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Francisco Franco

Ruler of Spain, 1939 to 1975

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Dictatorship responsible for mass repression and killings

Won the Spanish Civil War and ran a one-party, Catholic-conservative dictatorship with harsh repression. Spain became a democracy after his death.

Francisco Franco sits in the right-authoritarian part of the Caucus economy and liberty compass: centered on economy and strongly authoritarian. The clearest positions are strongly traditional on culture, strongly authoritarian on liberty and authority and strongly nationalist on nation. The profile is close to the middle on economy and technology.

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Where Francisco Franco sits on ten dimensions

Each scale runs from one pole to the other, and the dot shows the overall tendency of this person's record and public life. These are simplified estimates and open to debate.

💰EconomyCentered on economy
State-ledFree market
⚖️Liberty and authorityStrongly authoritarian
LibertarianAuthoritarian
🎭CultureStrongly traditional
ProgressiveTraditional
🌍NationStrongly nationalist
GlobalistNationalist
🌱EnvironmentLeaning growth-first
Growth-firstNature-first
🤖TechnologyCentered on technology
Tech-cautiousTech-optimist
🕊️War and peaceStrongly strength-first
Peace-firstStrength-first
🏛️InstitutionsLeaning institutional
Anti-establishmentInstitutional
🙏ReligionStrongly religious
SecularReligious
🛡️InterventionismSlightly interventionist
Non-interventionistInterventionist

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Political views closest to Francisco Franco

FalangismA Spanish fascist-inspired movement stressing nation, Catholicism and corporatist unity.99%National conservatismPrioritizes national sovereignty, cultural identity, tradition and firm borders.97%IslamismA broad family of movements that seek to organize politics and law around Islam, from…96%Religious rightSeeks to shape law and politics by religious, often Christian, values.95%

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Percentages show how close two profiles are across all ten dimensions. Including a person here is for study and comparison, not approval. Portrait: Unknown author Unknown author, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons; see all photo credits.