Background
RUBIAL CAVIA, Ramón was born on October 28, 1906 in Desierto-Erandio, Spain.
RUBIAL CAVIA, Ramón was born on October 28, 1906 in Desierto-Erandio, Spain.
In 1934 he was arrested and sentenced to prison due to revolutionary activities. Rubial was released on 23 August 1956 and started to reorganize the Partido Socialista Obrero Español (Spanish Socialist Workers' Party) and UGT in the Basque Country and in Spain working underground. President of the Partido Socialista Obrero Español (Spanish Socialist Workers' Party) 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.
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 (Partido Socialista Obrero Español (Spanish Socialist Workers' Party)) in 1922.
He fought defending the Second Spanish Republic during the Spanish Civil War, being captured in 1937 and sentenced to thirty years in prison.
President, Foundation Españoles en el Mundo.