Juan Granell Pascual

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The Granell family is of Catalan origin; in the region of Valencia it was first noted in the mid-13th century and in the area of Castellón in the late 14th century.Significado de Granell, [in:] Mis Apellidos service, available [https://www.misapellidos.com/significado-de-Granell-000.html here] In the course of the centuries it got very branched and popular along all the Spanish Mediterranean coast and numerous individuals rose to publicly recognizable figures, but none of them has been identified as related to Granell Pascual.the list of individuals who became public figures and were contemporaries to Juan Granell Pascual included Ramon Granell Pascual, Amado Granell Mesado, Jeroni Ferran Granell i Manresa, [https://www.elperiodicomediterraneo.com/comarcas/2003/06/03/francisco-granell-felis-43069385.html Francisco Granell Felis], Antonio Fillol Granell, Juan Granell Acosta and Enrique Sapena Granell; none has been identified as his relative His family branch originated from Bétera near ValenciaFrances Granell got married in Betera in 1655, Francesc Granell entry, [in:] Geneanet service, available [https://gw.geneanet.org/sanchiz?lang=en&p=frances&n=granell here]{{Dead link|date=December 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} but in the early 18th century they settled in the port town of Burriana, south of Castellón.Francisco Granell Andreu got married in Burriana in 1718, Francisco Granell Andreu entry, [in:] Geneanet service, available [https://gw.geneanet.org/sanchiz?lang=en&p=francisco&n=granell+andreu here] From then on 4 successive generations lived in Burriana, including Juan's grandfather, Juan Bautista Granell Fandos.Juan Bautista Granell Fandos entry, [in:] Geneanet service, available [https://gw.geneanet.org/sanchiz?lang=en&p=juan+bautista&n=granell+fandos here] His social status is unclear and none of the sources consulted provides information what he was doing for a living, though some suggest that the family owned a large "finca citrícola" on the right bank of the Mijares river and were growing lemons and oranges.Emilio Laguna, Un ejemplar centenario de Sophora japónica ‘Pendula’, [in:] Research Gate service 2012, p. 6 Granell Fandos’ son, Vicente Granell Blanch (1869-after 1940Era su padre, [in:] Buris-Ana 66 (1963), p. 7), in 1892 married a girl from another family of local orange growers,El Pueblo 11.03.15, available [https://prensahistorica.mcu.es/es/catalogo_imagenes/grupo.do?path=1000188563&posicion=2&presentacion=pagina here] Dolores Pascual Mingarro.Dolores Pascual Mingarro entry, [in:] Geneanet service, available [https://gw.geneanet.org/sanchiz?lang=en&p=dolores&n=pascual+mingarro here] The couple settled in Burriana and had at least 3 children, born in 1893–1902; Juan was the youngest one.

As a boy Juan first frequented a private school in Burriana.see homage article to his former schoolmaster, Heraldo de Castellón 24.07.28, available [https://prensahistorica.mcu.es/es/catalogo_imagenes/grupo.do?path=1000381718&posicion=4&presentacion=pagina here] In his early teens he became a boarder in the Jesuit Colegio de San José in Valencia,La Correspondencia de Valencia 07.12.15, available [https://prensahistorica.mcu.es/es/catalogo_imagenes/grupo.do?path=1000241717&posicion=3&presentacion=pagina here] where he was noted between 1915 and 1918.La Correspondencia de Valencia 12.12.15, available [https://prensahistorica.mcu.es/es/catalogo_imagenes/grupo.do?path=1000242444&posicion=2&presentacion=pagina here], also Las Provincias 25.03.18, available [https://prensahistorica.mcu.es/es/catalogo_imagenes/grupo.do?path=1000315240&posicion=2&presentacion=pagina here] At unspecified time though probably in the late 1910s he moved to Madrid to commence higher education and enrolled at Escuela de Mecánica y Electricidad, a Jesuit technical school currently known as Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingeniería.Gonzalo Anes Alvares de Castrillón, Santiago Fernández Plasencia, Juan Temboury Villareio, Endesa en su historia (1944-2000), Madrid 2010, ISBN 9788461459063, p. 68 It is not clear when he graduated as engineer; in 1928 he was referred to as “ingeniero electricista”.Heraldo de Castellon 24.07.28, available [https://prensahistorica.mcu.es/es/catalogo_imagenes/grupo.do?path=1000381718&posicion=4&presentacion=pagina here] It is neither known what he was doing for a living in the late 1920s; one scholar when discussing his career in the early 1930s describes Granell Pascual as “a successful engineer”,Martin Blinkhorn, Carlism and crisis in Spain 1931-1939, London 2008, ISBN 9780521207294 , p. 123 but provides no details on his professional career. Also press of the early 1930s consistently referred to him, as “ingeniero”,El Cruzado Español 30.10.31, available [http://hemerotecadigital.bne.es/issue.vm?id=0029005811&page=4 here] “ingeniero industrial”Heraldo de Castellon 10.06.33, available [https://prensahistorica.mcu.es/es/catalogo_imagenes/grupo.do?path=1000383191&posicion=1&presentacion=pagina here] or “ingeniero mecánico electricista”.see Granell Pascual at the official Cortes service, available [https://www.congreso.es/historico-diputados?p_p_id=historicodiputados&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=normal&p_p_mode=view&_historicodiputados_mvcRenderCommandName=mostrarDetalle&_historicodiputados_nume=55117 here]

