Ángel Galarza

Ángel Galarza (1892–1966) was a Spanish lawyer, journalist and politician who served as the minister of interior from 1936 to 1937. He left Spain following the civil war for Mexico. In 1946 he settled in Paris, France.

Early life and education Galarza was born in Madrid on 4 November 1892. His father was an engineer and politician, Ángel Galarza Vidal (1856-1940).

Career In June 1919 Galarza became a member of the Madrid Socialist Association which was attached to the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party. Due to his participation in the pro-republican movement in December 1930 he was again arrested and released from the prison in April 1931. Later he was named as the undersecretary of the minister of communications which he held between December 1931 and January 1933. He was elected as a deputy representing Zamora in the elections for the party in February 1936. Galarza's term ended in May 1937. He was appointed member of the Court of Civil Responsibilities in October 1937 which he held until February 1938.

Later years and death Galarza exiled into Mexico at the end of the civil war and was dismissed from the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party in 1946. The same year he settled in France and died in Paris on 25 July 1966. In 2008 Galarza's membership to the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party was rehabilitated in the party congress held in July 2008.