Yes. General Franco had been grooming Juan Carlos as his successor and he assumed power almost immediately after Francisco Franco died. Since Juan Carlos was the grandson of deposed King Alfonso XIII, he was able to take the title of "king" whereas Franco could not.
Prince Juan Carlos became king. (Franco's personal choice)
General Francisco Franco from the Nationalist forces won the war and took over as dictator and declared Spain a Monarchy again with himself acting as regent on behalf of the King. Franco ruled until his death in 1975 when King Juan Carlos I took over and reintroduced democracy by 1978.
Franco, later the dictator of Spain til his death in 1975.
The Spanish Monarchy was restored by Franco's orders upon his death in 1975.
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King Carlos of Spain was restored to the throne of Spain after the death of Franco .
Prince Juan Carlos became king. (Franco's personal choice)
General Franco
King Juan Carlos I became King of Spain as the protégé of the Dictator of Spain, Francisco Franco and assumed power upon Franco's death in 1975. Please see the Related Link for more information.
Juan Carlos is famous for his role as the current King of Spain. He was born in 1938 in Italy, and he succeeded Francisco Franco as King in November of 1975, after Franco's death.
Spain's current ruler, King Juan Carlos was instrumental in bringing democracy back to Spain after the death of the Fascist dictator General Franco in 1975. King Juan Carlos is extremely popular in Spain.
Spain has not had a prime minster in more than 70 years. Two days after Franco's death Juan Carlos was proclaimed King of Spain in accordance with the wishes of Franco. He then successfully oversaw the transition of Spain from a dictatorship to a Parliamentary Monarchy in 1978. Under Spain's Constitution Juan Head of State and a President of the Government elected by the Cortes is the Head of Government.
Prince Juan Carlos becomes Spain's acting head of state after General Francisco Franco, the dictator of Spain since 1936, concedes that he is too ill too govern. The 83-year-old dictator had been suffering serious health problems for nearly a year. Three weeks after Juan Carlos assumed power, Franco died of a heart attack. Two days later, on November 22, Juan Carlos was crowned king. Juan Carlos' grandfather was Alfonso XIII, the last ruling monarch of Spain, who was forced into exile in 1931 after Spain was declared a republic. Born in Italy in 1938, Juan Carlos returned to Spain in 1955 under the invitation of Franco and received a military education. In 1969, Franco designated Juan Carlos his successor. Despite having pledged loyalty to Franco's authoritarian regime, King Juan Carlos immediately began a transition to democracy after Franco's death in 1975.
22nd November 1975, two days after the death of Franco, when Juan Carlos was designated King.
Following the death of the dictator General Francisco Franco, his designated successor Juan Carlos Alfonso Victor Maria de Borbon y Borbon-Dos Sicilias was proclaimed king by the Spanish parliament on 22 November 1975. He was anointed as King Juan Carlos on 27 November 1975.
General Francisco Franco from the Nationalist forces won the war and took over as dictator and declared Spain a Monarchy again with himself acting as regent on behalf of the King. Franco ruled until his death in 1975 when King Juan Carlos I took over and reintroduced democracy by 1978.
Francisco Franco was the ruler of Spain from 1939 until his death in 1975.