Ramón González Peña

Ramón González Peña
Ramón González Peña
Minister of Justice
	In office; 5 April 1938 – 1 April 1939
Preceded by	Tomás Bilbao Hospitalet
Succeeded by	Tomás Domínguez Arévalo
Personal details
Born	1888; Spain
Died	27 July 1952 (aged 63–64); Mexico City, Mexico
Political party	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party
Known for	Being a leader of the Asturian miners' strike of 1934

Ramón González Peña (1888 – 27 July 1952) was an Asturian socialist and trade union leader. González was a prominent leader in the 1934 miners revolt in Asturias, under which he led the Oviedo Revolutionary Committee. After the revolt, he was sentenced to death. One year later, however, he was reprieved. González served as the president of Unión General de Trabajadores, in which he was in conflict with Largo Caballero. He was also a Member of Parliament and was the Minister of Justice 1938–1939.^[1]^[2] After the Spanish Civil War González Peña went to exile in Mexico, where he died on 27 July 1952.^[3]

References

^ Goethem, Geert van. The Amsterdam International: The World of the International Federation of Trade Unions (IFTU), 1913-1945. Aldershot: Ashgate, 2006. p. 76
^ Kraus, Dorothy, and Henry Kraus. The Gothic Choirstalls of Spain. London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1986. p. 37
^ "González Peña, Ramón" (in Spanish). Fundación Pablo Iglesias. Retrieved 7 April 2015.

Political offices
Preceded by Mariano Ansó	Minister of Justice 1938–1939	Succeeded by Miguel San Andrés
Party political offices
Preceded by Francisco Largo Caballero	President of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party 1936–1939	Succeeded by José Gómez Osorio
Preceded by Francisco Largo Caballero	Leader of the Socialist Group in the Congress of Deputies 1937–1939	Vacant Title next held by Felipe González