Francisco Largo Caballero former Secretary General of the General Union of Workers and former President of the Government of Spain during the Second Republic was born in the Plaza Vieja de Chamberí in Madrid on October making today his st birthday. . This Madrid native who would become Secretary General of UGT and President of the Government of Spain studied at the Pious Schools of San Antón and at the age of he began working as a stucco artist. He was a councilor of the Madrid City Council between - and -.
He was elected provincial deputy of the PSOE for the Latina-Chamberí district of Madrid and held that position until . In Largo Caballero attended the founding conferences of the International Trade Union Federation and the International Labor UAE Phone Number Organization ILO; Since he belonged to the board of directors of the ILO as a member of the labor group. His work in the Government of Spain began as Minister of Labor and Social Security from April to September in the Government chaired by Manuel Azaña. He was President of the Government and Minister of War during the civil war from September to May .
Exile and concentration camps In he went into exile to France. In Franco requested his extradition for which he was imprisoned until extradition was denied. In he was arrested by the Gestapo and deported to the Oranienburg concentration camp outside Berlin from where he was liberated in by Polish troops and transferred to Potsdam under the custody of the Soviet army. Finally Largo Caballero was transferred to Paris where he died on March .