Fermín Galán, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Fermín Galán

Spanish military personnel (1899-1930)

Date of Birth: 04-Oct-1899

Place of Birth: San Fernando, Andalusia, Spain

Date of Death: 14-Dec-1930

Profession: military personnel

Nationality: Spain

Zodiac Sign: Libra


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About Fermín Galán

  • Fermín Galán Rodríguez (4 October 1899 – 14 December 1930) was a Spanish soldier known for leading the failed Jaca uprising a few months before the foundation of the Second Spanish Republic.
  • He was of peasant origins, although his father was in the Navy.
  • His father died when he was 10, and soon after he was enrolled in a boarding school for military orphans.
  • This prepared him for military academy, and in 1918 he graduated as a lieutenant.
  • He served in Morocco, where he learned Arabic, gained a reputation as an African expert and was promoted to Captain. While recovering from a serious wound in 1925 Galán conceived the idea of overthrowing the monarchist dictatorship of General Primo de Rivera and establishing a republic.
  • The next year he helped to plan a coup.
  • The plot was detected and he was imprisoned for 3?1/2 years until January 1930.
  • He was then assigned to the remote posting of Jaca in northern Aragon, where he developed plans for another coup attempt, this time coordinated with civilian strikes and demonstrations.
  • The revolt was launched prematurely on 12 December 1930, was poorly organized and was quickly suppressed.
  • Galán was executed after a hasty court martial on 14 December 1930.
  • However, the revolt sparked upheavals that led to declaration of the Second Spanish Republic a few months later.

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