Javier Paniagua Fuentes facts for kids
Javier Paniagua Fuentes (born in 1946 in Ceuta, Spain) is a Spanish writer and politician. He is known for his work as a historian and for being a member of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE).
A Life in History and Politics
Javier Paniagua Fuentes first studied philosophy, which is about big ideas and how we think. Later, he earned a special degree called a doctorate in history. His main research was about "Spanish anarchism," which is a political idea where people believe society should be organized without a government.
He became a teacher of Social History and Political Thought at UNED in Spain. This means he taught about how societies have changed over time and different ideas about how countries should be run.
His political journey began with a group called Bandera Roja, which was a communist organization. However, in 1976, he joined the Socialist Party of the Valencian Country (PSPV), and then in 1978, he became part of the main PSOE.
From 1983 to 1986, he held an important job as the Director General of Secondary Education in the Valencian regional government. This role meant he helped manage high schools in that part of Spain.
In 1986, he was elected to the Spanish Congress of Deputies, which is like the parliament where laws are made. He represented the Valencia Province. He was elected again in 1989. However, in the 1993 election, he did not get enough votes to keep his seat. But he returned to the Congress about a year later, in 1994, taking the place of another politician. He was elected one more time in 1996 but did not run for election in 2000.
Books and Writings
Javier Paniagua Fuentes has written many books and articles, mostly about history and politics. Here are some of his works:
- España Siglo XX : 1931-1939 ISBN: 978-84-207-3364-7
- Anarquistas y socialistas (1989)
- Las ideas económicas del anarquismo y los movimientos libertarios en España: un esquema (1999) (with Salvador Almenar Palau)
- La UNED en la encrucijada de los próximos años (1993) (with Montserrat Blanco Bahamonde)
- "Trayectoria del sindicalismo español", Historia 16 (1991)
- "Las reacciones ante el bilingüismo: una perspectiva histórica", Revista de Educación (1981)
- Contribución al estudio del movimiento huelguístico del País Valenciano: 1905-1935 (1974) (with Joaquim Prats Cuevas)
- La sociedad libertaria (1982)
- La larga marcha hacia la anarquía (2008)
- Breve historia del socialismo y comunismo (2011)
- Breve historia del Anarquismo (2012)
- La Transición democrática. De la dictadura a la democracia en España (1973-1986) (2009)
- Edición e introducción a Discursos Parlamentarios de Manuel Azaña (1992)
- Diccionario biográfico de políticos valencianos, 1810-2006 (with JA. Piqueras) (2006)
- La España democrática volumen 20 (directed by John Lynch) (2007)
- "Republicans, Socialist and Anarchists" in A Social History of Spanish Labour (2007)
See also
In Spanish: Javier Paniagua para niños
