title: Francisco Franco
Algerian Civil Concord referendum, 1999
Spanish general election, 2015
Antonio Ricardos
Juan López de Uralde
Oblivion law
Ex post facto law
Spanish 1977 Amnesty Law
Amnesty law
Uruguayan amnesty referendum, 1989
sentences: Francisco Franco Bahamonde (] ; 4 December 1892 – 20 November 1975) was a Spanish general who ruled over Spain as a military dictator from 1939 until his death in 1975.
A referendum on the Civil Concord Law was held in Algeria on 16 September 1999.
 The Civil Concord Law was an amnesty law that provided the legal framework to implement the 1995 "rahma" law promulgated by former President Liamine Zeroual.
 It was put forth by President Abdelaziz Bouteflika and adopted by parliament on 8 July 1999.
 The purpose of the law was to end the Algerian Civil War, and its most important element was its establishment of a system of clemency for Islamist fighters.
 The law was approved by 98% of voters with an 85% turnout.
 One factor contributing to the high level of support received by the referendum is the lack of guidance that opposition parties gave to their supporters, not wanting to appear to be voting "against peace."
The 2015 Spanish general election was held on Sunday, 20 December 2015, to elect the 11th Cortes Generales of the Kingdom of Spain.
 All 350 seats in the Congress of Deputies were up for election, as well as 208 of 266 seats in the Senate.
 At exactly 4 years and one month since the previous general election, this remains the longest timespan between two general elections since the Spanish transition to democracy, and the only time in Spain a general election has been held on the latest possible date allowed under law.
Antonio Ricardos Carrillo de Albornoz (1727, Barbastro – 13 March 1794) was a Spanish general.
 He joined the army of the Kingdom of Spain and fought against Habsburg Austria, the Portugal, and the First French Republic during a long military career.
 By embracing the Spanish Enlightenment, he earned the displeasure of conservative elements of society.
 He played an active role in reforming the Spanish military.
 Upon the outbreak of the War of the Pyrenees in 1793, the king sent him to command in Catalonia.
 He invaded Rousillon where he won several victories over the French.
 After his death in early 1794, the war went badly for Spain.
Juan López de Uralde (born 1963) is a Spanish politician co-spokesperson for the Equo political party since 2011.
 He was spokesperson of Greenpeace Spain from 2001 to 2010 and is deputy in the Spanish Congress for Unidos Podemos since 2015 Spanish general election, being re-elected in the 2016 Spanish general election.
The Oblivion law (Spanish: "Ley de Olvido" ) was an 1821 Argentine law promulgated by Martín Rodríguez, governor of the Buenos Aires province.
 It was promoted by his minister Bernardino Rivadavia, and set a general amnesty to all the people guilty of treason.
 During the Argentine War of Independence, many governments had taken such measures against their political enemies and exiled them; this law allowed them to return to Buenos Aires free of charges.
 The law said that:
An ex post facto" law (corrupted from Latin: "ex postfacto" , 'out of the aftermath' ) is a law that retroactively changes the legal consequences (or status) of actions that were committed, or relationships that existed, before the enactment of the law.
 In criminal law, it may criminalize actions that were legal when committed; it may aggravate a crime by bringing it into a more severe category than it was in when it was committed; it may change the punishment prescribed for a crime, as by adding new penalties or extending sentences; or it may alter the rules of evidence in order to make conviction for a crime likelier than it would have been when the deed was committed.
 Conversely, a form of "ex post facto" law commonly called an "amnesty law" may decriminalize certain acts.
 A pardon has a similar effect, in a specific case instead of a class of cases.
 Other legal changes may alleviate possible punishments (for example by replacing the death sentence with lifelong imprisonment) retroactively.
 Such legal changes are also known by the Latin term in mitius".
The Spanish 1977 Amnesty Law is a law promulgated in 1977, two years after dictator Francisco Franco's death, that shields any Franco era crime from being put under trial.
 The law is still in force, and has been used as a reason for not investigating and prosecuting Francoist human rights violations.
An amnesty law is any law that retroactively exempts a select group of people, usually military leaders and government leaders, from criminal liability for crimes committed.
A referendum on an amnesty law was held in Uruguay on 16 April 1989.
 The amnesty had prevented the prosecution of the military and police who had been responsible for murder, torture and disappearances during the civic-military dictatorship between 1973 and 1985.
 The law was retained with 56% in favour of it.

