José Calvo Sotelo

Politician

1893 – 1936

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Who was José Calvo Sotelo?

José Calvo Sotelo, 1st Duke of Calvo Sotelo was a Spanish politician prior to and during the Second Spanish Republic. His murder by a unit of the urban police force known as the Assault Guard and several socialist activists, just the day after a harsh confrontation in Parliament with Spanish Socialist Workers' Party and Communist Party of Spain ministers of the Popular Front, aroused strong suspicions of a government involvement in the crime and contributed greatly to precipitate the Spanish Civil War, which was being prepared since February, the month of the electoral triumph of the Popular Front.

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Born
May 6, 1893
Tui
Also known as
  • Jose Calvo Sotelo
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  • Spain
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Died
Jul 13, 1936
Madrid

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on July 23, 2013

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