Vicente López Tovar

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is López and the second or maternal family name is Tovar.
Vicente López Tovar
Born15 September 1908
La Habana, Cuba
Died26 December 1998 (aged 90)
Toulouse, France
Buried
Toulouse
Allegiance Second Spanish Republic
Free France
BranchSpanish Republican Army
French Resistance
Service years1936–1944
RankColonel
ConflictsSpanish Civil War
World War II

Vicente López Tovar (15 September 1908 – 26 December 1998) was a photographer, Spanish soldier, politician and Maquis (World War II) fighter. He fought for the Republicans in the Spanish Civil War, for the French Resistance in World War II, and led a failed invasion of Spain in 1944 to oust Francisco Franco. After the Liberation of France Lopez Tovar was decorated with the Legion d'honneur and the Croix de Guerre. A street is named after him in Toulouse, France.

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