Josep Rovira i Canals
Josep Rovira | |
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Josep Rovira i Canals | |
| Born | 1902 |
| Died | 1968 (aged 65–66) Paris, France |
| Political party | EC (1926–1932) EC–PP (1932–1933) BOC (1933–1935) POUM (1935–1945) MSC (1945–1968) |
| Military career | |
| Branch | POUM militias (1936-1937) Spanish Republican Army (1937) |
| Years of service | 1936–1937 |
| Commands | Lenin Column 29th Division |
| Battles / wars | Spanish 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.