Francoist Cortes

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The Francoist Cortes was the rubber-stamp legislative assembly of Francisco Franco’s authoritarian regime in Spain, functioning without genuine democratic power from the late 1940s until the transition to democracy.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Francoist Cortes canonical 3
Francoist Cortes Españolas 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf institution of Francoist Spain ⓘ
legislative assembly ⓘ
rubber-stamp parliament ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Spain ⓘ
buildingUsed Palacio de las Cortes ⓘ
characteristic absence of political pluralism ⓘ
corporatist representation of social and professional groups ⓘ
lack of genuine democratic elections ⓘ
limited legislative powers ⓘ
single-party dominance of Movimiento Nacional ⓘ
subordination to executive authority ⓘ
continuedInPeriod Spanish transition to democracy ⓘ
controlledBy Caudillo of Spain ⓘ
National Movement (Movimiento Nacional) ⓘ
linked to: Movimiento Nacional
country Spain ⓘ
dissolved 1977 ⓘ
endTime 1977 ⓘ
follows Second Spanish Republic parliamentary system ⓘ
hasMember procuradores en Cortes ⓘ
hasNumberOfMembers approximately 500 ⓘ
hasPoliticalIdeology Francoism ⓘ
linked to: Francoist Spain

anti-communism ⓘ
authoritarianism ⓘ
nationalism ⓘ
hasTypeOfGovernmentalBody unicameral legislature ⓘ
headOfState Francisco Franco ⓘ
historicalPeriod 20th century ⓘ
inception 1942 ⓘ
legalBasis Fuero de los Españoles ⓘ
Ley Constitutiva de las Cortes (1942) ⓘ
legislativeBodyFor Francoist Spain ⓘ
legislativePeriod Francoist dictatorship (1939–1975) ⓘ
legislativeProcess laws initiated and controlled by executive ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Madrid ⓘ
officialLanguage Spanish ⓘ
partOf Francoist dictatorship ⓘ
replacedBy Cortes Generales ⓘ
democratic parliamentary system of Spain ⓘ
role formal approval of laws drafted by the regime ⓘ
institutional legitimation of Francoist regime ⓘ
selectionMethod appointment by the Head of State ⓘ
corporatist representation ⓘ
indirect appointment ⓘ
significantEvent Ley Orgánica del Estado (1967) ⓘ
Ley de Principios del Movimiento Nacional (1958) ⓘ
Ley de Sucesión en la Jefatura del Estado (1947) ⓘ
Ley para la Reforma Política (1976) ⓘ
first session in 1942 ⓘ
significantRoleIn Spanish transition through the 1976 Political Reform Act ⓘ
institutionalization of Francoist regime ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Cortes → successor → Francoist Cortes Españolas ⓘ
linked to: Francoist Cortes
Political Reform Act of 1976 → abolished → Francoist Cortes ⓘ
Torcuato Fernández-Miranda → memberOf → Francoist Cortes ⓘ