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> Spain was a dictatorship up until 1982 Nope, the dictator died in 1975, and there were free elections in 1977 (won by the center-right, not the socialists) a
by charlysl 8y ago
> Spain was a dictatorship up until 1982
Nope, the dictator died in 1975, and there were free elections in 1977 (won by the center-right, not the socialists) and ever since (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_transition_to_democracy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_transition_to_democrac...).
- repolfx 8y agoHmm. I guess there are conflicting sources and views on this. Your page says: "At its latest, the Transition is said to have ended with the first peaceful transfer of executive power, after the victory of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) in the 1982 general election." That's where I got the date from. I guess I don't consider a country to be democratic until there's been at least one election where the previously elected government agreed to leave.
- charlysl 8y ago> "At its latest, the Transition is said to have ended with the first peaceful transfer of executive power, after the victory of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) in the 1982 general election." The Transition, but not the Dictatorship, very different. EDIT: original reply way too turgid