Severiano Martínez Anido (21 May 1862 – 24 December 1938) was a Spanish general who served in a number of government posts in
Spain
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during the
Primo de Rivera and
Francoist dictatorship
Francoist Spain (), also known as the Francoist dictatorship (), or Nationalist Spain () was the period of Spanish history between 1936 and 1975, when Francisco Franco ruled Spain after the Spanish Civil War with the title . After his death i ...
s. He became known for the violent repression of the labor movement in
Barcelona
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during the years of
pistolerismo.
References
1862 births
1938 deaths
Government ministers during the Francoist dictatorship
Deputy prime ministers of Spain
Interior ministers of Spain
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