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= José Ignacio Mantecón =

Don José Ignacio Mantecón y Navasal (Zaragoza, 1902 - Mexico City, 1982) was a Spanish archivist, lawyer, soldier and statesman, who at different points during the Spanish Civil War served as a Political Commissar in the Spanish Republican Army, Counsellor for Justice in the Regional Defence Council of Aragon and after its disbandment, Governor-General of Aragon. In the last days of the Republic before Segismundo Casado's coup d'etait, he was appointed as Inspector-General of the Army of Levante and awarded the Republic's Medal for Valour , one of its highest accolades. After the war he was exiled to London, Paris and finally, after a period of interment at Argelès-sur-Mer concentration camp , he left for Mexico City in 1940 where lived until his death in 1982.

Early life
He was born in Zaragoza on the 26 September 1902 to to Miguel Mantecón Arroyo, an important businessman and financier, and Concepción Navasal Iturralde. Mantecón was the fourth out of 11 siblings.

Education
He was educated in accordance with his family's means and attended the El Salvador jesuit school in Zaragoza where he finished a baccalaureate at age 13. At El Salvador, he met his life long friend Luis Buñuel. At age 14 he entered the University of Zaragoza to read for joint honours in History and Law. He graduated from the first in 1920 receiving a grade of "Outstanding", obtaining the Faculty of Letters' Extraordinary Prize. He would graduate from the latter in 1923, also with an "Outstanding". In 1925 he moved to Madrid and obtained a doctorate from the Central University of Madrid with a thesis titled: The Municipal Corporation of Alabarracin in the 13th to 15th centuries.

Archivist
In 1924 Mantecón he examined and obtained a post as an Archivist and moved to Madrid to work in the National Library, Historical Archive and Archeological Museum. He did this while working in his PhD. After obtaining his doctorate in 1925, he moved to Seville to work in the General Archive of the Indies and to manage the family firm's branch there.

Civil War
At the start of the Spanish Civil War he offered his services to the Republic to which he remained loyal. The Republic, finding itself doubting the loyalties even of the Army that had not joined the Nationalists, appointed political commissars to supervise and educate the loyalties of its units. In 1937, Mantecón was appointed as Governor-General of Aragon, charged with dissolving the Regional Defence Council of Aragon.

Selected bibliography

 * PhD Thesis: The Municipal Corporation of Alabarracin [sic] in the 13th to 15th centuries. (El régimen municipal de la comunidad de Alabarracín en los siglos XII al XV).

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Category:Spanish Civil War Category:Medal for Valour recipients Category:Spanish military personnel of the Spanish Civil War (Republican faction) Category:Spanish refugees Category:Exiles of the Spanish Civil War in Mexico Category:Exiles of the Spanish Civil War in France Category:Exiles of the Spanish Civil War in the United Kingdom Category:Politicians from Aragon Category:1902 births Category:1982 deaths