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Identification

Type:

Person

Preferred form:

Fernández Álvarez, Rafael Luis (1913-2010)Other forms

Fechas de existencia:

Oviedo (Asturias, España) 1913-10-01 - Oviedo (Asturias, España) 2010-12-18

History:

Spanish lawyer and politican that was exiled. He was member of a humble family of laborers. His father was a religious conservative man, although he also was an active part of religious labor unions. Rafael carried out his studies of Laws in Oviedo, and was granted in 1933 a scholarship for the "Junta de Ampliación de Estudios" in Belgium.

He joined in 1930 the Socialist Youth of Spain and, when he returned from Belgium in 1934, the Asturian miners' strike started. He participated in strikes and joined the Committee of the Asturian Strikes, but he was arrested. During the Spanish Civil War, he carried out different political functions in Oviedo, like Counsellor of the "Hacienda del Consejo Interprovincial" of Asturias and León, created by the Republic the 24th December 1936. With the occupation of Asturias, he moved to Catalonia through France and there was sent to Administration. In January 1939, he went with his wife to Le Boulou avoiding the concentration camps until arriving to Paris. His son died. They moved to Mexico from Antwerp in the same year on board "Rotterdam" ship.

In Mexico had several jobs and also managed a corner store. Later on, he worked as insurance agent. He became Mexican citizen in 1942. He was delegated to the PSOE Congress in Mexico during the sixties. He returned to Spain in 1977 and was designated President of the "Consejo Regional Parlamentario" of Oviedo and, later on, Senator.

Spanish Civil War, 1936-1939

Description: Consejero de Hacienda del Consejo Interprovincial de Asturias y León

Date of the event: 1936 - 1939

República Española, 1931-1939

Date of the event: 1936-12-24

Occupations

Diputados in Oviedo (Asturias, España) in 1977

Senadores in España

Agentes de seguros

Places

Lugar de Residencia:

Bélgica between 1933 and 1934 Obs.: Becado.

Lugar de Residencia:

Cataluña (España) between 1937 and 1939

Sources

. Pla Brugat, Dolores. Catálogo del fondo de historia oral : refugiados españoles en México : Archivo de la Palabra. 1ª ed.. Dolores Pla Brugat (coordinadora). México D.F.: Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia. 2011. 1 CD-ROM. 978-607-484-184-8.

Autoridades de la Biblioteca Nacional.

Fernández Álvarez, Rafael Luis. Aub, Elena. Proyecto de Historia Oral "Refugiados Españoles en México", Archivo de la Palabra, Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia (INAH), México : entrevista al Sr. Rafael Luis Fernández Alvarez. realizada por Elena Aub [para El Instituto Nacional de Antropología E Historia de México En Colaboración Con el Ministerio de Cultura de España]. [s.L.: S.N.]: 1981]. 104 H..

CCBAE: Registro de autoridad de Rafael Fernández Álvarez