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Francisco Franco
ActingBorn December 4, 1892 (82 years old at death)· Died November 20, 1975
Ferrol, Spain
Biography
Francisco Franco Bahamonde (4 December 1892 – 20 November 1975) was a Spanish general who led the Nationalist forces in overthrowing the Second Spanish Republic during the Spanish Civil War and thereafter ruled over Spain from 1939 to 1975 as a dictator, assuming the title Caudillo. This period in Spanish history, from the Nationalist victory to Franco's death, is commonly known as Francoist Spain or as the Francoist dictatorship.
Also known as: Francisco Franco Bahamonde, Jaime de Andrade
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