Francisco Largo Caballero

Francisco Largo Caballero
Prime Minister of Spain
In office
4 September 1936 – 17 May 1937
PresidentManuel Azaña
Preceded byJosé Giral Pereira
Succeeded byJuan Negrín López
Minister of War
In office
4 September 1936 – 17 May 1937
Prime MinisterHimself
Preceded byJuan Hernández Saravia
Succeeded byIndalecio Prieto
President of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party
In office
12 October 1932 – 1 July 1936
Preceded byRemigio Cabello
Succeeded byRamón González Peña
Minister of Labour and Social Security
In office
14 April 1931 – 12 September 1933
Prime MinisterManuel Azaña
Preceded byGabriel Maura Gamazo
Succeeded byCarles Pi i Suner
Member of the Congress of Deputies
In office
14 July 1931 – 31 March 1939
ConstituencyMadrid
In office
18 May 1918 – 1 June 1919
ConstituencyBarcelona
Personal details
Born(1869-10-15)15 October 1869
Madrid, Kingdom of Spain
Died23 March 1946(1946-03-23) (aged 76)
Paris, France
Political partyPSOE
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Francisco Largo Caballero (15 October 1869 – 23 March 1946) was a Spanish politician and trade unionist who served as the prime minister of the Second Spanish Republic during the Spanish Civil War. He was one of the historic leaders of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) and of the Workers' General Union (UGT). Although he entered politics as a moderate leftist, after the 1933 general election in which the conservative CEDA party won the majority, he took a more radical turn and began to advocate for a socialist revolution.