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Luis Carrero-Blanco

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The Resume

    (March 4, 1904-December 20, 1973)
    Born in Santoña, Cantabria, Spain
    1st Duke of Carrero-Blanco Grandee of Spain
    Spanish admiral and long-time ally of dictator Francisco Franco
    President of the Government (Prime Minister) of Spain (June 9, 1973-December 20, 1973)
    Assassinated via the bombing of his car by Basque members of ETA in Madrid at age 69

Why he might be annoying:

    He was a religious fanatic of Roman Catholicism and the Opus Dei.
    When the Spanish Civil War began in 1936, he fled the country, and became a refugee in the embassies of Mexico and France before sneaking back into Spain.
    He was a puppet of Francisco Franco's dictatorship and groomed to become his successor.
    He was accused of ordering the execution of five political opponents in the Franco regime, and creating a 'State within the State...a network of informers within the Ministries, in the Army, in the Falange, and also in Opus Dei.'
    The successful plot to assassinate him was titled 'Operation Ogre.'

Why he might not be annoying:

    Unlike a majority of the Falangists, he was opposed to joining the Axis power and the involvement of Spain in World War II.
    He was a serious anti-Communist.
    After serving just six months as Prime Minister of Spain, he was blown up in his car (along with a bodyguard and driver) by 100 kilograms of explosives buried in a tunnel underneath the street he took after attending Mass.
    The explosion was so huge it created a massive crater in the street, and blew the car over the five story Jesuit monastery where he attended Mass, landing on a second floor balcony on the other side of the building.
    His assassins were never brought to trial, though one murderer himself was assassinated by a car bomb in 1978.

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Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    In 2022, Out of 5 Votes: 80.0% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 17 Votes: 94.12% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 7 Votes: 57.14% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 32 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 27 Votes: 48.15% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 10 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 5 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 4 Votes: 75.00% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 28 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 23 Votes: 52.17% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 14 Votes: 64.29% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 16 Votes: 93.75% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 32 Votes: 65.62% Annoying