Primo De Rivera, José Antonio

Related Category: Spanish and Portuguese History: Biographies

(prē´mō thā rēvā´rä), 1903–36, Spanish political leader, son of Miguel Primo de Rivera. Founder (1933) of the Falange, the Spanish fascist party, José Antonio was executed (Nov., 1936) by the Loyalists after the outbreak of the Spanish civil war. He became a right-wing martyr and was celebrated by Francisco Franco's Nationalist Movement.