Francisco Franco

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Francisco Franco and Dwight D Eisenhower, at a meeting in Madrid in 1959
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Francisco Franco and Dwight D Eisenhower, at a meeting in Madrid in 1959

Francisco Paulino Hermenegildo Teódulo Franco y Bahamonde Salgado Pardo de Andrade or just Francisco Franco (December 4, 1892November 20, 1975), was the leader of Spain from 1936 to 1975, and regent of the Spanish Kingdom from 1947 to 1975. He was a leader of anti-communists upraising during Spanish Civil War. Franco remained neutral during World War II.

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