2024年11月30日 · Francisco Franco (born December 4, 1892, El Ferrol, Spain—died November 20, 1975, Madrid) was a general and leader of the Nationalist forces that overthrew the Spanish democratic republic in the Spanish Civil War (1936–39); thereafter he was the head of the government of Spain until 1973 and head of state until his death in 1975.. Life. Franco was born at the coastal city and naval centre ...