Ramón Rubial

Statue outside the Guggenheim museum in Bilbao

Ramón Rubial Cavia (28 October 1906 – 1999) was a Spanish socialist leader. He was a main leader of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party in the Basque Country and in Spain.

Born in Erandio, Biscay, Rubial was a metal worker and joined the Unión General de Trabajadores (UGT} in 1920 and the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) in 1922. In 1934 he was arrested and sentenced to prison due to revolutionary activities. He fought defending the Second Spanish Republic during the Spanish Civil War, being captured in 1937 and sentenced to thirty years in prison.

Rubial was released on 23 August 1956 and started to reorganize the PSOE and UGT in the Basque Country and in Spain working underground. President of the PSOE since 1976, he was elected senator for Biscay in the first democratic elections of 1977. He was the Second Vicepresident of the Spanish Senate.

On 7 February 1978 Rubial was elected President of the General Basque Council, which prepared the Basque Country for the return to autonomous government. He held this position until 1979, when Carlos Garaikoetxea was elected.

Rubial died in Bilbao.

Preceded by Creation of the body	President of the Basque General Council 1978-1979	Succeeded by Carlos Garaikoetxea Urriza
Preceded by —	President of Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) 1976-1999	Succeeded by Manuel Chaves González

Spanish Socialist Workers' Party

Secretary Generals of the PSOE	Pablo Iglesias (1879–1925) Julián Besteiro (1925–1931) Francisco Largo Caballero (1931–1935) Ramón Gómez Peña (1935–1948) José Gómez Osorio (1939–1940) Sócrates Gómez (1940–1944) Juan Gómez Egido (1944) Eduardo Villegas (1944–1946) Miguel Ángel Martínez (1946 – 1965) Antonio Trigo Mairal (1948–1949) Antonio Hernández Vizcaíno (1949–1952) Tomás Centeno (1952–1953) Teodomiro Menéndez (1953–1954) José María Fernández (1953–1954) Rodolfo Llopis (1954–1972) Felipe González (1972–1997) Joaquín Almunia (1997–2000) José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero (2000–2012) Alfredo Pérez Rubalcaba (2012–2014) Pedro Sánchez (2014–present)

Presidents of the PSOE	Pablo Iglesias (1879–1925) Julián Besteiro (1925–1931) Francisco Largo Caballero (1931–1935) Indalecio Prieto (1935–1948) Trifón Gómez (1948–1955) Pascual Tomás (1964–1967) Ramón Rubial (1967–1970; 1976–1999) Manuel Chaves (2000–2012) José Antonio Griñán (2012–2014) Micaela Navarro (2014–present)

Parties by autonomous community	Andalusia Aragon Asturias Balearic Islands Basque Country Canary Islands Cantabria Castile-La Mancha Castile and Leon Catalonia Extremadura Galicia La Rioja Madrid Murcia Navarre Valencian Community

Congresses	1888 1890 1892 1894 1899 1902 1905 1908 1912 1915 1918 1919 1920 1921 1925 1932 1944 1946 1948 1948 XVII 1952 XIX XX XXI 1964 1967 1970 1972 1974 1976 May 1979 Sep 1979 1981 1984 1988 1990 1994 1997 2000 2004 2008 2012 2014 2016

Afiliated Organisations	Socialist Youth of Spain IDEAS Foundation for progress El Socialista Socialist Left

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