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 Francisco Franco Bahamonde (] ; 4 December 1892 – 20 November 1975) was a Spanish general who ruled over Spain as a military dictator from 1939 until his death in 1975. 

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 A referendum on the Civil Concord Law was held in Algeria on 16 September 1999.
 The Civil Concord Law was an amnesty law that provided the legal framework to implement the 1995 "rahma" law promulgated by former President Liamine Zeroual.
 It was put forth by President Abdelaziz Bouteflika and adopted by parliament on 8 July 1999.
 The purpose of the law was to end the Algerian Civil War, and its most important element was its establishment of a system of clemency for Islamist fighters.
 The law was approved by 98% of voters with an 85% turnout.
 One factor contributing to the high level of support received by the referendum is the lack of guidance that opposition parties gave to their supporters, not wanting to appear to be voting "against peace." 

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 Antonio Ricardos Carrillo de Albornoz (1727, Barbastro – 13 March 1794) was a Spanish general.
 He joined the army of the Kingdom of Spain and fought against Habsburg Austria, the Portugal, and the First French Republic during a long military career.
 By embracing the Spanish Enlightenment, he earned the displeasure of conservative elements of society.
 He played an active role in reforming the Spanish military.
 Upon the outbreak of the War of the Pyrenees in 1793, the king sent him to command in Catalonia.
 He invaded Rousillon where he won several victories over the French.
 After his death in early 1794, the war went badly for Spain. 

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 The Oblivion law (Spanish: "Ley de Olvido" ) was an 1821 Argentine law promulgated by Martín Rodríguez, governor of the Buenos Aires province.
 It was promoted by his minister Bernardino Rivadavia, and set a general amnesty to all the people guilty of treason.
 During the Argentine War of Independence, many governments had taken such measures against their political enemies and exiled them; this law allowed them to return to Buenos Aires free of charges.
 The law said that: 

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 An ex post facto" law (corrupted from Latin: "ex postfacto" , 'out of the aftermath' ) is a law that retroactively changes the legal consequences (or status) of actions that were committed, or relationships that existed, before the enactment of the law.
 In criminal law, it may criminalize actions that were legal when committed; it may aggravate a crime by bringing it into a more severe category than it was in when it was committed; it may change the punishment prescribed for a crime, as by adding new penalties or extending sentences; or it may alter the rules of evidence in order to make conviction for a crime likelier than it would have been when the deed was committed.
 Conversely, a form of "ex post facto" law commonly called an "amnesty law" may decriminalize certain acts.
 A pardon has a similar effect, in a specific case instead of a class of cases.
 Other legal changes may alleviate possible punishments (for example by replacing the death sentence with lifelong imprisonment) retroactively.
 Such legal changes are also known by the Latin term in mitius". 

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 The Spanish 1977 Amnesty Law is a law promulgated in 1977, two years after dictator Francisco Franco's death, that shields any Franco era crime from being put under trial.
 The law is still in force, and has been used as a reason for not investigating and prosecuting Francoist human rights violations. 

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 An amnesty law is any law that retroactively exempts a select group of people, usually military leaders and government leaders, from criminal liability for crimes committed. 

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 A referendum on an amnesty law was held in Uruguay on 16 April 1989.
 The amnesty had prevented the prosecution of the military and police who had been responsible for murder, torture and disappearances during the civic-military dictatorship between 1973 and 1985.
 The law was retained with 56% in favour of it. 

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Answer: Francisco Franco