Antonio Ortiz Ramírez

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Ortiz and the second or maternal family name is Ramírez.
Antonio Ortiz Ramírez
Native name
Antoni Ortiz Ramírez
Born(1907-04-13)13 April 1907
Barcelona, Spain
Died2 April 1996(1996-04-02) (aged 88)
Barcelona, Spain
AllegianceCNT-FAI
ServiceConfederal militias (1936–1937),
Spanish Republican Army (1937–1938),
Free French Army (1942–1945)
Service years1936–1945
UnitSouth Ebro Column (1936–1937),
25th Division (1937),
24th Division (1938)
ConflictsSpanish Civil War,
World War II

Antonio Ortiz Ramírez (13 April 1907 – 2 April 1996) was a prominent member of the National Confederation of Labor and the Iberian Anarchist Federation. He dedicated himself to woodworking throughout his life, held various positions of responsibility in the Barcelona Wood Union, belonged to the anarchist group "Nosotros", held the position of commander of the South Ebro Column, he also served an officer in the French Resistance and participated in a botched attack against Franco. After the Spanish Civil War he went into exile in France and later in Latin America.

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