▁Dem ocrat ▁diss ident ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 5 1 , ▁ca ud illo ▁Franco ▁appointed ▁him ▁minister ▁of ▁National ▁Education . ▁He ▁established ▁a ▁special ▁commission ▁to ▁re h abil itate ▁some ▁teachers ▁and ▁sch ol ars ▁who ▁were ▁previously ▁exp elled ▁from ▁their ▁ten ures ▁by ▁the ▁Franco ism . ▁His ▁political ▁st ance ▁was ▁gradually ▁sympath etic ▁toward ▁the ▁Christian ▁Dem ocracy . ▁In ▁ 1 9 5 6 ▁he ▁confront ed ▁the ▁minister ▁of ▁Inter ior ▁about ▁a ▁students ' ▁ri ot ▁and ▁he ▁was ▁finally ▁dismiss ed . ▁Franco ▁appointed ▁him ▁afterwards ▁National ▁Coun sel or ▁with ▁seat ▁in ▁the ▁Parliament . ▁He ▁res igned ▁from ▁this ▁office ▁in ▁ 1 9 6 5 . ▁ ▁Meanwhile , ▁in ▁ 1 9 6 3 ▁he ▁founded ▁Cu ad ern os ▁para ▁el ▁Di á logo , ▁a ▁political ▁and ▁cultural ▁magazine ▁that ▁was ▁very ▁relevant ▁for ▁the ▁Spanish ▁political ▁life ▁of ▁the ▁ 1 9 6 0 s ▁and ▁ 1 9 7 0 s ▁because ▁it ▁hosted ▁the ▁moder ate ▁debate ▁about ▁the ▁future ▁evolution ▁of ▁Spain ▁toward ▁a ▁more ▁pl ural istic , ▁particip ative ▁and ▁European - mind ed ▁situation . ▁Cu ad ern os ▁para ▁el ▁Di á logo ▁was ▁the ▁most ▁diss ident ▁option ▁within ▁the ▁legal ▁narrow ▁framework ▁of ▁freedom ▁of ▁speech ▁allowed ▁during ▁the ▁last ▁dec ades ▁of ▁Franco ' s ▁reign . ▁Ru iz - G im é nez ▁himself ▁was ▁considered ▁the ▁leader ▁of ▁the ▁Spanish ▁Christian ▁Democr