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Alejandro Rodríguez de Valcárcel y Nebreda (25 December 1917 – 22 October 1976) was a Spanish falangist politician and State lawyer, who served in important positions during the dictatorship of Francisco Franco.

Biography

Born in December 1917 in Burgos to a bourgeois family,[1] he joined the Sindicato Español Universitario (SEU) in 1934.[1] A camisa vieja Falangist,[note 1] he entered the Civil War as volunteer in a Bandera of Falange.[1]

From 27 November 1969 to 5 December[3] 1975 he served as the President of the Francoist Cortes.

He was a chief endorser of the Asociación Nacional para el Estudio de Problemas Actuales [es] (ANEPA).[4][note 2]

In the capacity of President of the Council of Regency, he briefly served as acting Head of State, from Franco's death on 20 November to 22 November 1975, when then Prince Juan Carlos took an oath and was proclaimed King of Spain.

He died on 22 October 1976 in the Ciudad Sanitaria La Paz in Madrid.[6] His corpse was buried at the San José cemetery in Burgos.[7] On 5 January 1977 he was posthumously bestowed the nobiliary title of Count of Rodríguez de Valcárcel.[8]

Notes

  1. ^ According to Stanley G. Payne, he became a member of the Falange in the beginning of the Civil War.[2]
  2. ^ According to a 1974 report by the Ministry of Information and Tourism, he was the direct creator of the association, founded under the acquiescence of Franco.[5]

References

Citations

  1. ^ a b c Sanz Hoya 2008, p. 198.
  2. ^ Payne 1987, p. 447.
  3. ^ Franco bib
  4. ^ Río Morillas 2013, p. 92.
  5. ^ Río Morillas 2013, p. 143.
  6. ^ "Rodríguez de Valcárcel será enterrado hoy en Burgos". El País (in Spanish). 23 October 1976.
  7. ^ Ceinos & Carro 2019.
  8. ^ Heras Borrero 1990, p. 190.

Sources

Party political offices
Preceded by Vice–Secretary General of FET y de las JONS
1965–1969
Succeeded by
Political offices
Preceded by President of the Francoist Cortes
1969–1975
Succeeded by
Preceded byas Head of the Spanish State Acting head of state of Spain
(as President of the Regency Council)

20–23 November 1975
Succeeded byas King of Spain