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    The Cortes Españolas (English: Spanish Courts), known informally as the Cortes franquistas (English: Francoist Courts), was the name of the legislative...
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  • 1971 where Spanish citizens elected 104 of the 564 members of the Cortes Españolas, the Spanish legislature. To be eligible to vote, citizens must be...
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    (Spanish: democracia a la española). He believed political changes should be limited: he would give the parliament, the Cortes Españolas, the task of "updating...
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    would have to be approved by the Cortes Españolas. The draft of the Law was sent by the Franco III Government to the Cortes on 28 March 1947. It had a short...
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    established the Cortes Españolas (Spanish Cortes), a non-democratic chamber made up of more than 400 procuradores (singular procurador). Both the Cortes' founding...
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  • 1967 where Spanish citizens elected 102 of the 564 members of the Cortes Españolas, the Spanish legislature. It was the first election held in Spain since...
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    of the Institute of Hispanic Culture and longtime procurador in the Cortes Españolas during the Francoist period. Originally operating as a publishing house...
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    Ley Constitutiva de las Cortes (Constituent Law of the Cortes) the same year, which saw the grand opening of the Cortes Españolas on 18 July 1942.[citation...
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    forces of Spain are known as the Spanish Armed Forces (Fuerzas Armadas Españolas). Their commander-in-chief is the King of Spain, Felipe VI. The next military...
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  • repealing of the Political Reform Act which had been approved by the Cortes Españolas on 18 November 1976. The question asked was "Do you approve of the...
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    1977, passed by the Francoist Cortes as the last Fundamental Law. It had been drafted by the President of the Cortes Españolas, Torcuato Fernández-Miranda...
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    greater hierarchy and seniority among those who were procurators in the Cortes Españolas. the President of the Council of State. the President of the Supreme...
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    Luis Carrero Blanco (category Members of the Cortes Españolas)
    about Carrero being Spain's first astronaut. In his first speech to the Cortes on 12 February 1974, Carrero Blanco's successor as prime minister, Carlos...
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    This changed in 1942, when Franco convened a parliament known as the Cortes Españolas. It was elected in accordance with corporatist principles, and had...
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  • president of the Cabildo Insular de Tenerife (1971–1974) and member of the Cortes Españolas (1967–1974). Tom James, 94, American politician, member of the Texas...
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    (1941–57), counselor of the Council of the Realm and member of the Cortes Españolas. He was one of the most heard voices against any kind of changes during...
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    Nacional was primarily composed of: The sole legal party, called Falange Española Tradicionalista y de las Juntas de Ofensiva Nacional Sindicalista (FET...
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    Leopoldo Calvo-Sotelo (category Members of the Cortes Españolas)
    1967 and 1968. Calvo-Sotelo was elected solicitor (Deputy) of Franco's Cortes, representing industrialists in the Union of Chemical Industries, in 1971...
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    November 1969 to 5 December 1975 he served as the President of the Francoist Cortes. He was a chief endorser of the Asociación Nacional para el Estudio de Problemas...
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    adequate supplies to those affected. In reaction to the disaster, the Cortes Españolas unanimously approved the Plan Sur on 21 December 1961. This rerouted...
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    Colonización Instituto Nacional de Industria Fuerzas Armadas de España Cortes Españolas Sindicato Español Universitario Servicio Exterior de Falange History...
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    namely first the Falange Española de las Juntas de Ofensiva Nacional Sindicalista (FE de las JONS) and afterwards the Falange Española Tradicionalista y de...
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  • The Cortes Republicanas (English: Republican Courts), officially called Cortes – also called the Congreso de los Diputados (English: Congress of Deputies)...
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    Colonización Instituto Nacional de Industria Fuerzas Armadas de España Cortes Españolas Sindicato Español Universitario Servicio Exterior de Falange History...
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    two days later on 22 November the Cortes Españolas proclaimed Juan Carlos King of Spain. In his address to the Cortes, Juan Carlos spoke of three factors:...
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    Esteban de Bilbao Eguía (category Members of the Cortes Españolas)
    the Primoderiverista Asamblea Nacional, the republican Cortes and the Francoist Cortes Españolas, Bilbao remains the longest serving 20th century Spanish...
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    Joaquín Bau Nolla (category Members of the Cortes Españolas)
    quasi-parliament, Cortes Españolas. The dictator appointed Bau member of Consejo Nacional of the Falange, which automatically ensured the Cortes mandate. He...
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  • replaced by Carlos Arias Navarro). Title IV. The National Council. Called Cortes Españolas, it exercises legislative power. It has a complex election system,...
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    Retrieved 2022-06-13. Grecco, Gabriela de Lima (2016). "Falange Española: de la corte literaria de José Antonio al protagonismo del nacionalcatolicismo"...
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    and Speaker Torcuato Fernández-Miranda were prepared to dissolve the Cortes Españolas in the event of opposition to the Bill, since the parliamentary term...
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