Francisco Señor Martín (13 August 1906, in Spain – 16 August 1973, in France) was a

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Biography

A member of the

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(, CNT), in his youth was an active member of the metal union of the CNT in Barcelona. In 1932 he was a member of the National Committee of the CNT, whose general secretary was

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, and the following year he was a delegate for the manufacturing sector in the Catalan regional plenum. After the outbreak of the

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he joined the

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. He later became a political commissar of the

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, serving in the 153rd Mixed Brigade as well as the 24th and 32nd divisions, operating on the fronts of

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and

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. At the end of the war he went into exile in France. During the years of the Nazi occupation, he was one of the delegates in

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of the clandestine leadership of the CNT - established in

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in December 1943. In March 1944, during the plenary session of

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, he was elected a member of the National Committee of the CNT. In this capacity, he was one of the signatories to the constitution of the

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(JEL) in Toulouse, on 23 October 1944. He died in Paris on 16 August 1973. He left a widow, Aurora Barceló (born 29 July 1908, died 22 July 1993), and 4 children: - François (born 15 March 1930), - Aurore (born on 15 May 1934), - Michel (born 26 November 1939) and - Armonie (born 15 February 1946).

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