National Council of the Movement

National Council of the Movement
Consejo Nacional del Movimiento
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Type
Type
History
Established 19 October 1937
Disbanded 17 July 1942
Preceded by Congress of Deputies
Succeeded by Cortes EspaƱolas
Meeting place
Palace of the Senate, Madrid

The National Council of the Movement (Spanish: Consejo Nacional del Movimiento), created on 19 October 1937 during the Spanish Civil War, was the first major deliberative assembly destined to evolve into a kind of upper house during the Franco dictatorship.

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