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Spanish politician (1899–1955) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Trifón Gómez (1889–1955) was a Spanish socialist politician who served at the Parliament and was one of the leaders of the Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE).
Trifón Gómez | |
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President of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party | |
In office April 1951 – 1955 | |
Preceded by | Indalecio Prieto |
Personal details | |
Born | Trifón Gómez San José 3 July 1889 Zaratán, Spain |
Died | 8 May 1955 65) Mexico City , Mexico | (aged
Gómez was born in Zaratán near Valladolid on 3 July 1889.[1] He studied at the Escuela de Huérfanos Ferroviarios in Valladolid, and began working as an apprentice turner at the age of 15 in the railway workshops in Pisuerga.[1] At the same time, he attended the School of Arts and Crafts and graduated as a mechanical expert.[1]
In 1909 Gómez joined the General Union of Workers (UGT) and the Socialist Association in Valladolid.[1] From 1915 he worked as the secretary of the Northern Railway Union which organized a general strike of August 1917.[1] Then he was forced to go into exile in Paris where he stayed until September 1918.[1] Following his return to Spain he settled in Madrid and joined the Madrid Socialist Association.[1] He was also a member of the Institute of Social Reforms and during the rule of Miguel Primo de Rivera was a substitute socialist representative in its joint committees.[1]
He became a member of the PSOE and was part of the right-wing faction.[2] In the elections of April 1931 he was elected councilor of the Madrid City Council and was appointed deputy mayor of the district of La Inclusa.[1] In the general elections in 1931 and 1933, he was elected as a deputy representing Madrid.[1] When the civil war broke out, he was in charge of the department of supplies of the Madrid City Council and in 1937 he was appointed its general director.[1]
At the end of the civil war Gómez went into exile in France.[1] There he reorganized the thousands of UGT members who also left Spain.[3] The first congress of the UGT of Spain in exile was held in November 1944, and he was elected president of the UGT which he held until 1955.[3] Gómez was elected as PSOE president in the congress held between 31 March and 1 April 1951.[4] He replaced Indalecio Prieto in the post.[4]
Gómez died in Mexico City on 8 May 1955.[1]
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