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In 1933Heraldo de Castellon 10.06.33, available [https://prensahistorica.mcu.es/es/catalogo_imagenes/grupo.do?path=1000383191&posicion=1&presentacion=pagina here] Granell married Aurelia Concepción Vicent Planes (1905-1999), a girl from the local bourgeoisie family also engaged in the orange business.the family of her father, the Vicent Real, were engaged in the orange growing business, El Pueblo 08.06.09, available [https://prensahistorica.mcu.es/es/catalogo_imagenes/grupo.do?path=1000196665&posicion=2&presentacion=pagina here] It is not clear whether the couple settled in Burrianathough since early 1934 Granell served as deputy to the Cortes it seems that his permanent residence was in Burriana, as at the time he was holding provincial jobs in the Castellón party organization, see e.g. El Siglo Futuro 05.03.33, available [http://hemerotecadigital.bne.es/issue.vm?id=0000506045&page=2 here] or in Madrid.in the early 1930s he was listed among the Madrid Integrists, El Cruzado Español 30.10.31, available [http://hemerotecadigital.bne.es/issue.vm?id=0029005811&page=4 here] They had 6 children, born between the mid-1930s and the late 1940s: Juan María, María Begoña, Vicente, Jesús, Ignacio and Javier Granell Vicent.in the necrological note of 1963 the only daughter was referred to as Maria Aurelia, Hoja Oficial de Lunes 31.12.62, available [https://prensahistorica.mcu.es/es/catalogo_imagenes/grupo.do?path=7150077&posicion=2&presentacion=pagina here], but in the interview in a local periodical she appears as Maria Begoña, Era su padre, [in:] Buris-Ana 66 (1963), p. 7 None of them became a nationwide known figure, though some were recognized locally. Juan María,Juan Granell Vicent, [in:] Expension service, available [https://www.expansion.com/ejecutivo-administrador/juan-granell-vicent_2453072_N73.html here] JesúsJesús Granell Vicent necrological note, [in:] Esquelas ABC 29.08.16, available [https://esquelasenprensa.com/2016/08/jesus-granell-vicent/ here] and IgnacioIgnacio Granell Vicent entry, [in:] Structurae service, available [https://structurae.net/fr/personnes/ignacio-granell-vicent here] worked as civil engineers, mostly in construction business; some held also teaching positions,for Ignacio see Puente sobre el río Gállego en la Ronda Este de Zaragoza, available [http://e-ache.com/modules/ache/ficheros/Realizaciones/Obra120.pdf here], for Juan María see BOE 27.02.71, available [https://www.boe.es/boe/dias/1971/02/27/pdfs/A03293-03293.pdf here] while Javier became the head surgeon in the public Madrid health service.Javier Granell Vicent profile, [in:] LinkedIn service, available [https://es.linkedin.com/in/granell-vicent-javier-07b8a456 here] Currently the engineering tradition is cultivated by the third generation, as Granell Pascual's grandson Carlos Granell Ninot works in construction business and is the secretary of SPANCOLD, the engineering association focused on dams and hydrotechnical works.Carlos Granell Ninot profile, [in:] LinkedIn service, available [https://es.linkedin.com/in/carlos-granell-ninot-6535b84a here]

