Person - Rico González, Gumersindo (1891-1957)

Rico González, Gumersindo (1891-1957)

Identification

Type:

Person

Preferred form:

Rico González, Gumersindo (1891-1957)Other forms

Fechas de existencia:

Luarca (Valdés, Asturias, España)  1891 - Luarca (Valdés, Asturias, España)  1957

History:

Spanish entrepeneur, lawyer and deputy.

Born in Luarca (Asturias) in 1891, and was son of Gil Rico ad Germana González, and brother of Balbina, Gil and Mercedes.

He graduated in the baccaulaureate course in San Isidro Institute in Madrid, and he then licensed in Law in Oviedo's University in 1913. There, he met the reformist politician Melquiades Álvarez, who would become his friend and will influence him politically.

He founded-with the help of the Spanish finantial bourgeoise- and was director of the National Telephone Company of Spain (CTNE), and deputy to Court for Lugo. With the arrival of the Civil War, the CTNE's direction passed onto a republican comittee of action. He was threatened with death by the anarchists of the Work National Confederation, so he moved to Hendaya, where he reuninted with his family.

He received the title of Camera gentleman of the king Alfonso XIII, and the Silver Medal of the First Category of the Merit to Work of the Government in the nation.

He married Josefa Rodríguez Villar, with whom he had three children: Ramón, Gumersindo and María Josefa.

He passed away in his hometown at the age of 65 in 1957, due to an angina pectoris.

Dictadura de Primo de Rivera, 1923-1930

Date of the event: 1923 - 1930

 
Spanish Civil War, 1936-1939

Date of the event: 1936 - 1939

 

Occupations

actividad:

Abogados

actividad:

Empresarios

(Función) Desempeña/lleva a cabo/realiza:

Diputados

Places

Lugar de Nacimiento:

Luarca (Valdés, Asturias, España) in 1891

Lugar de Defunción:

Luarca (Valdés, Asturias, España) in 1957

Subjects

sexo:

Varón

Nacionalidad:

Españoles

Related Authorities

Álvarez, Melquíades (1864-1936)  ( Colabora con )

Associative relations :

Compañía Telefónica Nacional de España  ( Es empleado en/trabaja en )

Instituto de San Isidro de Madrid (España)  ( Es miembro de; Donde cursó el bachillerato. )

Universidad de Oviedo (Asturias, España)  ( Es miembro de; Se licenció en Derecho. )

External Links

Biografía virtual:

Diccionario biográfico de la RAH