Miguel Buiza Fernández-Palacios
| Miguel Buiza | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Miguel Buiza Fernández-Palacios |
| Born | 1898 Sevilla, Andalusia, Spain |
| Died | June 23, 1963 (aged 64–65) Marseille, France |
| Buried at | Hyères graveyard, Var |
| Allegiance |
 France
|
| Service/branch |
 French Foreign Legion
|
| Rank |
 Commander of the Fleet |
| Battles/wars | Tunisia Campaign |
| Awards |
 War Cross
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Miguel Buiza Fernández-Palacios (1898 – 1963) was a Spanish Navy officer best known for being the commander of the Spanish Republican Navy during the Spanish Civil War. He died in exile in Marseille in 1963.
Miguel Buiza is often referred to as an admiral, owing to his high-profile role leading the Spanish Republican Armada, but there are sources that claim that he never rose above the rank of captain (Capitán de Navío)
Miguel Buiza was born in a wealthy family of factory owners in Seville. In 1915, Buiza entered the Naval Academy at San Fernando. By 1932, he had reached the rank of lieutenant commander (Spanish: Capitán de Corbeta) of the Spanish Republican Navy. Four years later, when the Spanish Civil War started, he was in command of the military tugboat Cíclope (RA-1) and refused to join the July 1936 pro-Fascist coup, remaining loyal to the republic. His brother Francisco, a commander of the Spanish Republican Army, joined the rebel faction after the coup and was killed in action in the front near Madrid early in the Civil War.
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