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Francisco de Bobadilla
Francisco de Bobadilla was a Spanish royal official appointed Governor of the Indies in 1499, best known for arresting Christopher Columbus and sending him to Spain in chains.
Francisco de Borja y Aragón
Francisco de Borja y Aragón, prince of Esquilache, was a Spanish nobleman, poet, and viceroy of Peru from 1615 to 1621, appointed by King Philip III at age 32.
Francisco de Saavedra
Francisco de Saavedra (1746–1819) was a Spanish statesman and diplomat who financed the Yorktown campaign and later served as Spain's Minister of State and Regent.
Francisco de Sousa
Francisco de Sousa (c. 1540–1611) was a Portuguese nobleman who twice governed colonial Brazil, first as governor-general from 1591 to 1602, then as governor of the southern captaincies.
Francisco de Villagra
Francisco de Villagra (Francisco de Villagra Velásquez, 1511–1563) was a Spanish conquistador and three-time governor of Chile who made the first European crossing of the central Andes into Cuyo.
Francisco del Rosario Sánchez
Francisco del Rosario Sánchez (1817–1861) was a Dominican lawyer and politician, one of the three Fathers of the Nation, who proclaimed Dominican independence from Haiti in 1844.
Francisco Dueñas
Francisco Dueñas was a Salvadoran lawyer and coffee grower who led the Conservative party as president of El Salvador from 1863 to 1871, until a revolt deposed him.
Francisco Franco
Francisco Franco (1892–1975), the Caudillo, Spanish general and dictator who ruled Spain 1939–1975 after the 1936 coup and civil war; authoritarian regime per Linz, condemned by Spain's 2022 Democratic Memory Law.
Francisco Gamboa Soto
Francisco Gamboa Soto is a Costa Rican economist and member of the Sovereign People's Party serving as First Vice President of Costa Rica since May 2026.
Francisco Gil de Taboada
Francisco Gil de Taboada y Lemos was a Spanish naval officer who served as viceroy of New Granada from 1789 and viceroy of Peru from 1790 to 1796.
Francisco I. Madero
Francisco I. Madero (Francisco Indalecio Madero González, 1873–1913), Mexican president and 'Apostle of Democracy'; led the 1910 revolt against Porfirio Díaz via the Plan of San Luis, presided 1911–1913, assassinated after Huerta's coup.
Francisco Macías Nguema
Francisco Macías Nguema, first president of Equatorial Guinea (1968-1979), ruled as a president-for-life with a personal cult ("no other God than Macías"), was deposed by his nephew Obiang in the August 3, 1979 coup and executed.
Francisco Morales-Bermúdez
Francisco Morales-Bermúdez was a Peruvian general who ousted Juan Velasco in the 1975 Tacnazo coup and ruled Peru until returning it to civilian rule in 1980.
Francisco Pérez Mackenna
Francisco Pérez Mackenna, born in 1958, is a Chilean politician and business executive serving as Minister of Foreign Affairs since 2026 under President José Antonio Kast.
Francisco Robles
Francisco Robles, born Juan Francisco de Robles y García, was an Ecuadorian general and politician who served as President of Ecuador from 1856 to 1859.
Francisco Sá Carneiro
Francisco Sá Carneiro (1934–1980), Portuguese lawyer and politician, founder and first leader of the PPD/PSD, led the Democratic Alliance to victory in 1979 and 1980 and served as prime minister from January 1980 until his death in the Camarate plane crash on 4 December 1980.
Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr.
Francisco "Kiko" Tiu Laurel Jr., Filipino fishing tycoon and Frabelle Fishing Corporation president, has been Secretary of the Philippine Department of Agriculture since November 3, 2023, appointed by Marcos Jr.; confirmed December 5, 2023; no college degree.
Francisco Vicente Aguilera
Francisco Vicente Aguilera (1821–1877) was a Cuban patriot and lawyer, one of Oriente's wealthiest landowners, who organized the uprising that began the Ten Years' War in 1868.
Francisco Xavier de Mendonça Furtado
Francisco Xavier de Mendonça Furtado (1701–1769) was a Portuguese naval officer and colonial administrator, brother of the Marquis of Pombal, who governed Grão-Pará e Maranhão.
Francisco Xavier do Amaral
Francisco Xavier do Amaral (1937–2012), East Timorese independence leader, founded ASDT which became FRETILIN, proclaimed Timor-Leste's independence on 28 November 1975 as its first president, later led revived ASDT in parliament.
Franciszek Ksawery Branicki
Franciszek Ksawery Branicki (about 1730 to 1819) was a Polish magnate, Grand Hetman of the Crown from 1774, and a leader of the Targowica Confederation.
Franck Biya
Franck Emmanuel Biya, eldest son of Cameroon's President Paul Biya, is a businessman and informal advisor central to succession speculation. He holds no office; a 2026 decree naming him vice president was fabricated.
Franck Leroy
Franck Leroy, born 1963, is a French divers droite politician who has led the Grand Est region since 2023 and has chaired France's transport infrastructure financing agency since 2024.
Franco-British Union
The Franco-British Union was a proposed 1940 merger of France and the United Kingdom, drafted by Jean Monnet and offered by Churchill on 16 June 1940, with common citizenship and a single war cabinet; France rejected it and sought an armistice.
Franco-Ethiopian Treaty of 1897
The Franco-Ethiopian Treaty of 1897 is a set of conventions signed by Emperor Menelik II and France at Addis Ababa on 20 March 1897, fixing Ethiopia's frontier with the French Somali Coast.
Franco-Mongol alliance
Franco-Mongol alliance: repeated 13th-14th century attempts by Frankish Crusaders and the Mongol Il-khanate to ally against the Mamluks; missions by André de Longjumeau, Hülegü's 1262 letter to Louis IX, and Ghazan's overtures never produced a lasting treaty.
Franco-Siamese Treaty of 1867
The Franco-Siamese Treaty of 1867, signed in Paris on 15 July 1867 between France and Siam, recognized the French protectorate over Cambodia and left Battambang and Angkor to Siam.
Franco-Siamese Treaty of 1907
The Franco-Siamese Treaty of 1907 was an agreement signed at Bangkok on 23 March 1907, under which Siam ceded Battambang and Siem Reap to France.
Franco-Thai Treaty of 1946
The Franco-Thai Treaty of 1946, usually called the Washington Accord, was a settlement under which Thailand returned to France the Indochinese territories it had gained in 1941.
François Bayrou
François Bayrou (born 1951) is a French centrist politician, MoDem founder, mayor of Pau, education minister 1993-1997, justice minister 2017, and Prime Minister from 13 December 2024 to 9 September 2025, who fell after losing a confidence vote on the 2026 budget amid the Bétharram school abuse affair.