Key facts
- President
- Lluís Companys
- Vice president
- Josep Tarradellas
- Preceded by
- Josep Quero i Molares [ ca ]
- Succeeded by
- Rafael Vidiella
- Born
- Andreu Nin i Pérez , ( 1892-02-04 ) 4 February 1892, El Vendrell , Tarragona, Spain
- Died
- 20 June 1937 (1937-06-20) (aged 45), Alcalá de Henares , Madrid, Spain
- Party
- Workers' Party of Marxist Unification (1935–1937)
- Other political affiliations
- Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (1917) , Confederación Nacional del Trabajo (1917–1922) , Communist Party of the Soviet Union (1922–1930) , Communist Left of Spain (1931–1935)
- Profession
- Journalist , teacher , translator
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Spain
- Place of birth
- El Vendrell
- Place of death
- Madrid
- Occupation
- Esperantist
- Position held
- general secretary
- Languages spoken
- Spanish
- Image
- Andreu Nin 009.jpg
- Work location
- Barcelona
- Political ideology
- Trotskyism
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- Commons category
- Andreu Nin
- date of birth
- 1892-02-04
- date of death
- 1937-06-20
- manner of death
- summary execution
- second family name in Spanish name
- Pérez
- member of
- Confederación Nacional del Trabajo
- name in native language
- Andreu Nin i Pérez
- birth name
- Andreu Nin i Pérez
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Encyclopedic overview
Andreu Nin i Pérez (Spanish: Andrés Nin Pérez; 4 February 1892 – 20 June 1937) was a Spanish politician, trade unionist and translator. He is mainly known for his role in various Spanish left-wing movements of the early 20th century and, later, for his role in the Spanish Civil War. He is also known for his work translating Russian classics such as Ana Karenina, Crime and Punishment and some works by Anton Chekhov, from Russian into Catalan.
A teacher and journalist, during his youth he was involved in various political movements until he joined the anarchist Confederación Nacional del Trabajo (CNT). During his stay in Russia, he witnessed the Russian Revolution, which marked his conversion to Marxism. After his return to Spain, he later became one of the founders of the small but active Workers' Party of Marxist Unification (POUM). He eventually became a leading figure in Spanish revolutionary Marxism. He disappeared during the course of the Spanish Civil War, having been arrested by the Republican authorities following the "May Days".
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