Salvador de Madariaga, Spain (1886-1978)

Writer, scholar, and diplomat, born in La Coruña, Spain. He served as director of disarmament for the League of Nations 1922-1927. During 1933 he was briefly minister of education in the Spanish Republican government.

An outspoken critic of the Franco regime, he was in exile 1936-76. He wrote many historical works, especially on Spain and Spanish-America.

Salvador de Madariaga was the first President of Liberal International.

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