Diego Abad de Santillán
Diego Abad de Santillán | |
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Santillán in 1971 | |
| Minister of Economy of Catalonia | |
| In office 17 December 1936 – 3 April 1937 | |
| President | Lluís Companys |
| Preceded by | Joan Porqueras i Fàbregas |
| Succeeded by | Josep Juan i Domènech |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Sinesio Baudillo García Fernández 20 May 1897 |
| Died | 18 October 1983 (aged 86) |
| Party | Iberian Anarchist Federation |
| Alma mater | University of Madrid |
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Sinesio Baudillo García Fernández (20 May 1897 – 18 October 1983), commonly known by his pseudonym Diego Abad de Santillán, was a Spanish Argentine anarcho-syndicalist economist. Born in León, his family moved to Argentina while he was young. He returned to Spain for his higher education and became involved in the Spanish anarchist movement. After his studies, he went back to Argentina and became involved with the Argentine Regional Workers' Federation (FORA), co-founding the International Workers' Association (IWA). Following the 1930 Argentine coup d'état and the establishment of the Second Spanish Republic, he again went to Spain, becoming involved in the Iberian Anarchist Federation (FAI). During the Spanish Civil War, he served in the Catalan government as Minister of Economy. After the war, he returned to Argentina and largely ceased political activities, going back to Spain only after the Spanish transition to democracy.