Marcelino Domingo

Marcelino Domingo Sanjuán (26 April 1884 – 2 March 1939) was a Spanish teacher, journalist, and politician who served as a minister several times during the government of the Second Spanish Republic.

Biography

Early life and political career Born in Tarragona,

His political career began in 1909 when he was elected a republican councillor for the Tortosa City Council. His influence in Republican groups was consolidated when he joined the General Council of the Republican Nationalist Federal Union (UFNR) and his subsequent election as a deputy in Cortes in the 1914 elections. However, he would leave the UFNR as a result of the failure of the electoral alliance with the radicals of Alejandro Lerroux in the 1914 elections. left Photograph taken in Lluchmayor of Marcelino Domingo (right) at age 7 with his parents and siblingsDomingo was linked to CNT. During his journalism career, he came to direct the Barcelona newspaper , and was editor of the newspaper . During the Spanish crisis of 1917, he would publish a famous article in La Lucha, "¿Qué espera el Rey?", in which he harshly criticized the monarchy.

His political activity increased during the Restoration and the dictatorship of Primo de Rivera. In 1915, he participated in the creation of the Autonomist Republican Bloc, an organization that failed, and two years later he would be one of the founders of the . In the 1933 elections, however, he failed to recover his seat. He would once again become deputy for Barcelona in the 1936 elections.

Marcelino Domingo was Minister of Public Instruction during the First Biennium of the Republic, between April and December 1931. During his time as minister, he took significant measures such as restricting religious education, authorizing bilingualism in schools in Catalonia, and creating a program for the construction of new schools. After his dismissal from office, he would be replaced by Fernando de los Ríos. Domingo would serve as Minister of Agriculture between December 1931 and June 1933, and again between June and September 1933. He would return to Public Instruction during the first government of the Popular Front, between February and May 1936.

He died in a hotel in Toulouse on March 2, 1939, after having gone into exile.