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Ignacio Gallego

1914 – 1990

Spanish politician

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About Ignacio Gallego

Lived 1914 – 1990 (aged 76). Ignacio Gallego was a Spanish politician.

Ignacio Gallego Bezares (1914–1990) was a Spanish communist politician, General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Peoples of Spain (PCPE).

Biography Born in Siles, Jaén Province, Spain, Gallego fought on the Republican side in the Spanish Civil War. When Francisco Franco won, Gallego fled and was put in a refugee camp in then French-ruled Algeria. Later, he made his way to the Soviet Union, where he lived until 1945.

Gallego secretly returned to Spain in 1976 and made his first public appearance in the country on the day the PCE was legalised (25 April 1977). He lived in Madrid and was elected to the Congress of Deputies for the district of Cordoba in the general elections of 1977 and 1979.

Gallego formed the Marxist-Leninist and pro-Soviet Communist Party of the Peoples of Spain after the mainstream PCE fragmented in the wake of an electoral rout in 1982.

He died in Madrid. The writer Rubén Gallego is his grandson.

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Member of the Congress of Deputies
Also known as
Ignacio Gallego Bezares

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Frequently asked questions

Who was Ignacio Gallego?

Spanish politician

When was Ignacio Gallego born?

Ignacio Gallego was born on 1 April 1914 in Siles.

When did Ignacio Gallego die?

Ignacio Gallego died on 23 November 1990 in Madrid.

What was Ignacio Gallego's occupation?

Ignacio Gallego was a politician.

What nationality was Ignacio Gallego?

Ignacio Gallego was Spanish.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Ignacio Gallego

· Wikidata: Q4892704

· DBpedia: Ignacio Gallego

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