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...then went off on one of his routine fishing trips and even attended a bullfight. But late in the week, after that impressive display of either vigor or iron will, Franco announced that he was stepping down as President and head of government. His successor: crusty, authoritarian Admiral Luis Carrero Blanco, 70. It was far from a total retirement, since Franco remains chief of state (the nation's highest post) and head of the armed forces. Thus he continues as Carrero Blanco's superior. But never before in his 37-year political career had the diminutive...
What surprised them more than the appointment of Carrero Blanco was the fact that Franco had finally come to a decision. The admiral has been Franco's closest crony and top subordinate for many years, and has served his leader in government posts ever since the end of the Civil War in 1939. The two men share similarly hostile views toward liberalism, socialism and Communism. Spaniards say that Carrero Blanco "is more Franco than Franco himself." The author of several works on naval history, stocky, black-browed Admiral Carrero Blanco once summed up his feelings on political change this...
...title of President is somewhat misleading. Carrero Blanco in effect will be Spain's Prime Minister, in charge of the day-to-day operation of the government with the power to name his own Cabinet. Once the present set of ministers resigns, as required by the constitution, he is expected to name several replacements...
...last July, el Caudillo will be succeeded by two men. Prince Juan Carlos de Borbón y Borbón, 34, grandson of Alfonso XIII, the last Spanish monarch, will be crowned King and chief of state. The head of government will be Vice Admiral Luis Carrero Blanco, 69, a Franco crony...
...Carrero Blanco, he is antiCommunist, antiMason, somewhat anti-American and rigidly nationalistic. He rarely smiles and is disliked within the military because he skipped the sea duty required for promotion to admiral. He also lacks Franco's deftness in playing factions against each other...