Wilebaldo Solano

Wilebaldo Solano
Leader of the Workers' Party of Marxist Unification
In office
1947–1980
Preceded byJulián Gorkin
Succeeded byposition abolished
Personal details
Born(1916-07-07)July 7, 1916
Burgos, Spain
DiedSeptember 7, 2010(2010-09-07) (aged 94)
Barcelona, Spain
Political partyWorkers' Party of Marxist Unification (1935–)
Workers and Peasants' Bloc (1932–1935)
Alma materUniversitat Autònoma de Barcelona

Wilebaldo Solano Alonso (7 July 1916, in Burgos, Spain – 7 September 2010, in Barcelona, Spain) was a Spanish Communist activist during the Spanish Civil War, especially noted for his work with Socialist youth organizations as a member of the Workers' Party of Marxist Unification (POUM). Most of his activities before and during the Second Spanish Republic were centered in Catalonia.