Jaume Aiguader
| Jaume Aiguader i Miró | |
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| Mayor of Barcelona | |
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In office 1931–1934 |
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| Preceded by | Joan Antoni Güell i López |
| Succeeded by | Carles Pi i Sunyer |
| Minister of Labor and Social Assistance | |
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In office 17 May 1937 – 16 August 1938 |
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| Preceded by |
Anastasio de Gracia Villarrubia (Labor) Federica Montseny Mañé (Health and Social Assistance) |
| Succeeded by | Jose Moix Regás |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
24 July 1882 Reus, Baix Camp, Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain. |
| Died | 30 May 1943 (aged 60) Mexico |
| Nationality | Spanish |
| Occupation | Doctor, writer, politician |
Jaume Aiguader i Miró (or Jaime Aguadé Miró, 24 July 1882 – 30 May 1943) was a Spanish doctor, writer, social activist, politician and Catalan nationalist. He was one of the founders of the Republican Left of Catalonia political party. He became Mayor of Barcelona, and was a national deputy during the Second Spanish Republic. He was Minister of Labor and Social Assistance in the government of Juan Negrín during the Spanish Civil War (1936–39). After the fall of the Republic, he died in exile in Mexico.
Jaume Aiguader i Miró was born in Reus, Tarragona, Catalonia on 24 July 1882, son of Jaume Aiguadé i Serra and Rosa Miró i Castells. His father owned a transport company, and the family was prosperous. He studied in Reus, and showed a lively interest in current affairs. He joined a group of young people, many with anarchist leanings, that included Joan Puig i Ferreter. Aiguader did not want to join the family business, and around 1900 moved to Barcelona to study medicine. He wrote in Spanish for the anarchist periodical La Alarma, and in Catalan for the magazine Germinal, both published in Reus. He ran a medical consultation in Barcelona in a working-class district, and sometimes waived his fees. He graduated in 1907 and moved to Madrid for his doctoral studies, obtaining a degree as a doctor in 1909.
In 1912 Aiguader published a book on Social Aspects of Social Infections in Marriage. That year he married Carme Cortés i Lladó, from a family of doctors. They would have four children: Jaume Anton, Carme, Núria and Cristian. Aiguader lived in Reus from 1912 to 1914. He moved to Barcelona and continued to practice medicine. In 1919 he was one of the founders of the Catalonia doctor's union. In 1921 he gained a position on the Municipal Medical Corps of Barcelona. From 1921 to 1925 he chaired the Ateneu Enciclopèdic Popular, a cultural organization.
Aiguader held left-wing and Catalan nationalist political views. In 1923 he joined the Unió Socialista de Catalunya (USC, Socialist Union of Catalonia). The USC declined after 1923 during the dictatorship of Miguel Primo de Rivera. Aiguader became involved with the Estat Català founded by Francesc Macià, while retaining his USC membership. Due to his opposition to the regime his house was searched and he was arrested several times. He was held in the Model prison from November 1926 to May 1927. During and after the dictatorship he published many works on scientific and social subjects in Catalan.
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