What is Spanish Republican government in exile?
[[File:Flag of the Second Spanish Republic.svg|thumb|200px|Flag of the Second Spanish Republic.]] The '''Spanish Republican government in exile''' was a group of [[politician]]s who went into [[exile]] in [[France]] when the [[dictator]] [[Francisco Franco]] took power in Spain after the [[Spanish Civil War]]. They wanted to continue the government of the [[Second Spanish Republic]]. They hoped that [[democracy]] would come back to Spain after [[World War II]], but Franco continued to rule for another 30 years. After Franco's death in 1975, King [[Juan Carlos I of Spain|Juan Carlos]] restored democratic government. In 1977 the exiled Republicans decided to accept Juan Carlos as king. The king let the exiled politicians come back to Spain. [[Category:Governments in exile]] {{history-stub}}