Santiago Carrillo
| Santiago Carrillo | |
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Santiago Carrillo in 2006.
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| General Secretary of the Communist Party of Spain | |
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In office 3 July 1960 – 10 December 1982 |
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| Preceded by | Dolores Ibárruri |
| Succeeded by | Gerardo Iglesias |
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Santiago José Carrillo Solares 18 January 1915 Gijón, Asturias, Spain |
| Died | 18 September 2012 (aged 97) Madrid, Spain |
| Nationality | Spanish |
| Political party | Communist Party of Spain |
| Spouse(s) | Carmen Menéndez Menéndez |
| Children | Aurora, Santiago, José, Jorge |
Santiago José Carrillo Solares (18 January 1915 – 18 September 2012) was a Spanish politician who served as General Secretary of the Communist Party of Spain (PCE) from 1960 to 1982. He later came to embrace Eurocommunism and democratic socialism.
Born in Gijón, Asturias province, Carrillo was the son of the prominent Socialist leader Wenceslao Carrillo and María Rosalía Solares Martínez. When he was six years old, his family moved to Madrid. After attending school, he began to work in El Socialista, the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) newspaper at the age of 13. At the same time, he joined the Socialist Union, the Workers' General Union and the Socialist Youth.
In 1932, Carrillo joined the Executive Commission of the Socialist Youth and became editor of its newspaper, Renovación. Carrillo belonged to the left wing of the organisation. In 1933, as the Socialist Youth was becoming more radical, Carrillo was elected as General Secretary. From October 1934 to February 1936 he was jailed, due to his participation in the failed 1934 leftist coup (Carrillo was a member of the National Revolutionary Committee).
After his release, in March 1936, Carrillo and the executive of the Socialist Youth travelled to Moscow to meet the leaders of the Young Communist International and prepare the unification of Socialist and Communist youth leagues. He was accompanied on the visit to Moscow by Leandro Carro and Juan Astigarrabía. The result was the creation of the Unified Socialist Youth (Juventudes Socialistas Unificadas).
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