Trifón Gómez (1889–1955) was a Spanish socialist politician who served at the Parliament and was one of the leaders of the Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE).
Trifón Gómez | |
|---|---|
| President of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party | |
| In office April 1951 – 1955 | |
| Preceded by | Indalecio Prieto |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Trifón Gómez San José 3 July 1889 Zaratán, Spain |
| Died | 8 May 1955 (aged 65) Mexico City , Mexico |
Early life and education
editGómez was born in Zaratán near Valladolid on 3 July 1889.[1] He studied at the Escuela de Huérfanos Ferroviarios in Valladolid, and began working as an apprentice turner at the age of 15 in the railway workshops in Pisuerga.[1] At the same time, he attended the School of Arts and Crafts and graduated as a mechanical expert.[1]
Career and activities
editIn 1909 Gómez joined the General Union of Workers (UGT) and the Socialist Association in Valladolid.[1] From 1915 he worked as the secretary of the Northern Railway Union which organized a general strike of August 1917.[1] Then he was forced to go into exile in Paris where he stayed until September 1918.[1] Following his return to Spain he settled in Madrid and joined the Madrid Socialist Association.[1] He was also a member of the Institute of Social Reforms and during the rule of Miguel Primo de Rivera was a substitute socialist representative in its joint committees.[1]
He became a member of the PSOE and was part of the right-wing faction.[2] In the elections of April 1931 he was elected councilor of the Madrid City Council and was appointed deputy mayor of the district of La Inclusa.[1] In the general elections in 1931 and 1933, he was elected as a deputy representing Madrid.[1] When the civil war broke out, he was in charge of the department of supplies of the Madrid City Council and in 1937 he was appointed its general director.[1]
Exile and death
editAt the end of the civil war Gómez went into exile in France.[1] There he reorganized the thousands of UGT members who also left Spain.[3] The first congress of the UGT of Spain in exile was held in November 1944, and he was elected president of the UGT which he held until 1955.[3] Gómez was elected as PSOE president in the congress held between 31 March and 1 April 1951.[4] He replaced Indalecio Prieto in the post.[4]
Gómez died in Mexico City on 8 May 1955.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m "Trifón Gómez San José" (in Spanish). Real Academia de la Historia. Retrieved 24 March 2022.
- ^ Abel Paz (2007). Durruti in the Spanish Revolution. Oakland, CA; Edinburgh: AK Press. p. 325. ISBN 978-1-904859-50-5.
- ^ a b "Trifón Gómez San José" (in Spanish). UGT. Retrieved 24 March 2022.
- ^ a b Paul Preston (1988). "The decline and resurgence of the Spanish Socialist Party during the Franco regime" (PDF). European History Quarterly. 18 (2): 216. doi:10.1177/026569148801800204. S2CID 145142676.
External links
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