Juan Carlos I of Spain
King of Spain from 1975 to 2014
- Fame77.0
- Momentum15.7
- Spain rank#44
- Fame77.0
- Momentum15.7
- Spain rank#44
- Historical Figures rank#36
- Wikipedia176.8K
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He was handpicked by Franco to preserve a dictatorship, then spent his first years as king quietly dismantling it — until scandals over elephant hunts and Saudi money sent him into exile from the country he'd steered back to democracy.
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Born in Rome in 1938 while Spain's royal family lived in exile, Juan Carlos returned at nine and was groomed by Franco, who in 1969 bypassed the boy's liberal father and named him successor. He became king in November 1975, and instead of preserving the regime, pushed through democratic reforms that led to the 1978 constitution restoring constitutional monarchy. In 1981 he personally blocked a military coup attempting to restore Franco's order. By 2008 he was Ibero-America's most popular leader, but the shine wore off: a 2012 elephant-hunting trip during Spain's financial collapse, then mounti…
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