Joaquín Fanjul
Joaquín Fanjul | |
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Fanjul in August 1921 | |
| Undersecretary of Minister of War | |
| In office 10 May – 18 December 1935 | |
| Minister | José María Gil-Robles y Quiñones |
| Cortes deputy (district of Cuenca) | |
| In office 1919–1923 | |
| Cortes republicanas deputy (district of Province of Cuenca) | |
| In office 1931–1934 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 30 May 1880 Vitoria, Spain |
| Died | 16 August 1936 (aged 56) |
| Party | Spanish Agrarian Party |
| Relatives | Juan Manuel Fanjul (son) Borja Fanjul (great-grandson) |
| Awards | Cross of Military Merit (1907) Royal and Military Order of Saint Hermenegild (1935) |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | Kingdom of Spain (1896–1931) Spanish Republic (1931–1936) Nationalist Spain (1936) |
| Branch/service | Spanish Army |
| Years of service | 1896–1936 |
| Rank | Major General |
| Battles/wars | |
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Joaquín Fanjul Goñi (30 May 1880 – 17 August, 1936) was a Spanish military officer, politician of the Spanish Agrarian Party and lawyer. A veteran of the Cuban and Moroccan campaigns, he served as a member of parliament on several occasions. During the dictatorship of Primo de Rivera, he attained the rank of general. A prominent member of the Spanish Military Union (UME), he was involved in several military conspiracies against the Second Republic. At the beginning of the Spanish Civil War, he was one of the leaders of the military uprising in Madrid. Captured by Republican forces, he was sentenced to death, and executed by firing squad.