Manuel de Irujo

Manuel de Irujo Ollo
Minister of Justice
In office
17 May 1937 – 10 December 1937
Preceded byJuan García Oliver
Succeeded byMariano Ansó Zunzarren
Personal details
Born(1891-09-25)25 September 1891
Estella, Spain
Died1 January 1981(1981-01-01) (aged 89)
Bilbao, Spain
OccupationLawyer

Manuel de Irujo Ollo (25 September 1891 – 1 January 1981) was a lawyer and politician from Navarre, Spain, who became the leader of the Basque Nationalist Party during the Second Spanish Republic. He was a liberal democrat with a profound faith in Christianity. He was Minister of Justice in 1937 during the Spanish Civil War (1936–1939). He went into exile after the Republican defeat. He returned from exile in 1977 and was elected to the Senate.


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