestro sindicalismo. Madrid. —— (1959). Nueva convivencia española. Madrid. —— (1961). José Antonio: actualidad de su doctrina. —— (1963). La gran realidad de nuestro fuero del trabajo. Madrid. —— (1975). España. Su Monarquía y su futuro. Barcelona. Awards Medalla de Plata al Mérito en el Trabajo (1947)