Julián Besteiro
Julián Besteiro | |
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Julián Besteiro (c. 1935–1939) | |
| President of the Congress of Deputies | |
| In office 14 July 1931 – 9 October 1933 | |
| Preceded by | Melquíades Álvarez |
| Succeeded by | Santiago Alba Bonifaz |
| President of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party | |
| In office 9 December 1925 – 11 July 1931 | |
| Preceded by | Pablo Iglesias |
| Succeeded by | Remigio Cabello |
| President of the UGT | |
| In office 1925–1934 | |
| Preceded by | Pablo Iglesias |
| Succeeded by | Anastasio de Gracia |
| Member of the Congress of Deputies | |
| In office 13 March 1918 – 15 September 1923 | |
| Constituency | Madrid |
| In office 4 July 1931 – 2 February 1937 | |
| Constituency | Madrid |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 21 September 1870 Madrid, Spain |
| Died | 27 September 1940 (aged 70) Carmona, Spain |
| Resting place | Cementerio Civil of Madrid |
| Political party | PSOE |
| Other political affiliations | Republican Union Party, Radical Party |
| Alma mater | University of Madrid |
| Occupation | University professor |
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Julián Besteiro Fernández ([xuˈljam besˈtejɾo], 21 September 1870 – 27 September 1940) was a Spanish socialist politician, elected to the Cortes Generales and in 1931 as Speaker of the Constituent Cortes of the Spanish Republic. He also was elected several times to the town council of Madrid. During the same period, he was a university professor of philosophy and logic, and dean of the department at the University of Madrid. As the leader of the moderate wing of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE), he unsuccessfully tried to reach an agreement with the nationalist faction during the last year of the Civil War. After the defeat, he was imprisoned and died in jail.