Alfonso Carlos Comín Ros (1933 in

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– 23 July 1980 in

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) was a Spanish industrial engineer, politician, and

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who carried out his work in

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Biography

He was the son of Jesús Comín Sagüés, an

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ese prominent

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figure. His family had been involved in the Carlist movement since the 19th century. He was raised in Barcelona. Without abandoning his

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beliefs, he evolved toward

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positions. He married María Lluïsa Oliveres. In 1956, he joined the Popular Liberation Front (Spanish: Frente de Liberación Popular, FLP, known colloquially as FELIPE), but abandoned it in 1962 to join the

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(

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: Front Obrer de Catalunya, FOC), which was the Catalan referent of FELIPE. In 1970, he joined the Organización Comunista de España (Bandera Roja) ( Communist Organization of Spain (Red Flag), (OCE-BR)), but left it to found the Bandera Roja de Catalunya (Red Flag of Catalonia) in 1974, which a little later joined the

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(Partit Socialista Unificat de Catalunya, PSUC). In 1973, he created the

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movement together with Joan N. García-Nieto, and was one of its central figures. In 1980, he was elected as a representative to the

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for the

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. A big part of the political and social problem that he dealt with had to do with Andalusian immigrants in Catalonia, especially in Barcelona, from the 1950s. He was the editor of the periodical Taula de Canvi from 1976 until his death. His political heirs founded the ''Fundació Alfons Comín'' (Alfons Comín Foundation) in 1983 in his memory. Its principal goals have been to publish the complete works of Alfonso Comín and to work in the line of social, political, and religious commitment that inspired his life. His son,

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, is the current

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in the

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.DECRET 3/2016, de 13 de gener, pel qual es nomenen el vicepresident del Govern, els consellers i conselleres dels departaments de la Generalitat de Catalunya i el secretari del Govern.

Works

* ''España del sur'' (1965) * ''España, ¿país de Misión?'' (1966) * ''Noticia de Andalucía'' (1970) * ''Per una estratègia sindical'' (1970) * ''Fe en la tierra'' (1975) * ''Qué es el sindicalismo'' (1976) * ''La reconstrucción de la Palabra'' (1977) * ''Cristianos en el partido, Comunistas en la Iglesia'' (1977) * ''Por qué soy marxista y otras confesiones'' (1979) * ''Cuba entre el silencio y la utopía'' (1979)

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Sitio de la Fundación Alfonso Comín Sección del PSOE de Cristianos Socialistas
{{DEFAULTSORT:Comin, Alfonso Carlos 20th-century Spanish engineers 1933 births 1980 deaths

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