Santiago Carrillo

Santiago Carrillo
Secretary-General of the Communist Party of Spain
In office 3 July 1960 – 10 December 1982
Preceded by	Dolores Ibárruri
Succeeded by	Gerardo Iglesias
Councillor of Public Order of the Madrid Defense Council
In office 6 November 1936 – 27 December 1936
President	José Miaja
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	José Cazorla
Secretary-General of the Unified Socialist Youth
In office 15 June 1936 – 20 June 1947
Secretary-General of the Socialist Youth of Spain
In office 10 May 1934 – 15 June 1936
Member of the Congress of Deputies
In office 13 July 1977 – 23 April 1986
Constituency	Madrid
Personal details
Born	Santiago José Carrillo Solares (1915-01-18)18 January 1915 Gijón, Asturias, Spain
Died	18 September 2012(2012-09-18) (aged 97) Madrid, Spain
Political party	PCE (1936–1985) PTE–UC (1985–1991)
Spouse(s)	Asunción Sánchez de Tudela (1936) Carmen Menéndez Menéndez (1949)
Children	Aurora, Santiago, José, Jorge
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Santiago José Carrillo Solares (18 January 1915 – 18 September 2012) was a Spanish politician who served as General Secretary of the Communist Party of Spain (PCE) from 1960 to 1982.

During the Civil War, he was placed at the head of a Republican militia and was in charge of maintaining public order in Madrid. Some hold him responsible for the massacres of Franco's prisoners that took place at the end of 1936.

He was exiled during the dictatorship of Francisco Franco, becoming a leader of the democratic opposition to the regime. His role as leader of the PCE would later make him a key figure in the transition to democracy. He later embraced Eurocommunism and democratic socialism, and was a member of the Congress of Deputies from 1977 to 1986.