Vincent
Uribe
was
born in Spain in 1906. He held left-wing
political views and in his youth he joined the Communist
Party (PCE). He later edited the party's newspaper in the Basque
region, Mundo Obrero.
In September 1936, President
Manuel
Azaña
appointed the left-wing
socialist, Francisco
Largo Caballero
as prime minister. Largo Caballero brought into his government two
communists Uribe (Agriculture) and Jesus
Hernández (Education).
Uribe was forced
to flee from Spain when General Francisco
Franco and
the Nationalist Army took control
of the country in March 1939.
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