The article examines the role of the Council of Ministers in Spain during the period of early Francoism (1939–1957). The author analyzes how the dictator, despite formally holding absolute power, maintained a balance among various political groups (the Falangists, Carlists, Catholics, Monarchists) through the distribution of min-isterial portfolios and the structure of the state apparatus. Particular attention is given to the functions of the government as a tool for elite control, the neutralization of opposition, and the creation of the illusion of participation in power. Drawing on legislative acts and ministers’ memoirs, the study reveals the contradiction between the formal cen-tralization of authority and the practical autonomy of individual ministries.
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