Francisco Franco National Foundation Explained
| Francisco Franco National Foundation |
| Native Name: | Fundación Nacional Francisco Franco |
| Native Name Lang: | es |
| Abbreviation: | FNFF |
| Named After: | Francisco Franco |
| Vat Id: | (for European organizations) --> |
| Region: | Spain |
| Owners: | --> |
| Leader Name: | Juan Chicharro Ortega |
| Leader Title2: | Honorary President |
| Leader Name2: | Prince Louis, Duke of Anjou |
The Francisco Franco National Foundation[1] [2] (Spanish; Castilian: '''Fundación Nacional Francisco Franco'''|links=no; FNFF)[3] is a foundation created in 1976 devoted to promoting the legacy of the Spanish dictator Francisco Franco.[4] The only child of Franco, Carmen Franco (1926–2017) led the organisation and later became its honorary president.[5]
In 2017, 200,000 people signed a petition, calling on the Spanish government to ban the organisation.[6]
In 2018, after new Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez promised that Franco's remains would be removed from the Valley of the Fallen, the Foundation collected a petition with 24,000 signatures to oppose the proposal.[7] While relatively marginal in Spanish political culture, the FNFF (and members of the Franco family) gained enormous public visibility in connection with the dictator's exhumation.
In 2024, the Spanish Ministry of Culture started proceedings to outlaw the foundation under the 2022 Democratic Memory Law.[8]
See also
References
- Bibliography
- Comparative Studies in Society and History. Francisco. Ferrándiz. Francisco Franco Is Back: The Contested Reemergence of a Fascist Moral Exemplar. 1–30. Cambridge University Press. 2021. 64 . 10.1017/S001041752100044X. free. 10261/275849. free.
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Notes and References
- Book: Basilio, Miriam M.. Visual Propaganda, Exhibitions, and the Spanish Civil War . 2013. 9781351537421 .
- El País. What is left of Franco's legacy?. 2015-11-20. J.. Jiménez Gálvez. Isabel. Valdés Aragonés.
- Book: Outrage: Art, Controversy, and Society. Richard. Howells. Andreea Deciu. Ritivoi. Judith. Schachter. 10 October 2012. Palgrave Macmillan. 9780230353978. Google Books.
- Book: Revealing New Truths about Spain's Violent Past: Perpetrators' Confessions and Victim Exhumations. Paloma. Aguilar. Leigh A.. Payne. 11 October 2016. Springer. 9781137562296 . Google Books.
- Race, God and Family. Dan. Hancox. 2 July 2015. 13 . 15–18. London Review of Books. 37 .
- Web site: Hundreds of thousands of Spaniards call for ban on Franco foundation. Agence France-Presse. 23 November 2017. the Guardian.
- News: New Spanish PM Pedro Sánchez vows to move Franco's remains. Madrid. Graham Keeley. 2018-06-20. The Times. 2018-06-20. en. 0140-0460.
- News: Spanish government takes legal action to shut down Franco foundation. Sam. Jones. The Guardian. 20 June 2024. 20 June 2024.
