Ramón Serrano Suñer
Ramón Serrano Suñer (12 September 1901 – 1 September 2003), was a Spanish politician during the first stages of
Francoist Spain, between 1938 and 1942, when he held the posts of President of the
FET y de las JONS caucus (1936), and then Interior Minister and Foreign Affairs Minister. A neofalangist originally from the
CEDA, Serrano Suñer came to embody the most totalitarian impetus within the regime. Serrano Suñer was known for his pro-
Nazi stance during
World War II, when he supported the sending of the
Blue Division to fight along with the
Wehrmacht on the
Eastern Front. He was also the brother-in-law of
Francisco Franco's wife
Carmen Polo, for which he was informally nicknamed ''Cuñadísimo'' or the "most brother-in-law" (in comparison, the dictator himself was styled as ''
generalísimo'').
Serrano Suñer was the founder of the 67,000-strong Spanish blind people's organization
ONCE on 13 December 1938, as well as of the
EFE press-agency, in 1939. Serrano Suñer also founded the Radio Intercontinental radio network in 1950.
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