Francisco Jordán
Francisco Jordán | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1886 Andalusia |
| Died | June 30, 1921 (aged 34–35) |
| Nationality | Andalusian |
| Occupation | Carpenter, trade unionist |
| Organization | Confederación Nacional del Trabajo (CNT) |
Francisco Jordán (1886 - June 30, 1921) was an Andalusian anarcho-syndicalist. He settled in Barcelona, where he worked as a carpenter and was a member of the National Confederation of Labor (CNT).[1] At the national plenary session on August 24, 1916 he was elected General Secretary, replacing Manuel Andreu Colomer, and held the position until his resignation after being arrested in 1917.[2]
Biography[]
Born in 1886, as a young man he lived in Pinos Puente, in the province of Granada, where he joined the CNT.[1] He later moved to Barcelona, where in various writings he encouraged disobedience and not going to mass.[1] For these publications he was locked in a punishment cell. In 1911 he was sentenced to four years in prison for being in possession of explosives.[1] In 1916 he was elected Secretary General of the CNT, a position from which he resigned in February of the following year after being arrested for alleged resistance to authority.[1][2]
He was assassinated on June 30, 1921 in the streets of Barcelona by the gunmen of the Sindicatos Libres.[1][2]
References[]
- 1886 births
- 1921 deaths
- Spanish anarchists
- Secretaries General of the Confederación Nacional del Trabajo
- Assassinated Spanish politicians