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Jan 18, 1915 Gijón / Xixón, Asturias, Spain Died on 18 Sep 2012 (aged 97)
Spanish politician
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About Santiago Carrillo
- 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.
- His role in the Paracuellos massacres during the Civil War was particularly controversial.
- He would later be exiled during the dictatorship of Francisco Franco, becoming a leader of the democratic opposition to the regime.
- His role as leader of the PCE would later make him a key figure in the transition to democracy.
- He later embraced Eurocommunism and democratic socialism, and was a member of the Congress of Deputies from 1977 to 1986.
