Alejandro Rodríguez de Valcárcel
Alejandro Rodríguez de Valcárcel | |
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.jpg) Alejandro Rodríguez de Valcárcel in 1975 | |
| President of the Regency Council of Spain | |
| In office 20 – 22 November 1975 | |
| Preceded by | Francisco Franco as Dictator of Spain |
| Succeeded by | Juan Carlos I as King of Spain |
| President of the Cortes Españolas | |
| In office 27 November 1969 – 5 December 1975 | |
| Preceded by | Antonio Iturmendi Bañales |
| Succeeded by | Torcuato Fernández-Miranda |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 25 December 1917 Burgos, Spain |
| Died | 22 October 1976 (aged 58) Madrid, Spain |
| Political party | FE de las JONS (until 1937) FET y de las JONS (1937–1976) |
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 bourgeoisie family,[1] he joined the Sindicato Español Universitario (SEU) in 1934.[1] A camisa vieja falangist,[n. 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 (ANEPA).[4][n. 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]
References
- Informational notes
- Citations
- ^ a b c Sanz Hoya 2008, p. 198.
- ^ Payne 1987, p. 447.
- ^ Franco bib
- ^ Río Morillas 2013, p. 92.
- ^ Río Morillas 2013, p. 143.
- ^ "Rodríguez de Valcárcel será enterrado hoy en Burgos". El País. 23 October 1976.
- ^ Ceinos & Carro 2019.
- ^ Heras Borrero 1990, p. 190.
- Bibliography
- Ceinos, César; Carro, Patricia (1 November 2019). "Cementerio sin panteón de ilustres, pero con ilustres enterrados". Burgos Conecta.
{{cite journal}}: Invalid|ref=harv(help) - Heras Borrero, Francisco Manuel de las (1990). "La Nobleza bajo la Casa de Borbón". Hidalguía. XXXVIII (219). Madrid: Instituto Salazar y Castro: 177–244.
{{cite journal}}: Invalid|ref=harv(help) - Payne, Stanley G. (1987). The Franco Regime, 1936–1975. Madison: The University of Wisconsin Press. ISBN 0-299-11070-2.
{{cite book}}: Invalid|ref=harv(help) - Río Morillas, Miguel Ángel del (2013). De la extrema derecha neofranquista a la derecha conservadora: los orígenes de Alianza Popular (1973-1979) (PDF). Bellaterra: Servei de Publicacions de la Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona.
{{cite book}}: Invalid|ref=harv(help) - Sanz Hoya, Julián (2008). La construcción de la dictadura franquista en Cantabria: Instituciones, personal político y apoyos sociales (1937-1951). Santander & Torrelavega: Ediciones de la Universidad de Cantabria; Ayuntamiento de Torrelavega. ISBN 978-84-8102-486-9.
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