Julián Besteiro
Spanish politician (1870–1940) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Besteiro and the second or maternal family name is Fernández.
Julián Besteiro Fernández ([xuˈljam besˈtejɾo], 21 September 1870 – 27 September 1940) was a Spanish socialist politician, elected to the Cortes Generales and in 1931 as Speaker of the Constituent Cortes of the Spanish Republic. He also was elected several times to the town council of Madrid. During the same period, he was a university professor of philosophy and logic, and dean of the department at the University of Madrid. He was imprisoned after the Civil War and died in jail.
Quick Facts President of the Congress of Deputies, Preceded by ...
Julián Besteiro | |
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President of the Congress of Deputies | |
In office 14 July 1931 – 9 October 1933 | |
Preceded by | Melquíades Álvarez |
Succeeded by | Santiago Alba Bonifaz |
President of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party | |
In office 9 December 1925 – 11 July 1931 | |
Preceded by | Pablo Iglesias |
Succeeded by | Remigio Cabello |
President of the UGT | |
In office 1925–1934 | |
Preceded by | Pablo Iglesias |
Succeeded by | Anastasio de Gracia |
Member of the Congress of Deputies | |
In office 13 March 1918 – 15 September 1923 | |
Constituency | Madrid |
In office 4 July 1931 – 2 February 1937 | |
Constituency | Madrid |
Personal details | |
Born | 21 September 1870 Madrid, Spain |
Died | 27 September 1940 (aged 70) Carmona, Spain |
Political party | Republican Union Party, Radical Party, PSOE |
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