Alejandro Rodríguez de Valcárcel

Alejandro Rodríguez de Valcárcel y Nebreda (25 December 1917 – 22 October 1976) was a Spanish falangist politician and State lawyer, who served in important positions during the dictatorship of Francisco Franco.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Rodríguez de Valcárcel and the second or maternal family name is Nebreda.
Alejandro Rodríguez de Valcárcel
Alejandro Rodríguez de Valcárcel in 1975
President of the Regency Council of Spain
In office
20 – 22 November 1975
Preceded byFrancisco Franco
as Dictator of Spain
Succeeded byJuan Carlos I
as King of Spain
President of the Cortes Españolas
In office
27 November 1969 – 5 December 1975
Preceded byAntonio Iturmendi Bañales
Succeeded byTorcuato Fernández-Miranda
Personal details
Born(1917-12-25)25 December 1917
Burgos, Spain
Died22 October 1976(1976-10-22) (aged 58)
Madrid, Spain
NationalitySpanish
Political partyFE de las JONS (until 1937)
FET y de las JONS (1937–1976)

Biography

Born in December 1917 in Burgos to a bourgeoisie family,[1] he joined the Sindicato Español Universitario (SEU) in 1934.[1] A camisa vieja falangist,[n. 1] he entered the Civil War as volunteer in a Bandera of Falange.[1]

From 27 November 1969 to 5 December[3] 1975 he served as the President of the Francoist Cortes.

He was a chief endorser of the Asociación Nacional para el Estudio de Problemas Actuales (ANEPA).[4][n. 2]

In the capacity of President of the Council of Regency, he briefly served as acting Head of State, from Franco's death on 20 November to 22 November 1975, when then Prince Juan Carlos took an oath and was proclaimed King of Spain.

He died on 22 October 1976 in the Ciudad Sanitaria La Paz in Madrid.[6] His corpse was buried at the San José cemetery in Burgos.[7] On 5 January 1977 he was posthumously bestowed the nobiliary title of Count of Rodríguez de Valcárcel.[8]

References
Informational notes
  1. According to Stanley G. Payne, he became a member of the Falange in the beginning of the Civil War.[2]
  2. According to a 1974 report by the Ministry of Information and Tourism, he was the direct creator of the association, founded under the acquiescence of Franco.[5]
Citations
  1. Sanz Hoya 2008, p. 198.
  2. Payne 1987, p. 447.
  3. Franco bib
  4. Río Morillas 2013, p. 92.
  5. Río Morillas 2013, p. 143.
  6. "Rodríguez de Valcárcel será enterrado hoy en Burgos". El País. 23 October 1976.
  7. Ceinos & Carro 2019.
  8. Heras Borrero 1990, p. 190.
Bibliography
Party political offices
Preceded by
Fernando Herrero Tejedor		 Vice–Secretary General of FET y de las JONS
1965–1969		 Succeeded by
José Miguel Ortí Bordás
Political offices
Preceded by
Antonio Iturmendi Bañales		 President of the Francoist Cortes
1969–1975		 Succeeded by
Torcuato Fernández-Miranda
Preceded by
Francisco Franco
(as Head of State)		 Acting Head of State of Spain
(as President of the Regency Council)
1975		 Succeeded by
Juan Carlos I
(as King)
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