Nicolás Franco Bahamonde (1 July 1891 – 15 April 1977) was a Spanish militaryman, politician and elder brother of the later Spanish ''

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Francisco Franco Francisco Franco Bahamonde (born Francisco Paulino Hermenegildo Teódulo Franco Bahamonde; 4 December 1892 – 20 November 1975) was a Spanish general and dictator who led the Nationalist faction (Spanish Civil War), Nationalist forces i ...

and of Ramón Franco, a pioneer of aviation.

Biography

Officer in the Naval Engineer Corps of the

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, in 1935 he was director of the Merchant Navy. He was head of the General Secretariat of the Head of State in the government of his brother, the general

, from 1936 to 1938. Nicolás Franco served as

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and was the chief Spanish architect and negotiator of the Iberian Pact. In 1942 he was promoted to general of the Naval Engineering Corps. He was married to María Isabel Pascual del Pobil y Ravello, with whom he had a son, Nicolás Franco y Pascual de Pobil.

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Spanish generals 1891 births 1977 deaths FET y de las JONS politicians Ambassadors of Spain to Portugal {{spain-politician-stub