Indalecio Prieto Tuero (April 30, 1883 - February 11, 1962) was a Spanish politician, one of the leading figures of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) in the years before and during the Second Spanish Republic. April 30 is the 120th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (121st in leap years), with 245 days remaining, as the last day in April. ... 1883 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... Jump to: navigation, search February 11 is the 42nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1962 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Spanish Socialist Workers Party (Partido Socialista Obrero Español or PSOE) is one of the main parties of Spain. ... Jump to: navigation, search History of Spain series Prehistoric Spain Roman Spain Medieval Spain -Visigoths -Al-Andalus -Age of Reconquest Age of Expansion Age of Enlightenment Reaction and Revolution First Spanish Republic The Restoration Second Spanish Republic Spanish Civil War The Dictatorship Modern Spain Topics Economic History Military History Social...

Born in Oviedo in 1883, his father died when he was six years old; his mother moved him to Bilbao in 1891. From a young age, he survived by selling magazines in the street; he eventually obtained work as a stenographer at the daily newspaper La Voz de Vizcaya. This led to a position as a copy editor and later a journalist at rival daily El Liberal; his career there eventually made him the director and proprietor. Capital Oviedo Area  - total  - % of Asturias Ranked 21st 184. ... Cityscape of Bilbao, with the Guggenheim Museum on the bottom right Bilbao from satellite (NASA World Wind Landsat) Bilbao (Basque: Bilbo) in the North of Spain, is the largest city in the Pais Vasco and the capital of the province of Vizcaya (Basque: Bizkaia). ... Jump to: navigation, search 1891 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ...

In 1899 he joined the PSOE. As a journalist in the first decade of the 20th century, Prieto became a leading figure of socialism in the Basque Country. Jump to: navigation, search 1899 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Jump to: navigation, search The Basque Country (Euskal Herria in Basque) straddles the western Pyrenees mountains that define the border between France and Spain, extending down to the coast of the Bay of Biscay. ...

Spain's neutrality in World War I greatly benefited Spanish industry and commerce, but those benefits were not reflected in the workers' salaries. This led to a great deal of social unrest, culminating on August 13, 1917 in a revolutionary general strike. Fear of a repetition of the then-recent February Revolution in Russia (the October Revolution was still to come), the general strike was harshly put down by the military, and the members of the strike committee were arrested and detained in Madrid. Having been involved in the organization of the strike, Prieto fled to France before he could be arrested; he did not return until April 1918, by which time he had been elected a deputy. Jump to: navigation, search World War I was primarily a European conflict with many facets: immense human sacrifice, stalemate trench warfare, and the use of new, devastating weapons - tanks, aircraft, machineguns, and poison gas. ... August 13 is the 225th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (226th in leap years), with 140 days remaining. ... 1917 was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar. ... Look up Revolution on Wiktionary, the free dictionary This article is about revolution in the sense of a drastic change. ... A general strike is a strike action by an entire labour force in a city, region or country. ... The February Revolution of 1917 in Russia was the first stage of the Russian Revolution of 1917. ... Jump to: navigation, search The October Revolution, also known as the Bolshevik Revolution, was the second phase of the Russian Revolution of 1917, the first having been instigated by the events around the February Revolution. ... Plaza de Cibeles (Cibeles square) and the Palacio de Comunicaciones (Communications Palace) Coat of arms. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1918 was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. ... The Spanish Congress of Deputies (Spanish: Congreso de los Diputados) is the lower house of the Cortes Generales, Spains legislative branch. ...

Very critical of the actions of the government and army during the Rif War or War of Melilla (1919-1926; see Abd el-Krim) he spoke out strongly in the Congress after the Disaster of Annual (1921), as well as on the more than probable, though unproven, responsibility of the king in the imprudent military actions of general Fernández Silvestre in the Melilla command zone. Time Magazine, August 17, 1925 Abd el-Krim (c. ... The Disaster of Annual was a grave military defeat suffered by the Spanish army on July 22, 1921 at Annual in northeastern Morocco during the Rif War or War of Melilla. ... Melilla is a Spanish exclave in North Africa, located on the northernmost tip of Maghreb, on the Mediterranean coast. ...

