Francisco Gómez-Jordana, 1st Count of Jordana
| General El Conde de Jordana | |
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The Count of Jordana in 1940
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| Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
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In office 3 September 1942 – 2 August 1944 |
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| Preceded by | Ramón Serrano Súñer |
| Succeeded by | José Félix de Lequerica |
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In office 30 January 1938 – 9 August 1939 |
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| Preceded by | Julio Álvarez del Vayo |
| Succeeded by | Juan Luis Beigbeder y Atienza |
| Prime Minister of Francoist Spain | |
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In office 3 June 1937 – 30 January 1938 |
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| Preceded by | Fidel Dávila Arrondo |
| Succeeded by |
Francisco Franco (Caudillo of Spain) |
| Personal details | |
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Francisco Gómez-Jordana y Sousa 1 February 1876 Madrid, Spain |
| Died | 3 August 1944 (aged 68) San Sebastián, Spain |
| Political party | Military |
| Religion | Catholic |
General Francisco Gómez-Jordana y Sousa, 1st Conde de Jordana (1 February 1876 – 3 August 1944), was a Spanish soldier and politician who served as Minister of Foreign Affairs during the rule of Francisco Franco.
He was born in Madrid, the son of an officer who went on to become a Lieutenant General and one of the High Military Commissioners of Spain in Morocco. Gómez-Jordana enrolled as a student at Spain's Academia General Militar (Military Academy) in Zaragoza in 1892.
During the Cuban War of Independence, he went to Cuba as a second lieutenant, where he was wounded on 23 November 1896. After returning to Spain, he became a Captain at the Escuela Superior de Guerra ("High School for the Conduct of War") in Madrid. In 1911, he went to Melilla, a historical Spanish stronghold in North Africa since 1497, where he joined his father, Colonel Francisco Gómez Jordana. The younger Gómez-Jordana became a Lieutenant Colonel in 1912 and a Colonel in 1915.
From 9 July 1915 to 27 January 1919, he served his first of two terms as High Commissioner of Spain in Morocco, the third registered since April 1913. He became General of Brigade in 1922.
On 13 September 1923, General Miguel Primo de Rivera orchestrated a military coup, inspired in part by Benito Mussolini's March on Rome in the Kingdom of Italy during October 1922. King Alfonso XIII of Spain was obliged to accept General de Rivera as prime minister, without calling for constitutional elections.
At the time of the coup, Gómez-Jordana was a member of the Military Directory; Primo de Rivera conferred upon him wide powers to deal with colonial initiatives in Africa, including the "peacemaking resorts" within the Spanish Protectorate of Morocco. Spain had established colonial rule over this area of Morocco under the Treaty of Fez in 1912.
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