Francisco Antón
Spanish politician
Francisco Antón Sanz (also Paco Antón Sanz, 20 April 1909, Madrid – 14 January 1976, Paris) was a Spanish communist leader. He is known as the lover of Dolores Ibárruri during and after the Spanish Civil War (1936–1939). After the Republican defeat in 1939 he went into exile in France, Moscow, Mexico, Poland and Czechoslovakia. During an internal power struggle in the early 1950s he was ousted from the leadership of the Spanish Communist Party (PCE), but was later rehabilitated.
Early years (1909–1936)
Francisco Antón Sanz was born on the 20th of April, in 1909, in Madrid. He found work with the Northern Railway Company (Compañía de Ferrocarriles del Norte). He joined the Spanish Communist Party (Partido Comunista Español, PCE) in 1930 with the help of his brother Gregorio, who was secretary of the party in Madrid. At the outbreak of the Civil War Antón was secretary of the Madrid Provincial Committee of the PCE.
Spanish Civil War (1936–1939)
In the first months of the Spanish Civil War, which began in July 1936, Antón was active in spreading propaganda in the 5th Regiment.
The Popular Front's Comité Provincial de Investigación Pública (CPIP) became the center of a revolutionary terror network targeting Fascist suspects. Under Antón's leadership the Madrid Provincial Federation was associated with the CPIP squads and ran revolutionary tribunals.
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