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His Excellency
Generalísimo
Francisco Franco
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Head of State of Spain
In office
1 October 1936  – 20 November 1975
Preceded by
  • Miguel Cabanellas
    (President of the National Defence Junta of the Nationalist side)
  • José Miaja
    (President of the Defence Council of the Republican side)
Succeeded by Juan Carlos I
(King of Spain)
Prime Minister of Spain
In office
30 January 1938  – 9 June 1973
Deputy
Preceded by
  • Francisco Gómez-Jordana
    (President of the Technical State Junta of the Nationalist side)
  • José Miaja
    (President of the Defence Council of the Republican side)
Succeeded by Luis Carrero Blanco
Personal details
Born (1892-12-04)4 December 1892
Ferrol, Galicia, Kingdom of Spain
Died 20 November 1975(1975-11-20) (aged 82)
Madrid, Spanish State
Cause of death Septic shock
Resting place Mingorrubio Cemetery, El Pardo, Madrid, Spain
Political party FET y de las JONS
Spouse(s)
Carmen Polo
​
(m. 1923)​
Children María del Carmen
Parents
  • Nicolás Franco (father)
  • María del Pilar Bahamonde (mother)
Relatives Nicolás Franco (brother)
Ramón Franco (brother)
Francisco Franco (cousin)
Ricardo de la Puente (cousin)
Residence(s) El Pardo, Madrid
Education Infantry Academy of Toledo
Signature
Nickname(s) Caudillo
Military service
Allegiance Kingdom of Spain
(1907–1931)
Spanish Republic
(1931–1936)
Francoist Spain Spanish State
(1936–1975)
Branch/service Coat of Arms of Spain (1945-1977).svg Spanish Armed Forces
Years of service 1907–1975
Rank Captain general of the Army
Captain general of the Air Force
Captain general of the Navy
Commands All (Generalísimo)
Battles/wars 2nd Melillan Campaign (WIA)
Rif War
Revolution of 1934
Spanish Civil War
Ifni War

Francisco Kalbolin Eustakio Pepe Sech Juan Karlos Franco (Francisco Paulino Hermenegildo Teódulo Franco y Bahamonde Salgado Pardo de Andrade, 20 December 1892 – 20 November 1975) was a Spanish military leader who ruled as dictator of Spain from 1939 until his death. His song was called Cara al Sol.

He was friend of Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini.

He was a leader of a coup d'état against the Spanish Second Republic in 1936. After this uprising the Spanish Civil War started. Franco was supported by fascists, big businesses, the church, conservative people and Spanish nationalists. This was because the Spanish Republic had a socialist government that wanted to make businesses and the church less powerful. The Republic also set up local parliaments in the regions of Spain. Spanish nationalists thought this was wrong and would make Spain weak. Franco remained neutral during World War II as Hitler did not accept his conditions for Spain to take part in it with the fascist and nazi regimes. He let a group of volunteer soldiers join the German Army to fight the Russians between 1941 and 1943. They were called the División Azul (Blue Division)

Franco died in Madrid on November 20, 1975, just after midnight of heart failure. Relatives, such as his daughter Carmen, had asked doctors to remove his life support systems. After Franco's death, Juan Carlos became king.

Images for kids

  • Padres-de-Franco

    His parents with Francisco in arms, on the day of his baptism on 17 December 1892

  • Francisco Franco 1930

    Franco in 1930

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    Franco and other rebel commanders during the Civil War, c. 1936–1939

  • Francisco Franco escoltado por la Guardia Mora visita San Sebastián una vez finalizada la guerra (8 de 8) - Fondo Marín-Kutxa Fototeka

    Franco arriving in San Sebastián in 1939, escorted by the Moorish Guard

  • Bundesarchiv Bild 183-L15327, Spanien, Heinrich Himmler bei Franco

    Front row in order from left to right: Karl Wolff, Heinrich Himmler, Franco and Spain's Foreign Minister Serrano Súñer in Madrid, October 1940

  • Meeting at Hendaye (en.wiki)

    Franco and Adolf Hitler in Meeting at Hendaye, 1940

  • Visita de Francisco Franco a la localidad de Tolosa (15 de 21) - Fondo Car-Kutxa Fototeka

    Franco visits Tolosa, 1948.

  • Spanish peseta coin with Franco 1963

    1963 Spanish peseta coin with an image of Franco and lettering reading: "Francisco Franco, Leader of Spain, by the grace of God"

  • In Madrid is herdacht dat Franco 30 jaar geleden de burgeroorlog ( 1936 1939 ) w, Bestanddeelnr 922-4913 (cropped)

    Franco with Prince Juan Carlos in 1969

  • Carlos Arias Navarro and Franco 1975

    Carlos Arias Navarro and Franco at his residence in October 1975, around one week before he fell into an irreversible coma

  • SPA-2014-San Lorenzo de El Escorial-Valley of the Fallen (Valle de los Caídos)

    In 2019 Franco's body was removed from the monument of Santa Cruz del Valle de los Caídos, where it had lain since his funeral in 1975.

  • Monument a Franco a Madrid012

    Group of far-right sympathizers giving the fascist salute before the empty plinth from which the equestrian statue of Franco in Madrid had been recently removed in March 2005

  • Plaque franco

    Sign in Santa Cruz de Tenerife for a street bearing Franco's name which was renamed in 2008 Rambla de Santa Cruz.

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