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Coronel Carlos Romero Giménez

Carlos Romero Giménez
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Colonel Carlos Romero Giménez
Born (1890-11-07)7 November 1890
Madrid, Kingdom of Spain
Died 11 September 1978(1978-09-11) (aged 87)
Mexico City
Buried ashes spread half in Mexico and half in Puente de los Franceses (Madrid), Spain
Allegiance Spain Kingdom of Spain (1908–1931)
 Spanish Republic (1931–1939)
Free France French Resistance
Service/branch Spanish Army
Spanish Republican Army
Years of service 1908–1939
Rank Colonel
Commands held 4.ª Brigada Mixta,
6.ª División
II Cuerpo del Ejército
XIII Cuerpo del Ejército
Battles/wars

Rif War
Spanish Civil War

World War II

Awards Laureate Cross of Saint Ferdinand
Medal of Courage
Other work Human rights advocate, Writer

Rif War
Spanish Civil War

World War II

Carlos Romero Giménez, sometimes misspelled Jiménez, (7 November 1890 – 11 September 1978) was a Spanish soldier loyal to the Spanish Republic, and one of the most prominent figures in the Siege of Madrid during the Spanish Civil War. Subsequently, a member of the French Resistance, he fought the Nazi occupation from Bordeaux as part of the Maquis. He was President of the .

He was born in Madrid, at 5 Carrera de San Francisco Street. His father was Colonel Manuel Romero Salas, who was from an Andalusian family from Medina-Sidonia, Cádiz. His mother was María Giménez Nuñez. He joined the Spanish army on 2 December 1908. He participated in the Rif War, and received numerous awards, including the Laureate Cross of Saint Ferdinand.

Prior to the Insurrection of Jaca, he was detained as a result of his participation in the uprising of Madrid in favor of the Republic and against the dictatorship of Primo de Rivera. He spent two years in military prisons under a request for death penalty. He was released thanks to an amnesty granted by General Dámaso Berenguer, and was later assigned to a Regiment stationed in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canary Islands, where he remained until 14 April 1931. As soon as the Second Spanish Republic was proclaimed, Romero returned to Madrid to work on policy with the new government.

Romero retired from the Army under the Azaña Law, and served as Commercial Attaché for Spain in Portugal between 1931 and 1932. As attaché, and subsequently back in Spain, he helped Portuguese people persecuted by the dictatorship of António de Oliveira Salazar.


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