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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 Spain's Premier. 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Luis Carrero Blanco has received more than 879,539 page views. His biography is available in 42 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 40 in 2019). Luis Carrero Blanco is the 30th most popular extremist (down from 29th in 2019), the 181st most popular biography from Spain (up from 186th 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 30 out of 283. Before him are Charles Ponzi, Carlos the Jackal, Patrizia Reggiani, George Habash, Frederick Trump, and Amon Göth. After him are Abu Nidal, Otto Ohlendorf, Cleon, Nathuram Godse, Andreas Baader, and H. H. Holmes.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1904, Luis Carrero Blanco ranks 27. Before him are Hans Albert Einstein, Harry Martinson, Louis Néel, Glenn Miller, Cary Grant, and Joan Crawford. After him are Witold Gombrowicz, John Hicks, Werner Forssmann, Antonín Novotný, Dmitry Kabalevsky, and Gregory Bateson. Among people deceased in 1973, Luis Carrero Blanco ranks 36. Before him are Ragnar Frisch, Hans Albert Einstein, Artturi Ilmari Virtanen, Selman Waksman, Jacques Maritain, and Karl Ziegler. After him are Walter Rudolf Hess, Gerard Kuiper, Jean-Pierre Melville, Amílcar Cabral, François Cevert, and Taha Hussein.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Luis Carrero Blanco ranks 181 out of 3,355. Before him are Alfonso II of Aragon (1157), Enrique Granados (1867), Columella (4), Penélope Cruz (1974), Leo Africanus (1494), and Tirso de Molina (1579). After him are Philip, Duke of Parma (1720), Peter II of Aragon (1174), John I of Castile (1358), Carmen Amaya (1913), Kane (1967), and Abd al-Rahman II (788).

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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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