National Defense Junta

National Defense Junta
Junta de Defensa Nacional
Military junta
Flag of the National Defense Junta
Flag of the National Defense Junta
Formation24 July 1936
Extinction30 September 1936
CountryNationalist Spain
Executive branch
PresidentMiguel Cabanellas
Head of stateFrancisco Franco
HeadquartersBurgos

The Junta de Defensa Nacional (English: National Defense Junta) was a military junta which governed the territories held by the Nationalist faction of the Spanish Civil War from July to September 1936. The junta's president was Miguel Cabanellas and its head of state was Francisco Franco. The junta was dissolved when Franco was proclaimed caudillo of Spain.


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