Josep Rovira i Canals

In this Catalan name, the first or paternal surname is Rovira and the second or maternal family name is Canals; both are generally joined by the conjunction "i".
Josep Rovira
Josep Rovira i Canals
Born1902 (1902)
Rubí, Barcelona, Catalunya, Spain
Died1968 (aged 65–66)
Paris, France
Political partyEC (1926–1932)
EC–PP (1932–1933)
BOC (1933–1935)
POUM (1935–1945)
MSC (1945–1968)
Military career
BranchPOUM militias (1936-1937)
Spanish Republican Army (1937)
Service years1936–1937
CommandsLenin Column
29th Division
ConflictsSpanish Civil War:

Josep Rovira i Canals (1902–1968) was a Catalan politician, a leader of the Workers' Party of Marxist Unification (Spanish: Partido Obrero de Unificación Marxista, POUM). During the Spanish Civil War he managed to send several militia units to the Aragon front, and was arrested by the republican authorities in the context of the repression against the POUM.

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