Francisco Jordán
Francisco Jordán | |
|---|---|
| General Secretary of the Confederación Nacional del Trabajo | |
| In office 24 August 1916 – 5 February 1917 | |
| Preceded by | Manuel Andreu |
| Succeeded by | Francisco Miranda |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 13 September 1886 Valdepeñas, Ciudad Real, Spain |
| Died | 30 June 1921 (aged 34) Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain |
| Manner of death | Assassination |
| Nationality | Andalusian |
| Occupation | Carpenter, trade unionist |
| Organisation | National Confederation of Labour |
| Movement | Anarchism in Spain |
Francisco Jordán (13 September 1886 – 30 June 1921) was an Andalusian anarcho-syndicalist. A carpenter by trade, Jordán moved to Barcelona and joined the National Confederation of Labour (CNT). As the organisation's general secretary, he organised a general strike in 1916, in collaboration with the General Workers' Union (UGT). After he was arrested and imprisoned, he resigned as general secretary and went into writing. He was assassinated by pistoleros.