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Enrique Curiel (15 April 1947 - 2 March 2011) was a Spanish politician and member of the Communist Party of Spain and the United Left, who was a Member of the Senate of Spain.[1]
Enrique Curiel | |
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| Born | 15 April 1947 |
| Died | 2 March 2011 |
| Nationality | Spanish |
| Alma mater | university of Santiago de Compostela and the Complutense University of Madrid |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Years active | 1964-2011 |
| Known for | Marxist politician and orator |
| Political party |
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| Movement | Marxism |
| Father | Luis Curiel, university professor |
Early life and education
editCuriel was born in Vigo to Luis Curiel, an intellectual and French Language professor at the Complutense University of Madrid, and Pilar Curiel (née Alonso) on 15 April 1947. He was privately educated before attending the University of Santiago de Compostela and the Complutense University of Madrid.
Political activity
editIn 1968, he joined the Communist Party of Spain and was a close friend of Santiago Carrillo. He was arrested on several occasions and viciously persecuted by the Political-Social Brigade, the political secret police of the Franco regime.[2][3]
He left the CPS in 1988 and joined the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) two years later.[4][5]
In the 1980s, Curiel was a regular contributor to the Spanish daily newspaper El País.[6]
Death and legacy
editHe died on 2 March 2011 in Madrid.[7][8] In his obituary in El País, Rafael Fraguas described Curiel as "Handsome, cordial and affable, more pragmatic than doctrinaire, subtle agitator, endowed with a convincing logic and endowed with an evident charisma, his image was in open contrast with the stereotype of the Stalinist communist - bitter, sectarian and dogmatic - spread by Francoism."[9]
References
edit- ^ "Enrique Curiel; hombre de estado y convivencia democrática". Otras miradas (in Spanish). 2020-03-02. Retrieved 2020-08-14.
- ^ "Una España, ¿dos visiones?". BBC Mundo (in Spanish). 2005-11-18. Retrieved 2020-08-13.
- ^ SL, TAI GABE DIGITALA (2019-03-01). "Ocho años sin Enrique Curiel, un hombre de paz". naiz: IRITZIA (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-08-14.
- ^ Bull, Martin J.; Heywood, Paul M. (2016-07-27). West European Communist Parties after the Revolutions of 1989. Springer. ISBN 978-1-349-23692-3.
- ^ Country Report: Spain. The Unit. 1990.
- ^ "Artículos escritos por Enrique Curiel". EL PAÍS (in Spanish). 12 October 1989. Retrieved 2020-08-14.
- ^ "Spain On This Day - April 15 - Spain News in English". www.typicallyspanish.com. Retrieved 2020-08-14.
- ^ Sevilla, Diario de (2011-03-03). "Enrique Curiel". Diario de Sevilla (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2020-08-14.
- ^ FRAGUAS, RAFAEL (2011-03-02). "Enrique Curiel, profesor y político, rostro amable del comunismo español". El País (in Spanish). ISSN 1134-6582. Retrieved 2020-08-14.