Juanjo Ferreiro Suárez
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Juanjo Ferreiro Suárez | |
|---|---|
| Member of the City Council of Barcelona | |
| In office 25 May 1983 – 27 May 1995 | |
| Member of the Parliament of Catalonia | |
| In office 10 April 1980 – 20 March 1984 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1 April 1944 |
| Died | 6 April 2023 (aged 79) |
| Party | Socialists' Party of Catalonia |
Juanjo José Ferreiro Suárez (1 April 1944 – 6 April 2023) was a Spanish Catalan trade unionist, politician, and prominent labor leader against the Franco dictatorship. Following the Spanish transition to democracy, Ferreiro co-founded the Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC) in 1976 and was elected to the first legislature of the Parliament of Catalonia from 1980 to 1984.[1][2] He then served in the City Council of Barcelona, representing Nou Barris, from his election in 1983 to 1995.[1][2] In 2005, Ferreiro was awarded the Medal of Honor of Barcelona for his contributions to the city's working-class Nou Barris district.[2][3]
Ferreiro was born in Lugo, Galicia, on 1 April 1944.[1] He moved to Barcelona in 1964, where he worked as an automobile painter and joined the Workers' Commissions, then a clandestine labor organization, in 1966.[2] He was arrested three times by the Franco regime and fired from several jobs for his support of labor and trade unions.[2]
He resided in the municipality of Campins, just outside Barcelona, during his later life.[1] Ferreiro died on 6 April 2023, at the age of 79.[1][2]