Eduardo Val Bescós (A Coruña, 1906 – Béccar, 1 May 1992)[1] was a Galician anarcho-syndicalist. He took in Casado's coup of March 1939.

Eduardo Val Bescós
Councillor of Communications & Public Works
In office
5 March 1939 – 1 April 1939
PresidentJosé Miaja
Vice PresidentJulián Besteiro
Personal details
Born1906
A Coruña, Galicia
Died1 May 1992(1992-05-01) (aged 85–86)
Béccar, Argentina
CitizenshipSpain
NationalityGalician
Political partyCNT-FAI

In later exile, he went to Argentina, where he continued his political activity, representing the bakers' guild. He was prosecuted and sentenced to life imprisonment by the Special Tribunal for the Repression of Freemasonry and Communism.[2]

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  1. ^ Penela, Carlos (1996). Os galegos anarquistas na Arxentina (in Galician). Vigo: Espiral Maior. ISBN 978-84-88137-98-2.
  2. ^ Sánchez Ferré, Pere (1984). "La maçoneria a Catalunya". L'Avenç: Història dels Països Catalans (in Catalan) (76): 56. ISSN 0210-0150.

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