This man attempted to formally legalize his leadership by passing the Organic Laws, one of which, the Law of Succession, declared the government a monarchy and gave him the power to name his successor.
This man attempted to formally legalize his leadership by passing the Organic Laws, one of which, the Law of Succession, declared the government a monarchy and gave him the power to name his successor. His deputy prime minister was assassinated in a car bombing two years before this man would himself die. One of his first major acts as head of state was the Decree of Unification, which merged all nationalist parties under his FET party. Prior to seizing power, this man had run afoul of the leftist Popular Front, which sent him to serve as the military commander of the Canary Islands. Undeterred, he helped spark an uprising which eventually led to the horrific bombing of the Basque town of Guernica. For 10 points, identify this man, who was succeeded by King Juan Carlos I, the supreme leader of Spain from 1936 to 1975.
This man attempted to formally legalize his leadership by passing the Organic Laws, one of which, the Law of Succession, declared the government a monarchy and gave him the power to name his successor.
{Francisco Franco} y Bahamonde