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Felipe VI of Spain

b. 1968 · 21st century

Felipe VI is King of Spain, succeeding on the abdication of his father Juan Carlos I in June 2014. As head of state of the parliamentary monarchy, he made a televised address in October 2017 condemning the unilateral independence referendum held by the Catalan government, the gravest test of the 1978 constitution since the coup attempt of 1981.

Felipe VI of Spain
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Kingdom of Spain

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