Santiago Carrillo
Spanish politician (1915–2012) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Santiago José Carrillo Solares (18 January 1915 – 18 September 2012) was a Spanish politician who served as General Secretary of the Communist Party of Spain (PCE) from 1960 to 1982.
Santiago Carrillo | |
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Secretary-General of the Communist Party of Spain | |
In office 3 July 1960 – 10 December 1982 | |
Preceded by | Dolores Ibárruri |
Succeeded by | Gerardo Iglesias |
Councillor of Public Order of the Madrid Defense Council | |
In office 6 November 1936 – 27 December 1936 | |
President | José Miaja |
Preceded by | Position established |
Succeeded by | José Cazorla |
Secretary-General of the Unified Socialist Youth | |
In office 15 June 1936 – 20 June 1947 | |
Secretary-General of the Socialist Youth of Spain | |
In office 10 May 1934 – 15 June 1936 | |
Member of the Congress of Deputies | |
In office 13 July 1977 – 23 April 1986 | |
Constituency | Madrid |
Personal details | |
Born | Santiago José Carrillo Solares (1915-01-18)18 January 1915 Gijón, Asturias, Spain |
Died | 18 September 2012(2012-09-18) (aged 97) Madrid, Spain |
Political party | PCE (1936–1985) PTE–UC (1985–1991) |
Spouse(s) | Asunción Sánchez de Tudela (1936) Carmen Menéndez Menéndez (1949) |
Children | Aurora, Santiago, José, Jorge |
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During the Civil War, he was placed at the head of a Republican militia and was in charge of maintaining public order in Madrid. Some hold him responsible for the massacres of Franco's prisoners that took place at the end of 1936.
He was exiled during the dictatorship of Francisco Franco, becoming a leader of the democratic opposition to the regime. His role as leader of the PCE would later make him a key figure in the transition to democracy. He later embraced Eurocommunism and democratic socialism, and was a member of the Congress of Deputies from 1977 to 1986.