Secretary General of the Confederación Nacional del Trabajo

The Secretary General of the Confederación Nacional del Trabajo is the head of the Confederación Nacional del Trabajo (National Confederation of Labor; CNT), a Spanish confederation of anarcho-syndicalist labor unions. The position is elected by a congress or plenary session of the confederation. The position's powers are limited to technical and administrative affairs.

Since the confederation does not have fixed headquarters, the elected Secretary General's local federation becomes the confederation's central operations and a local plenary session of the local federation chooses the secretariats for other leadership positions. Together they are known as the Secretariado Permanente del Comité Confederal (Permanent Secretariat of the Confederal Committee, or SPCC). They, together with other regional federation's secretaries general, form the full Confederal Committee. The first general secretary of the CNT, chosen at its 1910 constitutional congress, was José Negre. He had been secretary general of Solidaridad Obrera, a Catalan union and precursor to the CNT. Thus Barcelona was the first headquarters.

The CNT operated clandestinely during years of repression and splintered. Sources support several timelines of CNT Secretaries General during this time.

Through the Civil War (1910–1939)

NameTook officeLeft officeHeadquarters
Josep Negre i Oliveras19101911Barcelona
Josep Negre i Oliveras19111914 1 Barcelona
Manuel AndreuNovember 1914August 1916Barcelona
Francisco Jordán1916February 1917Barcelona
Francisco Miranda Concha 2 1917July 1918Barcelona
Evelio BoalAugust 1918March 1921Barcelona
Andreu Nin Pérez1921May 1921Barcelona
Joaquín Maurín1921February 1922Barcelona
Joan Peiró 3 1922July 1923Barcelona
Paulino Díez Martín 4 August 1923March 1924Seville
José Gracian Galán 5 1924June 1924Seville 6
Unknown 7 June 1924September 1925Unknown
Avelino González MalladaSeptember 1925June 1926Gijón
Segundo Blanco1926November 1926Gijón
Joan Peiró1927May 1929Barcelona
Ángel Pestaña19291929Barcelona
Juan López Sánchez19301930Barcelona
Progreso Alfarache Arrabal 8 19301930Barcelona
Ángel Pestaña1930March 1932Barcelona
Manuel Rivas19321933 9 Barcelona
Miguel Yoldi 10 19331934Barcelona
Horacio Martínez Prieto 11 19351936Zaragoza
Marià Rodríguez i VázquezNovember 1936February 1939Madrid

1. Between 1911 and 1914 the organization was in hiding, in such a way that it cannot be guaranteed that José Negre actually held the position between 1913 and 1914.
2. Provisionally replaced by Manuel Buenacasa between August and November 1917.
3. Some consider that the term in office of Juan Peiró ended at the end of 1922 and that from that date to March 1923 the general secretariat was held by Salvador Seguí.
4. Some versions say that Manuel Adame could have been Secretary General before Paulino Díez and that Pedro Vallina could replace him.
5. His first surname also appears as García and Gracia.
6. Some sources consider that the SP CN had already established itself in Zaragoza by the end of 1922.
7. At this time it is unknown if there was a general secretary, although the possibility of Ángel Pestaña occupying the position and the SPCN return to Barcelona.
8. Occasionally replaced by Manuel Sirvent according to some sources and by Francisco Martínez according to others.
9. According to M. Pérez until June 1932.
10. Some sources place Joaquín Ascaso immediately before, until December 1933.
11. It seems that he resigned after the Zaragoza congress of 1936 and that he was provisionally replaced by David Antona and Antonio Moreno in Madrid throughout the summer, returning to the general secretariat between September and mid-November.

During Franco (1939–1976)

During this period, the CNT worked clandestinely both inside Spain and in French exile. A schism among the exiles created two confederal committees with their own corresponding secretaries general.

In Spain

NameTook officeLeft office
Esteban Pallarols XirguApril 1939November 1939
Manuel López LópezJanuary 1940July 1940
Celedonio Pérez BernardoJuly 1940February 1941
Eusebio Azañedo GrandeDecember 1942August 1943
Manuel Amil BarciáSeptember 1943September 1944
Siegfried Catalá TineoSeptember 1944March 1945
Ramón Rufat LlopApril 1945July 1945
José Expósito LeivaJuly 1945October 1945
Ángel Morales VázquezNovember 1945March 1946
Lorenzo Íñigo GranizoMarch 1946April 1946
Enrique Marco NadalMay 1946April 1947
Antonio Ejarque PinaMay 1947August 1947
Manuel Villar MingoAugust 1947November 1947
Antonio Castaño BenaventApril 1948July 1949
Miguel Vallejo SebastiánJuly 1949June 1951
Cipriano DamianoJune 1951June 1953
Ismael Rodríguez AjaxOctober 1960October 1961
Francisco Calle MancillaApril 1962February 1964
Cipriano Damiano GonzálezApril 1964April 1965
Francisco Royano FernándezMay 1965September 1968

