Rodolfo Llopis

Rodolfo Llopis Ferrándiz (27 February 1895, Callosa d'En Sarrià, Alicante, Spain[1] – 22 July 1983, Albi, France[2]) was a Spanish socialist politician.

He was the General Secretary of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party in exile from 1944 to 1974.

[3] In 1947 he succeeded José Giral as prime minister of the Spanish Republican government in exile.

[5] During the period of the Spanish Second Republic, Llopis was heavily involved with primary education reforms.

[6] His achievements in this role were great and this, combined with his dapper appearance and youth, earned him the title of "the Rudolph Valentino of pedagogy.