Pedro Herrera Camarero (Valladolid, 18 January 1909 - Buenos Aires, 28 October 1969) was a Spanish anarcho-syndicalist.[1][2]
Pedro Herrera Camarero | |
|---|---|
| Minister of Health and Social Welfare of Catalunya | |
| In office 17 December 1936 – 3 April 1937 | |
| President | Lluis Companys |
| Preceded by | Antonio García Birlán |
| Succeeded by | Josep Juan i Domènech |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 18 January 1909 Valladolid,  Spain |
| Died | 28 October 1969 (aged 60) Buenos Aires,  Argentina |
| Citizenship |  Spain |
| Nationality | Castilian |
| Political party | CNT-FAI |
Biography
editA railway worker and friend of Diego Abad de Santillán, he settled in Barcelona in 1927, where he joined the CNT-FAI. Eventually, he became one of the main leaders of the Federación Anarquista Ibérica (FAI). As a representative of the FAI, he signed the UGT-CNT-PSUC-FAI action unity pacts in Barcelona on 11 August 1936 and 22 October 1936.[1][2] He served as the Minister of Health and Social Assistance of the Generalitat de Catalunya from 17 December 1936 to 3 April 1937, representing the CNT.[1] He supported the theses of Mariano R. Vázquez, until the latter chose to support the government of Juan Negrín in 1938. During the Negrín government, Herrera Camarero led the critical faction of the FAI against the collaborationism of the CNT with the government.[3]
At the end of the Spanish Civil War, he went into exile in Perpignan, where he was confined for a time in the concentration camps of Vernet and Djelfa. He became a member of the general council of the Spanish Libertarian Movement and in April 1947, he was elected general secretary of the CNT in exile.[1][2] Around 1950, he moved to Rio de Janeiro and later to Argentina,[1] where he published books and the magazine Resurgir. Over the years, he shifted towards reformist positions and is said to have supported five-pointism though he never abandoned the CNT.[2]
Works
edit- La AIT (1946) with José Pérez Burgos
References
edit- ^ a b c d e "Notes biogràfiques: Herrera Camarero, Pedro" (in Catalan). Diccionari de Sindicats, Sindicalistes i de la Història del Moviment Obrer de Catalunya (dels orígens fins l'any 1939). July 28, 2019. Retrieved September 29, 2020.
- ^ a b c d Iñiguez, Miguel. Pedro Herrera Camarero. Enciclopedia histórica del Anarquismo Español (in Spanish). Vol. 2. Asociación Isaac Puente. p. 35.
- ^ Alexander, Robert (1999). The anarchists in the Spanish Civil War. Vol. 2. Janus Publishing Company Lim. p. 71. ISBN 9781857564129.