Manuel Gómez Portela, last Republican mayor of Vilar de Barrio
Manuel Gómez Portela (A Lama, 1890 – Vilar de Barrio, 1960), a Socialist and UGT stonemason, was appointed mayor of Vilar de Barrio in March 1936; arrested after the coup, he hid in A Lama until the end of the war.
- Born
- A Lama, 1890
- Died
- Vilar de Barrio, 6 October 1960
- Profession
- master stonemason
- Office
- mayor of Vilar de Barrio (March 1936)
Manuel Gómez Portela was born in A Lama in 1890 and died in Vilar de Barrio on 6 October 1960. He was a master stonemason, a PSOE member and a UGT affiliate [1].
Career
In December 1927 he was arrested in Maceda, with two other men, accused of knocking down a hórreo. After the Popular Front’s triumph in the February 1936 elections, he was appointed mayor of Vilar de Barrio on 17 March. After the uprising of 18 July he was arrested on 26 July and stayed in prison until 10 August; he then hid in A Lama until the end of the war [1]. The Galipedia notes that Vilar de Barrio will dedicate a room in the town hall to the last Republican mayor [1].
Links
Sources
- «Manuel Gómez Portela», Galipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), con apoio en E. Martínez Cerredelo, A Limia: 1931-1953 (2008), p. 103. https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manuel_Gómez_Portela
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