Rodolfo Llopis

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Llopis and the second or maternal family name is Ferrándiz.

Rodolfo Llopis in 1963

Rodolfo Llopis Ferrándiz (27 February 1895, Callosa d'En Sarrià, Alicante, Spain[1] – 22 July 1983, Albi, France[2]) was a Spanish socialist politician. He was the General Secretary of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party in exile from 1944 to 1974.[3]

In 1947 he succeeded José Giral as prime minister of the Spanish Republican government in exile.[4] Álvaro de Albornoz y Liminiana succeeded him the same year. Prior to this, from 1931 to 1936, he was a Deputy representing Alicante and briefly Madrid.[5]

During the period of the Spanish Second Republic, Llopis was heavily involved with primary education reforms.[6] His achievements in this role were great and this, combined with his dapper appearance and youth, earned him the title of "the Rudolph Valentino of pedagogy."[7]

References

1. Sánchez-Albornoz, Sonsoles Cabeza (1997). Historia política de la Segunda República en el exilio (in Spanish). Fundación Universitaria Española. p. 412. ISBN 978-84-7392-394-1. Retrieved 31 December 2024.
2. García, Manuel (1995). Exiliados: la emigración cultural valenciana (siglos XVI-XX) (in Spanish). Generalitat Valenciana, Conselleria de Cultura. p. 115. ISBN 978-84-482-0613-0. Retrieved 31 December 2024.
3. "Rodolfo Llopis Ferrándiz | Real Academia de la Historia". dbe.rah.es. Retrieved 31 December 2024.
4. "Llopis Ferrándiz, Rodolfo". Fundación Pablo Iglesias (in Spanish). 25 February 2012. Retrieved 31 December 2024.
5. "Buscador histórico - Congreso de los Diputados". www.congreso.es. Retrieved 31 December 2024.
6. "Rodolfo Llopis Ferrándiz". Diccionario Biográfico de Castilla-La Mancha (in Spanish). Retrieved 31 December 2024.
7. Stanley G. Payne, 'The Spanish Revolution', p. 99