Pablo Iglesias Posse

Pablo Iglesias
President of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party
In office
25 August 1888 – 9 December 1925
Preceded byOffice created
Succeeded byJulián Besteiro
Member of the Congress of Deputies
In office
10 June 1910 – 15 September 1923
ConstituencyMadrid
Member of Madrid City Council
In office
1906–1910
Personal details
Born
Paulino Iglesias Posse

(1850-10-18)18 October 1850
Ferrol, Galicia, Spain
Died9 December 1925(1925-12-09) (aged 75)
Madrid, Spain
Resting placeMadrid Civil Cemetery, Madrid, Spain
Political partySpanish Socialist Workers' Party
Other political
affiliations
Nueva Federación Madrileña
Conjunción Republicano-Socialista
SpouseAmparo Meliá (m. 1921)
ChildrenJuan Almela Meliá (stepson)
OccupationTypesetter, Syndicalist
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WebsitePablo Iglesias Foundation

Pablo Iglesias Posse (17 October 1850 – 9 December 1925) was a Spanish socialist and Marxist labour leader. He is regarded as the father of Spanish socialism, having founded the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) in 1879 and the Spanish General Workers' Union (UGT) in 1888.