Manuel de Irujo Ollo | |
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Minister of Justice | |
In office 17 May 1937 – 10 December 1937 | |
Preceded by | Juan García Oliver |
Succeeded by | Mariano Ansó Zunzarren |
Personal details | |
Born | Estella, Spain | 25 September 1891
Died | 1 January 1981 Bilbao, Spain | (aged 89)
Occupation | Lawyer |
Manuel de Irujo Ollo (25 September 1891 – 1 January 1981) was a lawyer and politician from Navarre, Spain, who became the leader of the Basque Nationalist Party during the Second Spanish Republic. He was a liberal democrat with a profound faith in Christianity. He was Minister of Justice in 1937 during the Spanish Civil War (1936–1939). He went into exile after the Republican defeat. He returned from exile in 1977 and was elected to the Senate.