Joan Comorera, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Joan Comorera

Spanish politician

Date of Birth: 05-Sep-1894

Place of Birth: Cervera, Catalonia, Spain

Date of Death: 07-May-1958

Profession: politician

Nationality: Spain

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Joan Comorera i Soler (or Juan Comorera y Soler; 5 September 1894 – 7 May 1958) was a left-wing Spanish politician from Catalonia who spent several years in Argentina before returning to Spain in 1931 at the start of the Second Spanish Republic.
He was a Catalan nationalist, and was elected chairman of the Socialist Union of Catalonia in 1933.
In 1936 he became Secretary General of the Unified Socialist Party of Catalonia (PSUC), in alliance with the Spanish Communist Party.
During the Spanish Civil War (1936–39) he built up his party into a major political force during the struggles among the supporters of the Republic between Socialists, Stalinists, Trotskyists and Anarcho-syndicalists.
After the Republicans were defeated by the right-wing forces led by Francisco Franco he went into exile, living in Mexico and then in France.
In 1949 he was expelled from the Communist party for his Catalan nationalism, and survived an assassination attempt.
In 1951 he moved back to Catalonia using a false name.
He was arrested in 1954 and died in prison four years later.