Francisco Jordán (13 September 1886 – 30 June 1921) was an Andalusian anarcho-syndicalist. He settled in Barcelona, where he worked as a carpenter and was a member of the National Confederation of Labor (CNT).[1] At the national plenary session on 24 August 1916, he was elected General Secretary, replacing Manuel Andreu Colomer, and held the position until his resignation after being arrested in 1917.[2]
Francisco Jordán | |
|---|---|
| General Secretary of the Confederación Nacional del Trabajo | |
| In office 24 August 1916 – February 1917 | |
| Preceded by | Manuel Andreu |
| Succeeded by | Francisco Miranda |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 13 September 1886 Valdepeñas, Ciudad Real, Andalusia, Spain |
| Died | 30 June 1921 (aged 34) Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain |
| Nationality | Andalusian |
| Political party | Confederación Nacional del Trabajo |
| Occupation | Carpenter, trade unionist |
Biography
editBorn in 1886, as a young man he lived in Pinos Puente, in the province of Granada, where he joined the CNT.[1] He later moved to Barcelona, where in various writings he encouraged disobedience and not going to mass.[1] For these publications he was locked in a punishment cell. In 1911 he was sentenced to four years in prison for being in possession of explosives.[1] In 1916 he was elected General Secretary of the CNT, a position from which he resigned in February of the following year after being arrested for alleged resistance to authority.[1][2]
He was assassinated on 30 June 1921, in the streets of Barcelona by the gunmen of the Sindicatos Libres.[1][2]
