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28 lines
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# Francisco Franco
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4 December 1892 – 20 November 1975 → 82 Years
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Dictator of Spain from 1939 to 1975.
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Born into military family rose through military ranks, becoming the youngest general in Spain at the age of 33.
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Two years later he became the director of a military academy.
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He was a royalist and deeply regretted the abolition of the monarchy in 1931.
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After a failed military coup in 1936 which lead to the Spanish Civil War he rose through the military ranks again, becoming head of state in 1939.
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Then he consolidated all political parties and turned the country in to a de facto dictatorship. Supported by the catholic church he dismantled a lot of womens rights policies th previous government enacted.
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During his reign, he created concentration camps, executed political opponents and made use of forced labor. This era was later called the white terror.
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This era lead to the death of 30 to 50 thousand deaths.
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In the second world war he supported the axis, Germany and Italy, seriously damaging his countries international standing.
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After the second world war the regime relaxed some of its hard line policies. Because of this and the regimes anti-communist position it garnered the support from the United Stated.
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During the cold-war era Franco lead his country to economic prosperity thanks to his technocratic and liberal economic policies.
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In his final years he restored the monarchy being succeeded by Juan Carlos, King of Spain, who led the spanish transition to democracy.
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