Blas Infante

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Blas Infante
Blas Infante, c. 1914
Born	Blas Infante Pérez de Vargas (1885-07-05)5 July 1885 Casares, Málaga, Spain
Died	11 August 1936(1936-08-11) (aged 51) Seville, Spain
Cause of death	Execution by firing squad
Nationality	Spanish
Alma mater	University of Granada
Occupation(s)	Notary, writer
Political party	Federal Democratic Republican Party

Blas Infante Pérez de Vargas (5 July 1885 – 11 August 1936) was an Andalusian socialist politician,^[2] Georgist,^[3] writer, historian and musicologist. He is considered the "father of Andalusia" by Andalusian nationalists.^[4]

He initiated an Andalusian regionalist assembly in Ronda in 1918; the assembly adopted a charter based on the autonomist Constitución Federal de Antequera written in 1883 during the First Spanish Republic.^[5] It also embraced the current flag and emblem as national symbols, designed by Infante himself based on various historic Andalusian standards.^[6] During the Second Spanish Republic, the Andalucismo was represented by the Junta Liberalista, a federalist political party led by Infante.

Infante was among numerous political figures who were summarily executed by Franco's forces when they took over Seville at the beginning of the Spanish Civil War. As a regional autonomist, left-wing activist and an avowed socialist,^[2][7] he twice "merited" inclusion on their liquidation list.^[8]

His last residence in Coria del Río now hosts the Museum of Andalusian Autonomy.