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{{Infobox country
| conventional_long_name = Spanish State
| native_name            = ''Estado Español''
| p1                     = Nationalist faction (Spanish Civil War){{!}}Nationalist faction
| flag_p1                = Bandera del bando nacional 1936-1938.svg
| p2                     = Second Spanish Republic
| flag_p2                = Flag of Spain (1931–1939).svg
| s1                     = Spanish transition to democracy
| flag_s1                = Flag of Spain (1945 - 1977).svg
| image_flag             = Flag of Spain (1945 - 1977).svg
| flag_type              = [[Flag of Spain|Flag]]<br />(1945–1977)
| image_coat             = COA Spain 1945 1977.svg
| symbol_type            = [[Coat of arms of Spain|Coat of arms]]<br />(1945–1977)
| image_map              = Spanish State.png
| image_map_caption      = Territories and colonies of the Spanish State:
{{plainlist|style=padding-left:0.6em;text-align:left;|
* {{Color box|#336432|border=darkgray}} Spain, [[Ifni]], [[Spanish Sahara|Western Sahara]] and [[Spanish Guinea|Guinea]]
* {{Color box|#C9FF6B|border=darkgray}} [[Spanish protectorate in Morocco|Protectorate in Morocco]]
* {{Color box|#FF8118|border=darkgray}} [[Tangier International Zone]]
}}
| capital                = [[Madrid]]
| largest_city           = capital
| national_motto         = ''[[Una, Grande y Libre]]''<br />{{small|("One, Great and Free")}}<br />''[[Plus Ultra]]''<br />{{small|("Further Beyond")}}
| national_anthem        = ''[[Marcha Real|Marcha Granadera]]''<br />{{small|("Grenadier March")}}<br /><div style="display:inline-block;margin-top:0.4em;">{{center|[[File:Marcha Real (1915).ogg]]}} </div>
| official_languages     = [[Spanish language|Spanish]]
| religion               = [[Roman Catholicism]] (official)
| demonym                = Spanish, Spaniard
| government_type        = <!-- Think about adding a fancy adjective before inserting it: one-party dictatorship, catholic theocracy, dictatorship of the dominant social class, military dictatorship, totalitarian, fascist: all of them valid, but only partially valid. The constant of the regime was its anti-democratic nature and Franco as head of state (Gil Pecharromán, 2019) https://books.google.com/books?id=PyGyDwAAQBAJ. -->{{nowrap|[[Dictatorship#Personalist dictatorships|Personalist Dictatorship]]{{Broken anchor|date=2024-05-20|bot=User:Cewbot/log/20201008/configuration|target_link=Dictatorship#Personalist dictatorships|reason= }}}}
| title_leader           = [[List of heads of state of Spain#Francoist Spain (1939–1975)|Head of state]]
| leader1                = [[Francisco Franco]]
| year_leader1           = 1936&ndash;1975
| title_representative   = {{nowrap|[[List of Prime Ministers of Spain#Francoist Spain (1939–1975)|Head of Government]]}}
| representative1        = [[Francisco Franco]]
| year_representative1   = 1938&ndash;1973
| representative2        = [[Luis Carrero Blanco]]
| year_representative2   = 1973
| representative3        = [[Carlos Arias Navarro]]
| year_representative3   = 1973&ndash;1975
| legislature            = ''[[Cortes Españolas]]''
| era                    = {{Nowrap|[[World War II]], [[Cold War]]}}
| event_pre              = [[Spanish Civil War|Civil War]]
| date_pre               = 17 July 1936
| event_start            = {{nowrap|[[Final offensive of the Spanish Civil War|Nationalist victory]]}}
| year_start             = 1939
| date_start             = 1 April
| event1                 = [[Law of Succession to the Headship of the State|Succession law]]
| date_event1            = 6 July 1947
| event2                 = [[United Nations Security Council Resolution 109|UN membership]]
| date_event2            = 14 December 1955
| event3                 = [[Organic Law of the State|Organic Law]]
| date_event3            = 1 January 1967
| event_end              = [[Spanish transition to democracy|Franco's death]]
| date_end               = 20 November
| year_end               = 1975
| life_span              = 1936–1975
| stat_year1             = 1940<ref>{{in lang|es}} [http://www.ine.es/inebaseweb/pdfDispacher.do?td=118645&ext=.pdf "Resumen general de la población de España en 31 de Diciembre de 1940"]. INE. Retrieved 11 October 2014.</ref>
| stat_area1             = 796,030
| stat_pop1              = 25,877,971
| currency               = [[Spanish peseta]]
| calling_code           = [[+34]]
| today                  = {{flag|Equatorial Guinea}}<br>{{flag|Morocco}}<br>{{flag|Spain}}<br>{{flagdeco|Western Sahara}} [[Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic|Western Sahara]]
}}

'''Francoist Spain''' ({{lang-es|España franquista}}) or the '''Francoist dictatorship''' ({{lang|es|dictadura franquista|links=no}}), was the period of Spanish history between 1939 and 1975, when [[Francisco Franco]] ruled Spain. During this time period Spain was officially known as the '''Spanish State''' ({{lang|es|Estado Español|links=no}}). After Franco’s death, Spain turned into a [[democracy]].  

During the [[Spanish Civil War]], [[Francisco Franco]] led the [[Nationalist faction (Spanish Civil War)|nationalists]] supported by [[Nazi Germany]] and [[Kingdom of Italy (1861–1946)|Fascist Italy]]. The [[Republican faction (Spanish Civil War)|republicans]] were supported by the [[Soviet Union]], [[Mexico]], and [[French Third Republic|France]]. The dictatorship was created right after the nationalists won. Francisco Franco made himself the [[Caudillo of Spain]] and ruled until his death in 1975.

== Francoism ==
[[File:Francoist demonstration in Salamanca.jpg|thumb|Francoist demonstration in [[Salamanca]] in 1937]]

===Nationalism===
Francisco Franco promoted [[ultranationalism]]. He did not allow the use of [[Languages of Spain|regional languages]] such as [[Catalan language|Catalan]], [[Basque language|Basque]], [[Galician language|Galician]], and promoted [[Spanish language|Spanish]] as the only official language.

==References==
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[[Category:1936 establishments in Europe]]
[[Category:1975 disestablishments in Europe]]
[[Category:1930s establishments in Spain]]
[[Category:Fascism]]
[[Category:Former dictatorships]]