In exile

NameElection dateAgencyTown
Mariano Rodríguez Vázquez 1 February 25, 1939General Council of the MLEParis
José Germán GonzálezJune 1943National Plenary (confederal)Mauriac
Juan Manuel Molina MateoSeptember 1943National Plenary (confederal)Tourniac
Francisco CareñoMarch 1944National Plenary (confederal)Muret
Juan Manuel Molina MateoOctober 1944National Plenary (confederal)Toulouse
Germinal Esgleas JaumeMay 1945Paris CongressParis

1. After his death, Germinal Esgleas Jaume took over.

Orthodox faction

NameElection dateAgencyTown
Germinal Esgleas Jaume---
Germinal Esgleas JaumeAugust 1946Toulouse
José Peirats VallsOctober 1947Congress of Local FederationsToulouse
Pedro Herrera CamareroApril 1947I Intercontinental Conference-
Emilio Julio GonzálezOctober 1948 1 Congress of Local Federations-
Luis BlancoFebruary 1949II Intercontinental ConferenceToulouse
José Peirats VallsMay 1950I National Plenary (confederal)Toulouse
Martín VillarupiaApril 1951II Intercontinental PlenaryToulouse
Germinal Esgleas JaumeJuly 1952III Intercontinental PlenaryAymare
Germinal Esgleas JaumeJuly 1953IV Intercontinental Plenary SessionToulouse
Germinal Esgleas JaumeAugust 19545th Intercontinental PlenaryToulouse
Germinal Esgleas JaumeAugust 1955VI Intercontinental Plenary SessionToulouse
Germinal Esgleas JaumeJuly 1956VII Intercontinental Plenary SessionToulouse
Germinal Esgleas JaumeAugust 1957VIII Intercontinental Plenary SessionToulouse
Roque Santamaría CortigueraAugust 1958IX Intercontinental PlenaryToulouse
Roque Santamaría CortigueraSeptember 1959X Intercontinental PlenaryVierzon
Roque Santamaría CortigueraAugust 1960Congress of Local FederationsLimoges

1.He resigned in December 1948.

Possibilist faction

NameElection dateAgencyTown
Ramón Álvarez PalomoNovember 1945Plenary of Regionals of OriginToulouse
Ramón Álvarez PalomoAugust 1946PlenaryToulouse
José Juan DomenechDecember 1947I National Plenary (confederal) of RegionalsToulouse
José Juan DomenechMay 1948Plenary-
José Juan DomenechFebruary 1949II National Plenary (confederal)-
Helios SánchezJune 1950III National Plenary (confederal)-
Miguel Vallejo SebastiánJune 1952IV National Plenary (confederal)-
Miguel Vallejo SebastiánMarch 1954V National Plenary (confederal)-
Ramón LiarteNovember 1955VI National Plenary (confederal)-
Ginés AlonsoAugust 1957VII National Plenary (confederal)-
Ginés AlonsoOctober 1958VIII National Plenary (confederal)-
Ginés AlonsoMarch 1960IX National Plenary (confederal)Clermont Ferrand

Reunification of exiled factions

NameElection dateAgencyTown
Roque Santamaría CortigueraAugust 1961Congress of Local FederationsLimoges
Roque Santamaría CortigueraAugust 1962Intercontinental PlenaryToulouse
Germinal Esgleas JaumeOctober 1963Congress of Local FederationsToulouse
Germinal Esgleas JaumeAugust 1965Congress of Local FederationsMontpellier
Fernando AlemanyAugust 1967Intercontinental PlenaryMarseille
Germinal Esgleas JaumeAugust 1969Intercontinental PlenaryBordeaux
Germinal Esgleas JaumeAugust 1971Intercontinental Plenary SessionMarseille
Marciano Sigüenza 1 August 1973Intercontinental Plenary SessionMarseille
Alejandro LamelaAugust 1975Congress of Local FederationsMarseille

1. He resigned in January 1975.

Since the transition to democracy (1976–present)

NameTook officeLeft officeHeadquarters
Juan Gómez CasasAugust 1976April 1978Madrid
Enric MarcoApril 1978December 1979Barcelona
José Bondía RománDecember 1979January 1983Madrid
Antonio Pérez CanalesJanuary 1983--
Fernando MonteroJuly 1983--
Juan Gómez Casas1985--
José Luis García RúaMarch of 19861990Granada
Vicente Vilanova1990-Valencia
José RosNovember 1992-Barcelona
Luis Fernando BarbaMay 1995December 1995Granada
José Luis Velasco SanzDecember 1995February 1998Madrid
Luis FuentesDecember 1998October 2000Bilbao
Ana SigüenzaOctober 2000March 2003Madrid
Iñaki GilApril 2003July 2005Vitoria-Gasteiz
Rafael Corrales ValverdeJuly 2005August 2007Seville
Fidel ManriqueAugust 2007December 2010Torrelavega
Alfonso ÁlvarezDecember 2010April 2013Córdoba
Pedro SernaApril 2013April 2015Valladolid
Martín ParadeloApril 2015July 2017Santiago de Compostela
Enrique HozJuly 20172019Bilbao
Miguel García Romero2019November 2021Lebrija
Isabel ArenalesNovember 2021December 2021Valladolid
Antonio Díaz GarcíaDecember 2021presentMadrid
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