Antonio Azarola y Gresillón
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| Birth name | Antonio Azarola y Gresillón |
| Born | 1874 Tafalla, Navarre |
| Died | August 4, 1936 (aged 61–62) Executed at Ferrol, Galicia |
| Buried | Vilagarcía de Arousa cemetery |
| Allegiance |
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| Service/branch | Spanish Republican Navy |
| Rank |
 Minister of the Navy (1935-36) Rear Admiral of the Fleet |
Antonio Azarola y Gresillón (1874 – 1936) was a Spanish Navy officer, rear admiral of the Spanish Republican Navy. He was executed by firing squad on 4 August 1936 at the Ferrol Naval Base in Galicia, NW Spain, by rebel Navy officers for refusing to join the pro-fascist coup of July 1936 against the Spanish Republic that triggered the Spanish Civil War.
Antonio Azarola had been the Minister of Defence of Spain between 30 December 1935 and 19 February 1936, during Manuel Portela Valladares tenure. Along with Captain Juan Sandalio Sánchez Ferragut, commander of Cruiser Almirante Cervera, and Lieutenant Luis Sánchez Pinzón, Azarola was one of the few top naval officers who stood steadfastly loyal to the Spanish Republic at the time of the Francoist rebellion at the Ferrol Naval base.
Antonio Azarola was born in Tafalla, Navarre in 1874. He belonged to a family of illustrious Spanish military men, part of which had emigrated to Uruguay. Along his early military career Azarola was named twice the adjutant of vice admiral Ricardo Fernández Gutiérrez de Celis, whose daughter, Carmen Fernández García-Zúñiga, he married. Azarola was a man of deep Christian convictions.
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