Francisco Frutos
Francisco Frutos | |
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 Paco Frutos in 2005 | |
| Secretary General of the Communist Party of Spain | |
| In office 7 December 1998 – 8 November 2009 | |
| Preceded by | Julio Anguita |
| Succeeded by | José Luis Centella |
| Member of the Congress of Deputies | |
| In office 29 June 1993 – 2 April 2004 | |
| Constituency | Madrid |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 25 January 1939 |
| Occupation | Politician, farmer, metal worker |
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Francisco "Paco" Frutos Gras (6 September 1939 – 26 July 2020) was a Spanish politician who served, from 1998 until 2009, as the Secretary-General of the
Communist Party of Spain (PCE).[1]
Biography
He was born on 6 September 1939 in Calella,[2] province of Barcelona.[3] A son of peasants, Frutos worked until the age of 25 in agriculture, emigrating later to Germany, and then returning to Barcelona, where he was touched for the first time by trade unionism in a textile factory in
Communists' Party of Catalonia
.
After the resignation of
heart stroke, and, following that, he announced his intention to gradually abandon active politics. In December of that year, the 14th Congress of PCE was convened, with Frutos elected to the position of General Secretary. In 1999, following Anguita's second stroke, Frutos was asked to be IU's Candidate for Prime Minister in the 2000 elections. Prior to the elections, Frutos signed a polemic agreement with Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE), then led by Joaquín Almunia. In those elections, IU fell from 21 deputies to 8. Later in the Year, Frutos unsuccessfully disputed IU's General Coordination to Gaspar Llamazares in the 6th Assembly of IU. Remaining as a deputy until 2004, Frutos was re-elected general Secretary of PCE in the 16th and 17th Congresses of PCE.[4][5]
Frutos was a key-note speaker in the October
2017 Barcelona anti-independence demonstrations during which he denounced the independence movement as identitarian racism.[6] The Communist Party of Spain disavowed him, alleging "he does not represent us, from the Federal Committee we reject his attitude".[7]
In July 2018, he took part in the event that launched Izquierda en Positivo, a political party that vowed to offer a "left-wing and non-nationalist" option.[8]
He died on 26 July 2020.[3][9]
References
- ^ "Francisco Frutos Gras – Francisco Frutos Gras". ELPAÍS.com (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 22 January 2013. Retrieved 18 September 2010.
- ^ "Muere Paco Frutos, histórico líder del PCE". El Periódico de Catalunya. 26 July 2020.
- ^ a b "Muere a los 80 años Paco Frutos, el histórico líder del PCE y ex líder de IU". El Mundo. 26 July 2020.
- ^ Gutierrez, Vera (5 November 2009). "La izquierda no ha estado a la altura". ELPAÍS.com. Retrieved 18 September 2010.
- ^ "Spanish Communist Party seeks to re-found United Left". wsws.org. Retrieved 18 September 2010.
- ISSN 1134-6582. Retrieved 15 May 2018.
- ^ "El PCE desautoriza a Paco Frutos tras su intervención en la manifestación por la unidad de España". Hazte socio de eldiario.es (in Spanish). 10 September 2017. Retrieved 15 May 2018.
- ^ "Nace el partido "Izquierda en Positivo" como alternativa "no nacionalista"". COPE. 12 July 2018.
- eldiario.es. 26 July 2020.
