Carmen_García_Bloise

Carmen García Bloise

Carmen García Bloise

Spanish politician (1937–1994)

Carmen García Bloise (19 January 1937 – 13 July 1994) was a socialist politician and a member of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE). She lived in exile in Paris between 1948 and 1975. Following her return to Spain she was elected as a deputy in the 1977 elections and served at the Congress of Deputies until 1994.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is García and the second or maternal family name is Bloise.
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Early life and education

García was born in Madrid on 19 January 1937.[1] In 1948, García and her mother left Spain for Paris where her father, Mariano García Gala, had been living in exile since 1939 after the Spanish Civil War.[2] She had two younger brothers who were born in Paris.[2]

García attended the Technical High School and then obtained a degree in business organization from the School of Accountants.[2]

Career and activities

Following her graduation García worked as chief accountant at the French automobile company Renault from 1957 to 1975.[3] She was also the secretary of the French trade union Workers' Force.[1] She joined both the Unión General de Trabajadores and the PSOE in 1956.[3] She was part of the François Mitterrand's election campaign team in the 1965 French presidential election.[4] She headed the Women's Secretariat of the PSOE from February 1965 to August 1970.[1] She was the member of the PSOE Steering Committee in exile from 1965 to 1970 and was a substitute member of the committee for the Seine region from 1970 to 1972.[3]

García and her husband returned to Madrid in October 1975.[3] She was elected as a deputy for Madrid from the PSOE in the 1977 general elections and was re-elected to the Parliament in the next four elections serving there until her death in 1994.[1] María Enedina Álvarez Gayol succeeded her as the deputy of Madrid at the Parliament.[5] She was elected organizational secretary of the PSOE's federal executive commission in September 1979. From the same date she was part of all federal executive commissions: organization secretary (1979-1984), member (1984-1988) and executive secretary (1988-1994).[1]

Personal life and death

García she married Rafael Robledo de Roa in 1961.[2][3]

García died at a hospital in Madrid on 13 July 1994 at the age of 57 due to the complications resulted from the second liver transplantation.[6]

References

  1. [1]
    "Archivo Carmen García Bloise" (in Spanish). Censo Guia. Retrieved 30 January 2024.
  2. [2]
    "García Bloise, Carmen (1937-1994)". Pares. Retrieved 30 January 2024.
  3. [3]
    "García Bloise, Carmen" (in Spanish). Pablo Iglesias Foundation. Retrieved 30 January 2024.
  4. [4]
    Elena Mengual (October 2007). "Secretaría Organización". El Mundo (in Spanish). Retrieved 30 January 2024.
  5. [5]
    "García Bloise, Carmen" (in Spanish). Congreso de los Diputados. Retrieved 30 January 2024.
  6. [6]
    "La dirigente socialista Carmen García Bloise muere a los 57 años en Madrid, tras dos trasplantes de hígado". El País (in Spanish). Madrid. 14 July 1994. Retrieved 30 January 2024. (subscription required)
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