Prince Juan Carlos became king. (Franco's personal choice)
Francisco Franco
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 a Spanish dictator who ruled Spain from 1939 to 1975. Franco was 5 feet 4 inches tall and was married to Carmen Polo, 1st Lady of Meiras.
Francisco Franco ruled Spain as an authoritarian dictator from 1939-1975 and was responsible for much of Spain's neutrality in World War II and growth during the 1950s and 1960s. He created much of the infrastructure (both physical and societal) that has been central in modern Spain. He also groomed the current King Juan Carlos I as his protégé, indirectly setting the stage for Spain's current Constitutional Monarchy. (It is unlikely he intended for Juan Carlos to embrace democracy.) Hitler ruled Nazi Germany and Mussolini ruled Fascist Italy.
The Spanish Monarchy was restored by Franco's orders upon his death in 1975.
Francisco Franco was the ruler of Spain from 1939 until his death in 1975.
Francisco Franco lived from 1892-1975 and ruled over Spain. He ruled from 1939 to his death. His goals was to protect Spain from any influence in power of the church, landowners and army.
General Francisco Franco Bahamonde, normally just called Franco.
Francisco Franco ruled Spain as a dictator from 1939 until his death in 1975. Two of his well known symbols are the flag of FE-JONS and the Armorial achievement of Spain.
Francisco Franco .
Spain
From October 1936 (as a unified nation from 1939 onwards) until his death in November 1975.
Francisco (Bahamonde) Franco.
Francisco Franco
Francisco Franco y Bahamonde was the absolute dictator of Spain from the end of the Spanish Civil War in 1939 until his death in November 1975.
Spain was ruled by the Kingdom of Spain from 1874 until 1931. This was the second Borbon restoration. That government was followed by the Second Spanish Republic from 1931 t0 1939. The Second Republic ruled part of Spain from 1936 until 1939, during the civil war, while the rest was ruled by the Francoist regime of General Francisco Franco. Finally, Franco ruled all of Spain as a dictator from the end of the civil war in 1939 until his death in November 1975.
Spain (1935-1973).