National Council of the Movement

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National Council of the Movement Consejo Nacional del Movimiento
Type
Type	Advisory Body
History
Established	19 October 1937
Disbanded	16 June 1977
Meeting place
Palace of the Senate, Madrid

The National Council of the Movement (Spanish: Consejo Nacional del Movimiento, originally Consejo Nacional de FET y de las JONS), was an institution of the Franco dictatorship of a collegiate nature, which was subordinated to the Head of State.^[1][2] Originally created under the name of the National Council of FET and the JONS on 19 October 1937 in the midst of the Civil War, it would continue to exist until 1977, following the death of Francisco Franco and the dismantling of institutions of his regime.

Its internal structure was strongly inspired by the Italian Grand Fascist Council and the National Council of the National Fascist Party.^[3] Its members, the councillors, with a maximum number of 50^[3] were first appointed by Franco in 1937, integrating all the political forces that intervened in the coup d'état of July 1936 that started the Civil War, and that had been unified by decree in April 1937 under the name of Falange Española Tradicionalista y de las JONS (FET y de las JONS).^[4]

It met for the first time in December 1937 at the Monastery of las Huelgas in Burgos. Later, after the end of the war, it would meet in the old Palace of the Senate in Madrid.^[5] Like the Francoist Cortes, the National Council would be dissolved shortly before the 1977 elections.^[6]