Francisco Franco

Francisco Franco
Born	4 December 1892 Ferrol, Spain
Died	20 November 1975 (aged 82) Madrid, Spain
Nationality	Spanish
Political orientation	Fascism Falangism
Political party	FET y de las JONS

Francisco Franco Bahamonde, was a Spanish military general who ruled Spain under a fascist dictatorship from 1939, when he seized power following the Spanish Civil War, until his death in 1975. Despite ruling a brutal dictatorship, Franco's regime was supported by the west, as they saw the ideology, not dissimilar to their own, as a useful tool against communism.

See also

• Adolf Hitler
• Benito Mussolini
• António de Oliveira Salazar