Born in A Pobra do Brollón (province of Lugo) on 8 September 1957, soon after his family moved to Monforte de Lemos.

[1] Franco, who dropped university studies in Mathematics early, graduated in law.[n.

Franco, who had joined the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) in 1981,[1] was a member of the Monforte de Lemos city council from 1984 to 1986.

After the forced resignation of Tomás Gómez in February 2015, he became the spokesman of the parliamentary group.

[6][7] He contested the September 2017 primary election to the leadership of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party of the Community of Madrid (PSOE-M).