Graciano Antuña (1903, El Entrego,

Asturias Asturias (, ; ast, Asturies ), officially the Principality of Asturias ( es, Principado de Asturias; ast, Principáu d'Asturies; Galician-Asturian: ''Principao d'Asturias''), is an autonomous community in northwest Spain. It is coextensiv ...

– May 13, 1937) was a Spanish union socialist

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. He participated in the direction of the Alianza Obera committee during the 1934 revolution in

. He was President of the Asturian Socialist Federation of the

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and Secretary General of the Sindicato de Obreros Mineros de Asturias. The failure of the 1934 revolt forced to him to exile to

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. In 1936, however he was delegated to the

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During the

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in 1936 he was caught in Oviedo on 20 July, and killed the following May.

References

*VV.AA. ''La Guerra Civil en Asturias''. Edit. La Nueva España y Cajastur, 2006. 1903 births 1937 deaths People from San Martín del Rey Aurelio Spanish Socialist Workers' Party politicians Assassinated Spanish politicians Politicians killed in the Spanish Civil War People murdered in Spain Spanish people who died in prison custody Prisoners who died in Spanish detention Members of the Congress of Deputies of the Second Spanish Republic {{Asturias-politician-stub