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It started with the First Spanish Republic and restored the monarchy under Alfonso XII.
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Francisco Franco Bahamonde (4 December 1892 – 19/20 November 1975) was a Spanish general who ruled over Spain as a military dictator for 36 years from 1939 until his death.
As a conservative and a monarchist, he opposed the abolition of the monarchy and the establishment of a republic in 1931. -
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Miguel Primo de Rivera(January 8, 1870 – March 16, 1930) was a dictator, aristocrat, and military officer who served as Prime Minister of Spain from 1923 to 1930 during Spain's Restoration era. He created the political regime of this time.
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The Spanish Republic can be divided in three eras: the First Biennium, the Dark Biennium, and the Popular Front government.
The Second Spanish Republic was proclaimed when King Alfonso XIII left the country following municipal elections where anti-monarchist candidates won the majority of votes. In the Second Republic was created the Constitution of 1931. -
The Spanish Civil War was a politic, social and economical war and it was fought between the Republicans and relatively urban Second Spanish Republic in an alliance of convenience with the Anarchists, versus the Nationalists, a falangist, Carlist, and a largely aristocratic conservative group led by General Francisco Franco.
