Francisco Jordán

Francisco Jordán (1886 - June 30, 1921) was an Andalusian anarcho-syndicalist. He settled in Barcelona, where he worked as a carpenter and was a member of the National Confederation of Labor (CNT).[1] At the national plenary session on August 24, 1916, he was elected General Secretary, replacing Manuel Andreu Colomer, and held the position until his resignation after being arrested in 1917.[2]

Francisco Jordán
Born1886 (1886)
Andalusia
DiedJune 30, 1921(1921-06-30) (aged 34–35)
Barcelona
NationalityAndalusian
Occupation(s)Carpenter, trade unionist
OrganizationConfederación Nacional del Trabajo (CNT)

Biography

Born in 1886, as a young man he lived in Pinos Puente, in the province of Granada, where he joined the CNT.[1] He later moved to Barcelona, where in various writings he encouraged disobedience and not going to mass.[1] For these publications he was locked in a punishment cell. In 1911 he was sentenced to four years in prison for being in possession of explosives.[1] In 1916 he was elected Secretary General of the CNT, a position from which he resigned in February of the following year after being arrested for alleged resistance to authority.[1][2]

He was assassinated on June 30, 1921, in the streets of Barcelona by the gunmen of the Sindicatos Libres.[1][2]

References
  1. Montagut, Eduardo (4 January 2018). "Los socialistas y la detención del anarcosindicalista Francisco Jordán" (in Spanish). Retrieved 3 January 2021.
  2. "Jordán, Francisco" (in Catalan). veuobrera.org. Retrieved 1 June 2021.
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