Nicolás Franco Bahamonde (1 July 1891 – 15 April 1977) was a Spanish politician. He was head of the General Secretariat of the Head of State in the government of his brother,

Francisco Franco Francisco Franco Bahamonde (; 4 December 1892 – 20 November 1975) was a Spanish general who led the Nationalist faction (Spanish Civil War), Nationalist forces in overthrowing the Second Spanish Republic during the Spanish Civil War ...

, from 1936 to 1938. Nicolás Franco served as

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and was the chief Spanish architect and negotiator of the

Iberian Pact The Iberian Pact (''Pacto Ibérico'') or Peninsular Pact, formally the Portuguese–Spanish Treaty of Friendship and Non-Aggression,; pt, Tratado de Amizade e Não Agressão entre Portugal e Espanha was a non-aggression pact that was signed at ...

. 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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20th-century Spanish politicians 1891 births 1977 deaths FET y de las JONS politicians {{spain-politician-stub