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Luis Carrero Blanco

1904 - 1973

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Admiral-General Luis Carrero Blanco (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈlwis kaˈreɾo ˈβlaŋko]; 4 March 1904 – 20 December 1973) was a Spanish Navy officer and politician. A long-time confidant and right-hand man of dictator Francisco Franco, Carrero served as Prime Minister of Spain. Upon graduating from the naval academy Carrero Blanco participated in the Rif War, and later the Spanish Civil War, in which he supported the Rebel faction. He became one of the most prominent figures in the Francoist dictatorship's power structure and held throughout his career a number of high-ranking offices such as those of Undersecretary of the Presidency from 1941 to 1967 and Franco's deputy from 1967 to 1973. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Luis Carrero Blanco is the 39th most popular extremist (down from 30th in 2019), the 238th most popular biography from Spain (down from 181st in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Spanish Extremist.

Luis Carrero Blanco was the Prime Minister of Spain from 1973 to 1974. He was assassinated in 1973 by a bomb planted by the Basque separatist group ETA.

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Among EXTREMISTS

Among extremists, Luis Carrero Blanco ranks 39 out of 283. Before him are Cleon, Charles Ponzi, Anders Behring Breivik, John Hinckley Jr., H. H. Holmes, and Robert-François Damiens. After him are Timothy McVeigh, Otto Ohlendorf, Andreas Baader, Issei Sagawa, Peter Kürten, and Nedeljko Čabrinović.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1904, Luis Carrero Blanco ranks 36. Before him are Alejo Carpentier, Gerhard Herzberg, Hans Morgenthau, Witold Gombrowicz, Glenn Miller, and Dmitry Kabalevsky. After him are Antonín Novotný, Lucile Randon, Gregory Bateson, Nikolai Ostrovsky, George F. Kennan, and Willem de Kooning. Among people deceased in 1973, Luis Carrero Blanco ranks 44. Before him are Jacques Maritain, Hans Albert Einstein, Lon Chaney Jr., Amílcar Cabral, Maurice René Fréchet, and Frank Costello. After him are Dickinson W. Richards, Jean-Pierre Melville, Emmy Göring, Elsa Schiaparelli, A. S. Neill, and François Cevert.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Luis Carrero Blanco ranks 238 out of 3,355. Before him are Reccared I (510), Fernando Sor (1778), Alfonso the Battler (1073), Alfonso III of Aragon (1265), Kane (1967), and María Isabella of Spain (1789). After him are Louis I of Spain (1707), Lluís Companys (1882), Princess María de las Mercedes of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (1910), Eleanor of Toledo (1522), Sancho II of Castile and León (1036), and Queen Letizia of Spain (1972).

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Among EXTREMISTS In Spain

Among extremists born in Spain, Luis Carrero Blanco ranks 2. Before him are Ramón Mercader (1913). After him are Émile Henry (1872), and Amparo Poch y Gascón (1902).

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