Joan Peiró
| Joan Peiró | |
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| Secretary General of the Confederación Nacional del Trabajo | |
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In office 1922 – July 1923 |
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| Preceded by | Joaquín Maurín |
| Succeeded by | Paulino Díez |
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In office 1927 – May 1929 |
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| Preceded by | Segundo Blanco |
| Succeeded by | Ángel Pestaña |
| Minister of Industry | |
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In office 4 November 1936 – 17 May 1937 |
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| Preceded by | Anastasio de Gracia |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Joan Peiró Belis February 18, 1887 Barcelona, Spain |
| Died | July 24, 1942 (aged 55) Paterna, Valencia, Spain |
| Cause of death | Execution |
| Resting place | Mataró, Barcelona, Spain |
| Citizenship | Spanish |
| Political party | Confederación Nacional del Trabajo |
| Spouse(s) | Mercè Olives |
| Children | Aurora, Aurèlia, Guillermina, Mercè, Joan, Josep y Liberto Peiró |
| Occupation | Syndicalist, Politician |
Joan Peiró i Belis (sometimes Juan Peiró) was a Catalan anarchist activist, writer, editor of the anarchist newspaper Solidaridad Obrera, two-time Secretary General of the Confederación Nacional del Trabajo (National Confederation of Labor, CNT) and Minister of Industry of the Spanish government during the Spanish Civil War.
Though he was born in the Sants neighborhood of Barcelona, Peiró spent a large portion of his life in Mataró, just outside Barcelona, where he worked as a glass worker all his life in the cooperative glass factory .
Contrary to most anarchists' principles, in 1930, during the reign of Alfonso XIII of Spain, Peiró signed the "Manifesto of the Catalan Intelligentsia", which called for the establishment of a republic. A short time later, Peiró was stripped of his position of speaking for the CNT at a rally in Barcelona, but Peiró announced that he had removed his signature from the manifesto, and held his faith in anarcho-syndicalism. Later, in 1931, Peiró signed Ángel Pestaña's Manifiesto de los Treinta ("Manifesto of the Thirty"), which was critical of the more radical Federación Anarquista Ibérica influence on the CNT, which would have him temporarily removed from the CNT.
On November 4, 1936, Peiró, and three other members of the CNT leadership, were appointed to ministerial positions in the Spanish government by Largo Caballero. In 1937, he drafted a piece of legislation that would have collectivized all of Spain's industries, but after several redrafts, the final legislation provided virtually nothing of the original intent. Peiró was removed from his position on May 17, 1937, but returned to the government under Juan Negrín as Commissioner of Electricity.
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