I after coming to power in a civil war that included the bombing of Guernica.
In one year, this leader signed a Concordat with the Vatican and a pact with the U.S., and two years later his country entered the UN. This ruler consolidated power by merging the conservative Carlist party with the Falange (fa-LON-hay) party founded by Jose Antonio Primo de Rivera. This leader was succeeded by Juan Carlos I after coming to power in a civil war that included the bombing of Guernica. For 10 points, name this victor of the Spanish Civil War who served as a fascist dictator of Spain from 1939 until 1975.
In one year, this leader signed a Concordat with the Vatican and a pact with the U.S., and two years later his country entered the UN.
{Francisco} Paulino Hermenegildo Teódulo {Franco} Bahamonde