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None of the sources consulted provides information on political preferences of Granell's ancestors; in Burriana many Granells tended to sympathize with the conservatives.compare José Luis Giménez Julia, El maurisme i la dreta conservadora a la Plana [PhD thesis Universitat Jaume I], Villa-real 2015, e.g. pp. 371, 384, 387, 398 Some data suggest that his father might have been related to Integrismin the 1880s Granell’s father declared adhesion to the Integrist leader Ramón Nocedal, El Siglo Futuro 15.11.89, available [http://hemerotecadigital.bne.es/issue.vm?id=0000138604&page=7 here] and that he remained a militant Catholic;e.g. in 1900 Granell’s father signed a letter of protest against persecutions of the church, El Estandarte Católico 14.04.00, available [https://prensahistorica.mcu.es/es/catalogo_imagenes/grupo.do?path=1025704&posicion=2&presentacion=pagina here] later propaganda prints claimed that Granell Pascual inherited the Traditionalist outlook, possibly highly flavored with Carlism, from his forefathers.a post-mortem hagiographic article claims that Granell absorbed Catholic outlook enveloped in generic Traditionalism from his father; the article hints also at his father’s sympathy towards Carlism, as allegedly he used to sing “qué bien te siente, qué bien te está, la boina blanca y la colorá”, J. Calpe Usó, Semblanza política, [in:] Buris-Ana 66 (1963), p. 5 There is no information on his political engagements prior to late 1931, when Granell Pascual was listed among the Madrid Integrists who paid homage to the defunct Carlist king, Don Jaime.El Cruzado Español 30.10.31, available [http://hemerotecadigital.bne.es/issue.vm?id=0029005811&page=4 here] He then joined the united Carlist organisation Comunión Tradicionalista and since early 1932 he was noted speaking at Carlist meetings in Burriana, accompanied by former Integrists like Manuel Senante.Las Provincias 05.04.32, available [https://prensahistorica.mcu.es/es/catalogo_imagenes/grupo.do?path=1000318199&posicion=14&presentacion=pagina.%20Granell%20also%20used%20to%20speak%20at%20Sindicato%20Agrícola%20of%20Burriana,%20Las%20Provincias%2006.11.32,%20available%20https://prensahistorica.mcu.es/es/catalogo_imagenes/grupo.do?path=1000319056&posicion=7&presentacion=pagina here] In early 1933 latest he entered the provincial party executive, Junta Provincial,El Siglo Futuro 05.01.33, available [http://hemerotecadigital.bne.es/issue.vm?id=0000506045&page=2 here] and later during the year he used to speak at local rallies.Las Provincias 20.04.33, available [https://prensahistorica.mcu.es/es/catalogo_imagenes/grupo.do?path=1000317752&posicion=7&presentacion=pagina here]

During the 1933 electoral campaign to the Cortes the Castellón Carlists, led by Jaime Chicharro and Juan Bautista Soler, closed an alliance agreement with other right-wing organisations; Granell was included on the joint provincial list of candidates of Unión de Derechas. He campaigned focused on religious issues and protested alleged anti-Catholic governmental policy;El Siglo Futuro 03.11.33, available [http://hemerotecadigital.bne.es/issue.vm?id=0000517674&page=2 here] following some controversies related to a rival lerrouxista counter-candidate eventually Comisión de Actas declared him elected.Luz 10.01.34, available [http://hemerotecadigital.bne.es/issue.vm?id=0003567805&page=12 here] In the parliament he joined the Carlist minorityCalpe Usó 1963, p. 5 but remained on the back benches and some authors claim he went unnoticed in the chamber.Vicent Sampedro Ramo, Los hijos de la viuda: La masonería en la ciudad de Alicante (1893-1939), Alicante 2017, ISBN 9788497175494, p. 385 Following the October 1934 unrest he formed part of a commission which investigated the events in BarcelonaBlinkhorn 2008, p. 343 and in 1935 he co-signed a joint motion in CortesEl Siglo Futuro 21.10.35, available [http://hemerotecadigital.bne.es/issue.vm?id=0000561601&page=6 here] to prosecute Manuel Azaña.La Libertad 14.03.35, available [https://prensahistorica.mcu.es/es/catalogo_imagenes/grupo.do?path=1000201408&posicion=6&presentacion=pagina here]

Granell did not feature prominently in the national Carlist organization; his only central role identified is membership in Tesoro de la Tradición, a financial branch of the executive.El Siglo Futuro 29.11.34, available [http://hemerotecadigital.bne.es/issue.vm?id=0000533315&page=1 here] He kept serving in the Castellón Junta Provincial; it was led by Juan Bautista Soler,El Siglo Futuro 26.04.34, available [http://hemerotecadigital.bne.es/issue.vm?id=0000524348&page=3 here]; some sources claim that Granell was leading the provincial Carlist organisation in Castellón but provide no sources, see Pablo Bahillo Redondo, El Tribunal Especial para la represión de la Masonería y el Comunismo (Termc). 80 años después, [in:] El Obrero 04.06.20, available [https://elobrero.es/cultura/50358-el-tribunal-especial-para-la-represion-de-la-masoneria-y-el-comunismo-termc-80-anyos-despues.html here] though some authors claim that Granell led the junta himself.Sampedro Ramo 2017, p. 385 He remained engaged in regular local activities, like opening new círculosEl siglo Futuro 12.06.34, available [http://hemerotecadigital.bne.es/issue.vm?id=0000526241&page=3 here] or speaking at rallies, e.g. in CastellónEl Siglo Futuro 04.05.35, available [http://hemerotecadigital.bne.es/issue.vm?id=0000541106&page=12 here] during so-called Gran Semana Tradicionalista,El Siglo Futuro 08.05.35, available [http://hemerotecadigital.bne.es/issue.vm?id=0000541502&page=12 here] in OntenienteLa Libertad 27.03.35, available [https://prensahistorica.mcu.es/es/catalogo_imagenes/grupo.do?path=1000201423&posicion=6&presentacion=pagina here] or Benicarló.Heraldo de Castellon 04.05.35, available [https://prensahistorica.mcu.es/es/catalogo_imagenes/grupo.do?path=1000383767&posicion=2&presentacion=pagina here] His particular focus was on confronting masonry.e.g. in 1935 Granell took part in a grand anti-masonic rally and according to another Burriana republican deputy and active freemason, Vicent Marco Miranda, Granell developed a particular knack against the freemasonry, Vicent Sampedro Ramo, En situació vigilada: la condemna de Vicent Sos Baynat per Tribunal de Repressió de la Maconeria i el Comunisme, [in:] Millars XXXIV (2011), p. 228 The party propaganda presented him as a representative of “la nueva generación de tradicionalistas” and a “disciplined soldier” of the cause.Jesús Evaristo Casariego, El tradicionalismo español. Su historia, su ideario, sus hombres, Madrid 1934, inserts between pages 120 and 121

