Word: caudillo
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...eventual Chief of State. To ensure that the actual governing of Spain will be in expert hands, Franco has also been planning the Cabinet that he wants to leave in charge of the country. Last week, in the most important Cabinet changes in his 30 years of power, El Caudillo made known his choices...
...onetime administrative law professor. López Rodó is a protégé of Admiral Luis Carrero Blanco, who is Vice President and one of the few men Franco really trusts. He is also the probable choice for Premier under a restored monarchy. El Caudillo apparently listened when Carrero Blanco and López Rodó pointed out to him that the competent Opus Dei technocrats would do less boat-rocking than the Falangists. As a result, technocrats got key posts in the new Cabinet announced last week. Gregorio López Bravo, 45, the former Minister...
...next morning a delegation from the Cortes drove to the Prince's palace outside Madrid to inform him officially that he would succeed Franco as Chief of State when the Caudillo, now 76, steps down or dies. Later the same day, Juan Carlos, whose new official title is Prince of Spain, drove to the Cortes for the investiture. Kneeling at Franco's left, the Prince swore his loyalty "to his Excellency the Chief of State and fidelity to the principles of the National Movement, and the fundamental laws of the Kingdom...
...Franco's followers fear that Spain, without some institution to maintain continuity, might erupt in civil strife that would sweep them out of power. Behind the figure of a Franco-appointed King, they hope they will be able to carry on Franco's policies even after the Caudillo is gone...
...Prince Juan Carlos, is considered more tractable. Franco has already carefully groomed .him: the Prince holds commissions from the three Spanish service academies, has spent considerable time studying government firsthand in Madrid ministries, lives in a palace close to Franco's, and often spends his time with the Caudillo. Moreover, the Prince is quiet and relatively withdrawn; many of his countrymen regard him with more curiosity than enthusiasm...