Rodolfo Llopis Ferrándiz (27 February 1895,

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– 22 July 1983,

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) was a Spanish socialist politician. He was the General Secretary of the

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in exile from 1944 to 1972. In 1947 he succeeded

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, Llopis was heavily involved with primary education reforms. His achievements in this role were great and this, combined with his dapper appearance and youth, earned him the title of "the

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of pedagogy."Stanley G. Payne, 'The Spanish Revolution', p. 99

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1895 births 1983 deaths People from Marina Baixa Spanish Socialist Workers' Party politicians Members of the Congress of Deputies of the Second Spanish Republic Politicians from the Valencian Community Unión General de Trabajadores members Spanish people of the Spanish Civil War (Republican faction) Exiles of the Spanish Civil War in France {{Spain-politician-stub