Pedro Herrera Camarero
Pedro Herrera Camarero | |
|---|---|
| Minister of Health and Social Welfare of Catalonia | |
| In office 17 December 1936 – 3 April 1937 | |
| President | Lluís Companys |
| Prime Minister | Josep Tarradellas |
| Preceded by | Antonio García Birlán |
| Succeeded by | Josep Juan i Domènech |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 18 January 1909 Valladolid, Old Castile, Spain |
| Died | 28 October 1969 (aged 60) Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| Occupation | Railway worker |
| Organisations | |
Pedro Herrera Camarero (1908–1969) was a Spanish anarchist politician and trade unionist. A railway worker by trade, he joined the National Confederation of Labour (CNT) and became a leading figure in its railway industrial federation. In the early 1930s, he moved to Barcelona and joined the Iberian Anarchist Federation (FAI). During the Spanish Revolution of 1936, he was appointed as Minister of Health and Social Assistance of Catalonia and oversaw the legalisation of abortion in the region. Later in the war, he established the International Anti-fascist Solidarity (SIA) and opposed collaboration with the government of Juan Negrín. In exile, he co-founded the Spanish Libertarian Movement (MLE), participated in the Algerian anarchist movement and joined the orthodox faction of the CNT. He later moved to Buenos Aires, where he joined the Argentine Libertarian Federation.