Opposed to Francisco Largo Caballero's line of partial collaboration with the dictatorship of Miguel Primo de Rivera, he had bitter confrontations with both of them. Francisco Largo Caballero (October 15, 1869 -March 23, 1946) was a Spanish politician and trade unionist. ... Dictator was the title of a magistrate in ancient Rome appointed by the Senate to rule the state in times of emergency. ... Spanish dictator Miguel Primo de Rivera y Orbaneja Miguel Primo de Rivera y Orbaneja, Marqués de Estella (Jerez, January 8, 1870 - Paris, March 16, 1930) was a Spanish military official who ruled Spain as a dictator from 1923 to 1930, ending the turno system of alternating parties. ...

In August 1930 he participated on his own behalf, despite the opposition of Julian Besteiro, in the Pact of San Sebastián, which included a broad coalition of republican parties that wished to do away with the Spanish monarchy. In this matter he had the support of Largo Caballero's wing of the party, who believed that the fall of the monarchy was necessary in order that socialism could come to power. The Pact of San Sebastián was a meeting promoted by Niceto Alcalá Zamora and Miguel Maura, which took place in San Sebastián, Spain August 17, 1930. ... In a broad definition a republic is a state or country that is led by people who do not base their political power on any principle beyond the control of the people living in that state or country. ... Jump to: navigation, search A monarchy, (from the Greek monos, one, and archein, to rule) is a form of government that has a monarch as Head of State. ...

April 14, 1931, the Second Spanish Republic was proclaimed, and he was named Finance Minister in the provisional government presided over by Niceto Alcalá Zamora. Jump to: navigation, search April 14 is the 104th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (105th in leap years). ... Jump to: navigation, search 1931 is a common year starting on Thursday. ... Jump to: navigation, search History of Spain series Prehistoric Spain Roman Spain Medieval Spain -Visigoths -Al-Andalus -Age of Reconquest Age of Expansion Age of Enlightenment Reaction and Revolution First Spanish Republic The Restoration Second Spanish Republic Spanish Civil War The Dictatorship Modern Spain Topics Economic History Military History Social... Niceto Alcala-Zamora Niceto Alcalá-Zamora y Torres (July 6, 1877 – February 18, 1949), served as first president of the Second Spanish Republic from 1931 to 1936. ...

As Minister of Public Works in the 1931-1933 government of Manuel Azaña, he continued and expanded the policy of hydroelectric projects begun during the Primo de Rivera dictatorship, as well as the ambitious plan of infrastructural improvements in Madrid, such as the new Chamartín railway station and the tunnel under Madrid linking it to Atocha Station; most of these works that would not be completed until after the 1936-1939 Spanish Civil War. Manuel Azana Dr. Manuel Azaña Diaz (Alcala de Henares (Madrid), Spain, January 10, 1880 - Montauban, France, November 3, 1940) was the second and last President of the Second Spanish Republic. ... Hydroelectricity, is a form of hydropower used to produce electricity. ... Passengers bustle around the typical grand edifice of Londons Broad Street station in 1865. ... Atocha Station (Estación de Atocha) is the largest railway station in Madrid, Spain. ... Jump to: navigation, search History of Spain series Prehistoric Spain Roman Spain Medieval Spain -Visigoths -Al-Andalus -Age of Reconquest Age of Expansion Age of Enlightenment Reaction and Revolution First Spanish Republic The Restoration Second Spanish Republic Spanish Civil War The Dictatorship Modern Spain Topics Economic History Military History Social...

Unlike Largo Caballero, he opposed the general strike and the failed armed rising of October 1934; nonetheless he again fled to France to escape possible prosecution. A general strike is a strike action by an entire labour force in a city, region or country. ... Jump to: navigation, search Anarchism (the political philosophy advocating a libertarian society without hierarchy, based on mutual aid and voluntary cooperation) historically gained the most support and influence in Spain, especially in the seventy or so years before Francisco Francos victory in the Spanish Civil War of 1936-1939. ...

While, prior to the period of the Republic, Prieto had arguably maintained a "harder" line than Largo Caballero, from this time forward he would be identified as a relative moderate, opposed to Largo Caballero's more revolutionary tendency.

At the beginning of the Civil War in September 1936, after the fall of the town of Talavera de la Reina, in Toledo province, Largo Caballero became head of the government and Prieto became Minister of Marine and Air. Jump to: navigation, search 1936 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Talavera de la Reina is a city in the western part of the province of Toledo, which in turn is part of the autonomous community of Castilla-La Mancha, Spain. ... Categories: Spain geography stubs | Castile-La Mancha | Provinces of Spain ...

