Antonio Azarola y Gresillón

Antonio Azarola y Gresillón (1874 – 4 August 1936) was a Spanish Navy officer, rear admiral of the Spanish Republican Navy. He was executed by firing squad on 4 August 1936 at the Ferrol Naval Base in Galicia, NW Spain, by rebel Navy officers for refusing to join the coup of July 1936 against the Spanish Republic that triggered the Spanish Civil War.

Antonio Azarola y Gresillón
Birth nameAntonio Azarola y Gresillón
Born1874 (1874)
Tafalla, Navarre
Died4 August 1936(1936-08-04) (aged 61–62)
Executed at Ferrol, Galicia
Buried
Vilagarcía de Arousa cemetery
Allegiance Spanish Republic
Service/branchSpanish Republican Navy
Rank Minister of the Navy (1935-36)
Rear Admiral of the Fleet

Antonio Azarola had been the Minister of Defence of Spain between 30 December 1935 and 19 February 1936, during Manuel Portela Valladares tenure. Along with Captain Juan Sandalio Sánchez Ferragut, commander of Cruiser Almirante Cervera, and Lieutenant Luis Sánchez Pinzón, Azarola was one of the few top naval officers who stood steadfastly loyal to the Spanish Republic at the time of the Francoist rebellion at the Ferrol Naval base.

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