a. Consolidating and maintaining power
The Francoist dictatorship developed from 1936 during the Spanish Civil War and lasted through to 1975. Franco, under the title Caudillo, assumed the powers of the state in September 1936 and kept them until his death: head of state, head of government (except during the years 1973-1975), supreme general of the armed forces, and head of the "Movimiento Nacional."He was, by his own words, only "responsible before God...