Ramón Lamoneda (1892–1971) was a Spanish

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and socialist politician who was the first general secretary of the

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Early life

Lamoneda was born in

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, Jaén, on 9 June 1892. His family moved to Madrid in 1904.

Career

He began his career as a typographer in Madrid and became a member of the Graphic Federation of the General Union of Workers and the Socialist Youth group. Lamoneda went to Belgium in 1913 to attend the courses at the International Socialist School where he studied the work by Centrale d’Éducation Ouvrière. In August 1914 he joined the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party, and Manuel Núñez de Arenas and he were responsible for running of the party's education institution, Central de Educación Socialista, which was founded in 1913 to train future administrators. Lamoneda left the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party and joined the

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in the 1920s. However, later he rejoined the Socialist Party. He and Mariano Garcia Cortes edited a socialist magazine entitled ''Nuestra Palabra''. Lamoneda was a deputy for the

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for Granada following the elections in 1933 and 1936. In September 1938 he became the first general secretary of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party. He was in office until 1942.

Later years and death

In 1946 he went into exile in Mexico where he worked as a type director at various publishing houses. He died in Mexico City on 27 February 1971. From 1946 to 2009 Lamoneda was not mentioned in the history of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party. Lamoneda's membership status was rehabilitated on 12 December 2009 in a ceremony held in Madrid, and his membership card was given to his children.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Lamoneda, Ramon 20th-century Spanish journalists 1892 births 1971 deaths Exiles of the Spanish Civil War in Mexico Spanish Socialist Workers' Party politicians Exiled Spanish politicians Communist Party of Spain politicians Members of the Congress of Deputies of the Second Spanish Republic