Julián Besteiro

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. He was imprisoned after the Civil War and died in jail.

Julián Besteiro
Julián Besteiro (c.1931)
President of the Congress of Deputies
In office
14 July 1931  9 October 1933
Preceded byMelquíades Álvarez
Succeeded bySantiago Alba Bonifaz
President of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party
In office
9 December 1925  11 July 1931
Preceded byPablo Iglesias
Succeeded byRemigio Cabello
President of the UGT
In office
1925–1934
Preceded byPablo Iglesias
Succeeded byAnastasio de Gracia
Member of the Congress of Deputies
In office
13 March 1918  15 September 1923
ConstituencyMadrid
In office
4 July 1931  2 February 1937
ConstituencyMadrid
Personal details
Born21 September 1870
Madrid, Spain
Died27 September 1940 (aged 70)
Carmona, Spain
Political partyRepublican Union Party, Radical Party, PSOE
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