| Antonio García Birlán | |
|---|---|
| Minister of Health and Social Welfare of Catalunya | |
| In office September 26 – December 17, 1936 | |
| President | Lluis Companys |
| Preceded by | Martí Rouret i Callol |
| Succeeded by | Pedro Herrera Camarero |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1891-05-26)May 26, 1891 Fuente Vaqueros, Granada, Andalusia |
| Died | June 20, 1984(1984-06-20) (aged 93) Barcelona, Catalunya |
| Citizenship | Spain |
| Nationality | Andalusian |
| Political party | CNT-FAI |
| a. Though some biographers point to the date being March 27, 1892. | |
Antonio García Birlán (Fuente Vaqueros, (Granada), 1891 – Barcelona, 1984) was an Andalusian anarchist based in Catalonia.
Biography
Antonio García Birlán began work as a journalist and used the pseudonym Dionysus. He was a member of the National Committee of CNT in 1927–1929 and also of the FAI. He was part of the Solidarity group (led by Ángel Pestaña), formed as a trend within the CNT. He directed and collaborated on Mañana (1930), Tierra y Libertad, Acción (1930–1931) and was editor of Solidaridad Obrera.
He was Minister of Public Health and Social Assistance of the Generalitat de Catalunya from September 26 to December 17, 1936, and a member of the Consell d'Economia de Catalunya as a representative of the FAI (1936–1938). During the Spanish Civil War he directed La Vanguardia. After the conflict he went into exile in Argentina. He returned to Barcelona in 1983, but died a year later.
Works
- El anarquismo sus doctrinas, sus objetivos (in Spanish). Barcelona. 1934.
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References
- ^ "Antonio García Birlán" (in Spanish). Real Academia de la Historia. Retrieved September 28, 2020.
- ^ "Antonio García Birlán, un libertario entre nosotros" (in Spanish). Kaos en la Red. September 16, 2014. Retrieved September 28, 2020.