Named Franco's successor in 1969, he became king in 1975
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Francisco Franco - Wikipedia  After a 36-year rule, Franco died in 1975. He restored the monarchy before his death, which made King Juan Carlos I his successor, who led the Spanish...
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Francisco Franco facts, information, pictures | Encyclopedia.com ...  The Spanish general and dictator Francisco Franco (1892-1975) played a major role ... He became the object of malicious bullying and initiations, and graduated in the ... with himself as head of state possessing the power to name his successor. ... In 1969 he designated Prince Juan Carlos, grandson of Spain's former king,...
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Francisco Franco - Military Leader, Dictator, General - Biography.com  Jun 10, 2016 ... Franco died on November 20, 1975, with country transitioning to a democracy. ... Two years later he was also named director of the General Military Academy in Zaragoza, a position he ... In 1969, amidst a period of declining health, he also named his successor, Prince Juan Carlos, whom he believed...
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Francoist Spain - Wikipedia  Francoist Spain refers to the period of Spanish history between 1939, when Francisco Franco ... He consolidated it along with the monarchist Carlists into what was known as the Falange Espaola Tradicionalista y de las JONS, the official party of ... Between six and seven thousand exiles from Spain died in Mauthausen.
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King Juan Carlos I of Spain - Wikipedia  Juan Carlos I reigned as King of Spain from 1975 to 2014, when he .... The dictatorial regime of Francisco Franco came to ... Prince Juan Carlos, as his personal successor. ... On 30 October 1975, Franco gave full control to Juan Carlos; he died three weeks later, on 20 November.
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The Lowell Sun from Lowell, Massachusetts  Page 8  Nov 20, 1975 ... Franciscu Franco, wili reign as King Juan Carlos I. occupying the ... The constitution says the prince is to be installed not crowned within eight days after Franco's death. ... to a regency council made up of Parliament President Alejandro ... democracy ami Socialism He became Spain's supreme ruler at the...
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Prime Minister of Spain - Wikipedia  The President of the Government (Spanish: Presidente del Gobierno), formally known by .... In 2008, from the time the king nominated Jos Luis Rodrguez Zapatero for a second term as president immediately following the 2008 general...
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Francisco Franco - Military Leader, Dictator, General - Biography.com  Jun 10, 2016 ... Franco died on November 20, 1975, with country transitioning to a democracy. ... which, at age 33, made him the youngest man in Europe to hold that post. ... (the Leader)would rule Spain through a repressive dictatorship.
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Francisco Franco | ruler of Spain | Britannica.com  General and leader of the Nationalist forces that overthrew the Spanish democratic ... in the Spanish Civil War (193639); thereafter he was the head of the government of. ... Francisco Paulino Hermenegildo Tedulo Franco Bahamonde; El Caudillo .... became head of state of the new Nationalist regime on October 1, 1936.
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Francisco Franco - Wikipedia  Francisco Franco Bahamonde was a Spanish general, dictator and the Caudillo of Spain from 1939 until his death. As a conservative and a monarchist, he opposed the abolition of the monarchy and the establishment of a republic in 1931. With the 1936 elections, the conservative Spanish Confederation of ... Leaving half a million dead, the war was eventually won by Franco in 1939.
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In 1976 he became the first reigning king of Spain to visit the Americas  Jeopardy Question: MONARCHS - In 1976 he became the first reigning king of Spain to visit the Americas.
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Spain - THE FRANCO YEARS - Country Studies  Until his death in November 1975, Franco ruled Spain as "Caudillo by the grace of God," as his ... and political parties, which he blamed for destroying the unity of Spain. ... Seven fundamental laws decreed during his rule provided the regime with a .... Most of the key leaders of the Falange did not survive the Civil War, and...
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Spanish Royals | Unofficial Royalty  Sep 6, 2016 ... And for five days in 1661, she was again heiress-presumptive ... She was forced to renounce any rights to the Spanish throne and was ... The Spanish monarchy was restored in 1874 and Alfonso became King Alfonso XII at the age of 17. ... when Maria Christina's great grandson Juan Carlos became king.
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Francisco Franco | ruler of Spain | Britannica.com  Francisco Franco, in full Francisco Paulino Hermenegildo Tedulo Franco ... the Spanish democratic republic in the Spanish Civil War (193639); thereafter he was the ... duty in the colonial campaigns in Spanish Morocco that had begun in 1909 and was .... Franco won a complete and unconditional victory on April 1, 1939.
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Juan Carlos I of Spain - Wikipedia  Juan Carlos I reigned as King of Spain from 1975 to 2014, when he abdicated in favour of his ... Juan Carlos became King on 22 November 1975, two days after Franco's .... incapacity in 1974 and 1975, Juan Carlos was acting head of state. ... gave full control to Juan Carlos; he died three weeks later, on 20 November.
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Francisco Franco - Wikipedia  Francisco Franco Bahamonde was a Spanish general, dictator and the Caudillo of Spain from 1939 until his death ... Under Franco, Spain became a one-party state with a merger of the monarchist ... After a 36-year rule, Franco died in 1975. He restored the monarchy before his death, which made King Juan Carlos I his...
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Juan Carlos | king of Spain | Britannica.com  He acceded to the Spanish throne two days after the death of ... 2-4-2015 See Article History ... Juan Carlos, in full Juan Carlos Alfonso Victor Mara de Borbn y Borbn (born January 5, 1938, Rome, Italy) king of Spain from 1975 to 2014. ... Although Juan Carlos swore loyalty to Franco's National Movement in 1969,...
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Juan Carlos | king of Spain | Britannica.com  Feb 4, 2015 ... Juan Carlos was instrumental in Spain's peaceful transition to democracy.... ... y Borbn (born January 5, 1938, Rome, Italy) king of Spain from 1975 to 2014. ... left Spain in 1931 and died in exile 10 years later, after renouncing his rights ... (parliament) a law designating Juan Carlos the future king of Spain.
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Juan Carlos de Borbn y Borbn: 1938: King of Spain Biography ...  In doing so he gave up much of his own power, and within a decade had ... The future king was born Juan Carlos Alfonso Vctor Mara de Borbn y Borbn in Rome, Italy, on January 5, 1938. His ... The exiled royal family moved to Lausanne, Switzerland, during World War II, but after the war's end settled in Estoril, Portugal.
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Francisco Franco - Wikipedia  Francisco Franco Bahamonde was a Spanish general, dictator and the Caudillo of Spain from 1939 until his death. As a conservative and a monarchist,...
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Spain feels Franco's legacy 40 years after his death - BBC News  Nov 20, 2015 ... Spain feels Franco's legacy 40 years after his death ... Moreover, especially in his later years, Franco did not rule by repression alone: he...