Léopoldo Bahamonde
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| Political Position(s): | Generalissimo of The Phalange, Grand Stratocrat of the Supreme Military Council, Chairman of the National Syndicalist Party, Commander-in-Chief of the Phalangian Armed Forces |
| Term of Office: | January 2, 1975 - present |
| Predecessor: | None |
| Successor: | Incumbent |
| Birthdate: | April 4, 1942 |
| Place of Birth: | Castilla, Isla de Caudillo |
| Nationality: | 1/2 Spanish, 2/5 Portuguese, 1/10 Italian |
| Spouse: | Isabella Désiré Bahamonde |
| Profession(s): | Field marshal, politician |
| Political Party: | National Syndicalist Party |
| Languages Spoken: | Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, English, German, Pacitalian, Dienstadi, Esperanto |
| Degrees: | none |
Generalissimo Léopoldo Luis Suárez Bahamonde Salazar, born on April 4, 1942 on Isla de Caudillo (present-day Phalange), has been the head of state of The Phalange since its inception as a nation on January 2, 1975.
Early life
Bahamonde's parents were Juan, a far-right Spanish military engineer who was a staunch supporter of FET y de las JONS, and Salvadora, an illiterate seamstress of mixed Spanish/Portuguese heritage from a poor, working-class family. Both parents were devout Roman Catholics, but the similarities ended there. His father was abrasive, crass, rigily authoritarian figure who entered a fit of explosive rage at the slightest provocation, and frequently beat both his wife and only son. His mother was shy, modest, soft-spoken, honest to a fault, and had a very gentle heart. His father, an alcoholic, died of cirrhosis of the liver in 1947, six days before young Léopoldo Bahamonde's seventh birthday. On the other hand, his mother firmly believed in prohibition and considered alcohol pure evil.
Like many other fascists, Juan Bahamonde fled Spain with his life after the communists achieved victory in the Spanish Civil War. Following the assassination of General Franco in Spain, the communists wasted no time celebrating their victory, and immediately invaded Portugal, where they assassinated Dr. Salazar. The two countries then formed a Marxist federation that implemented a Stalinist economic policy and massacred hundreds of thousands of people. Fearing reprisals, many Franco and Salazar supporters fled their home countries in droves. Most settled in Mussolini's Italy, until the Allies invaded. Boarding ships, they set sail in the direction of Eastern Europe, but a terrible storm struck, threw them off course, and stranded them on an uncharted Mediterranean island roughly twice the size of Malta. There, they set up small towns and cities, each self-governing under various types of fascism, ranging from national syndicalism to full-fledged National Socialism. Juan and his young wife settled in one of the newly built towns, Castilla, where Léopoldo was born a few years later.
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