Valeri Mas i Casas

Valeri Mas i Casas (Sant Martí de Provençals, May 22, 1894 - Lissac-sur-Couze, July 19, 1973)[1] was a Catalan anarcho-syndicalist.[2]

Valeri Mas i Casas
Minister of Economy, Public Services, Health and Social Assistance of Catalunya
In office May 5 – June 28, 1937
President	Lluis Companys
Preceded by	Andreu Capdevila i Puig, Josep Juan i Domènech, Aurelio Fernández Sánchez
Succeeded by	Joan Comorera, Antoni Maria Sbert i Massanet
Personal details
Born	May 22, 1894 Sant Martí de Provençals, Barcelona,  Catalunya
Died	July 19, 1973 (aged 79) Lissac-sur-Couze, Nouvelle-Aquitaine,  France
Citizenship	Spain
Nationality	Catalan
Political party	CNT

Biography

Valeri Mas i Casas was born in the Sant Martí de Provençals neighborhood of Barcelona on May 22, 1894, the son of Joan Mas and Maria Casas. When he was 14 years old he joined a textile workers union and later affiliated with the National Confederation of Labor.[1]

During the first months of the Spanish Civil War, Valeri acted as a representative of the CNT in the Supplies Committee. In November 1936, he replaced María Rodriguez Vázquez in the secretariat of the CNT's Catalan regional committee, a position he held until May 1937. He later joined the Generalitat de Catalunya, acting as Minister of Economy, Public Services, Health and Social Assistance from May 5 to June 28, 1937.[2] In March 1939, he fled to Perpignan and took part in the creation of the Spanish Libertarian Movement.[1][2]

He died in his home, in Lissac-sur-Couze, on July 19, 1973.[1]

References

1. "Valeri Mas Casas (1894-1973)" (in Catalan). Ateneu Llibertari Estel Negre. Retrieved January 14, 2014.
2. "Valeri Mas". L'Enciclopèdia.cat (in Catalan). Barcelona: Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana. November 1, 1987. Retrieved January 14, 2014.