After the May 3–8, 1937 revolt in Barcelona by the Trotskyist POUM and the anarchist Workers' National Confederation (CNT), the government of Largo Caballero was supplanted by that of Juan Negrín, with Prieto designated minister of Defense, although, privately, he recognized that the war could not be won because the Republican side lacked support from the democratic powers such as France, the U.K., and the U.S.. During his ministry maritime access for Soviet material aid remained effectively cut off by the attacks of Italian submarines and the French frontier remained closed. Jump to: navigation, search May 3 is the 123rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (124th in leap years). ... Jump to: navigation, search May 8 is the 128th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (129th in leap years). ... Jump to: navigation, search Barcelona within Barcelonès Population (2003) 1,582,738 Area 100. ... Jump to: navigation, search Trotskyism is the theory of Marxism as advocated by Leon Trotsky. ... The Workers Party of Marxist Unification (POUM, Partido Obrero de Unificación Marxista) was a Spanish political party around the time of the Spanish Civil War. ... The Confederación Nacional del Trabajo (National Confederation of Labour or CNT), founded in Barcelona, Spain, in 1910, was at one time that countrys largest labor organization. ... Juan Negrín Lopez (Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, February 3, 1887 - Paris, November 12, 1956) was a Spanish republican political figure during the Spanish Civil War. ... Jump to: navigation, search Democracy is a form of government in which policy is decided by the preference of the majority in a decision-making process, usually elections or referenda, open to all or most citizens and the protection of the human rights. ... The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is a country in western Europe, and a member of the European Union. ... ... Jump to: navigation, search State motto (Russian): Пролетарии всех стран, соединяйтесь! (Transliterated: Proletarii vsekh stran, soedinyaytes!) (Translated: Workers of the world, unite!) Anthems: The Internationale (1922-1944) / Hymn of the Soviet Union (1944-1991) Capital Moscow Official language None; Russian (de facto) Government Federation of Socialist republics/ Communist state Last Premier Ivan Silayev Last... USS Los Angeles A submarine is a specialized watercraft that can operate underwater. ...

After the defeat on the northern front in October 1937, he offered his resignation, which was not accepted. He finally left the government after the March 1938 defeat on the Aragón front. Capital Zaragoza Area  â€“ Total  â€“ % of Spain Ranked 4th  47 719 km²  9,4% Population  â€“ Total (2003)  â€“ % of Spain  â€“ Density Ranked 11th  1 217 514  2,9%  25,51/km² Demonym  â€“ English  â€“ Spanish  Aragonese  aragonés Statute of Autonomy August 16, 1982 ISO 3166-2 AR Parliamentary representation  â€“ Congress seats  â€“ Senate...

He refrained from active political life for the remainder of the war, exiling himself to Mexico. In 1945, toward the end of World War II, he was one of those who attempted to form a republican government in exile, hoping to reach an accord with the monarchist opposition to Francisco Franco, with at view to restoring Spanish democracy. The failure of this initiative led to his definitive retirement from active politics. Exile is a form of punishment. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1945 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... Jump to: navigation, search World War II was a truly global conflict with many facets: immense human suffering, fierce indoctrinations, and the use of new, extremely devastating weapons such as the atom bomb World War II, also known as the Second World War, was a mid-20th-century conflict that... Monarchism is the advocacy of the establishment, preservation, or restoration of a monarchy. ... Francisco Franco Francisco Paulino Hermenegildo Teódulo Franco y Bahamonde Salgado Pardo de Andrade (December 4, 1892 – November 20, 1975), abbreviated Francisco Franco Bahamonde and sometimes known as Generalísimo Francisco Franco, was Head of State of Spain from 1936 until his death in 1975. ...

In Mexico, he wrote several books, among them: Palabras al viento (Words in the Wind, 1942), Discursos en América (Discourses in America, 1944) and at the end of his life, Cartas a un escultor: pequeños detalles de grandes sucesos (Letters to a sculptor: small details of great events 1962). Jump to: navigation, search This article is about the year. ... 1944 was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... Jump to: navigation, search 1962 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ...

He died in Mexico, February 11, 1962. Jump to: navigation, search February 11 is the 42nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ...

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• This article draws heavily on the corresponding article in the Spanish-language Wikipedia.