Josep Rovira i Canals

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.

Josep Rovira
Josep Rovira i Canals
Born1902 (1902)
Rubí, Barcelona, Catalunya, Spain
Died1968 (aged 6566)
Paris, France
Political partyEC (1926–1932)
EC–PP (1932–1933)
BOC (1933–1935)
POUM (1935–1945)
MSC (1945–1968)
Military career
Service/branchPOUM militias (1936-1937)
Spanish Republican Army (1937)
Years of service1936–1937
Commands heldLenin Column
29th Division
Battles/warsSpanish Civil War:
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