Ramón Rubial Cavia

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Ramón Rubial Cavia (October 28, 1906-1999) was a Spanish socialist leader.

Born in Erandio, Biscay, Cavia 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 August 23, 1956, and started to reorganize the PSOE and UGT in secret. 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 February 7, 1978, Cavia 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 President of the Basque Government.

Cavia died in Bilbao.

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