Màrius Díaz

Màrius Díaz Bielsa (6 August 1933 – 27 May 2023) was a Spanish politician who was a member of the Unified Socialist Party of Catalonia (PSUC). He was the first mayor of Badalona elected after 1979 Spanish local elections, during Spanish transition to democracy.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Díaz and the second or maternal family name is Bielsa.

Born in Barbastro (Huesca, Aragon) in 1933,[1] he lived in Badalona, where he worked as company manager and entered to Unified Socialist Party of Catalonia. He was elected as city councillor and mayor of Badalona in 1979. He served in office from 1979 to 1983, in coalition with the Socialists’ Party of Catalonia (PSC), with a government formed with communists and independent Catholic-oriented politicians too.[2]

During his mandate, the names of the streets of Badalona were changed from Spanish to Catalan.[3] He intended to open a provisional local television, but was sealed by a court order, and the police arrested the mayor and other members of the local government who were protesting closed inside the provisional television building. A few hours later, they were set free.[4][5]

Díaz lost the next election in 1983 because of the division created between eurocommunists and pro-Soviet factions of his party. After PSUC was merged with other parties in Initiative for Catalonia Greens, Díaz attended with them to elections until 1995.[2] He also served in the Parliament of Catalonia between 1984 and 1988.[1]

Díaz was married to Teresa Lleal Galceran, a teacher, who died in 1988.[6] He died on 27 May 2023, at the age of 89.[7]

References
  1. "Càrrecs parlamentaris i biografies dels diputats i diputades. II legislatura" (PDF). Parliament of Catalonia (in Catalan). p. 62.
  2. Aroca, Jaume (18 March 1994). "Acaba el duelo de 15 años entre Joan Blanch y Màrius Díaz por la alcaldía de Badalona". La Vanguardia.
  3. Juliana, Enric (11 June 2003). "La mirada triste". La Vanguardia.
  4. "La policía precinta la televisión del ayuntamiento de Badalona". El País. 28 May 1982.
  5. "A disposición judicial el alcalde y cuatro concejales de Badalona". El País. 28 May 1982.
  6. Benvenuty, Luis (11 March 2011). "La polémica en torno a los nombres de las calles de Badalona se reaviva". La Vanguardia (in Spanish).
  7. Fallece Màrius Díaz, el primer alcalde de Badalona en democracia (in Spanish)
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