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Since 1936 there is scarcely any information on Granell during the following 4 years. Neither contemporary press nor historiography mention him as a candidate standing in the Cortes elections of 1936. It is not clear whether he was engaged in anti-Republican conspiracy and none of the sources consulted provides information on his fate during the Civil War. Some authors claim that he "supported the rebel faction", but provide neither details nor references.Pablo Bahillo Redondo, El Tribunal Especial para la represión de la Masonería y el Comunismo (Termc). 80 años después, [in:] El Obrero 04.06.20, available [https://elobrero.es/cultura/50358-el-tribunal-especial-para-la-represion-de-la-masoneria-y-el-comunismo-termc-80-anyos-despues.html here] Unlike in case of former combatants, none of numerous hagiographic press notes published during his later career in Francoist ranks refers to his wartime deeds. One literary work suggests that Granell and his family spent the war in hiding in Grao de BurrianaJuan Granell is one of the protagonists of a novel El niño de la peonza by José Barcelo (2013). The novel, though based on speculative reconstruction of fate of a German submarine sailor, serving in the Mediterranean during World War Two, is literary fiction. It is not clear whether the author based his Granell-related narrative on any documents, though along his maternal line Barcelo is personally related to Burriana. In the novel Granell and his family hide in "Grao" during the Civil War ("Me esconderé con mis padres en el Grao", says Asuncion, the daughter of Granell). Some other episodes of the novel, like his efforts to get the bell-tower reconstructed, are confirmed by historiographic sources and emerged in public in July 1938.in El niño de la peonza Granell returns to Burriana as a high Francoist official in July 1938

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In early August 1939 Granell was nominated Delegado de Prensa y Propaganda in Valencia,La Vanguardia 05.08.39, available [http://hemeroteca.lavanguardia.com/preview/1939/08/05/pagina-10/33119482/pdf.html here] head of the regional Falange Española Tradicionalista press and media service;Calpe Usó 1963, p. 5, also Federico Martínez Roda, Valencia y las Valencias: su historia contemporánea (1800-1975), Madrid 1998, ISBN 9788486792893, p. 225 in this role he also used to publish some militant Francoist propaganda articles in local press.in a PhD work Granell is once listed as contributing to buildup of Francoist ideology by developing the cult of the fallen, see a reference to his late 1939 article in a local periodical Levante, Zira Box Varela, La fundación de un régimen. La construcción simbólica del franquismo [PhD thesis Complutense], Madrid 2008, ISBN 9788469209981, p. 137 In September 1939 and as one of 13 tractable CarlistsAurora Villanueva Martínez, El carlismo navarro durante el primer franquismo, 1937-1951, Madrid 1998, ISBN 9788487863714, pp. 64-65 he was nominated to the second Consejo Nacional of Falange,El Progreso 13.09.39, available [https://prensahistorica.mcu.es/es/catalogo_imagenes/grupo.do?path=3103709&posicion=1&presentacion=pagina here] and in March 1940 he was appointed as member to the newly established Tribunal Especial para la Represión de la Masonería y el Comunismo. Exact mechanism of his elevation is unclear; some authors speculate that it might have been related to the Jesuit influence, his own anti-masonic zeal and connections to pro-Franco collaborative faction within Carlism.Sampedro Ramo 2017, p. 385 In October 1940 Granell assumed the post of civil governor of the province of Biscay.El Progreso 20.10.40, available [https://prensahistorica.mcu.es/es/catalogo_imagenes/grupo.do?path=3103429&posicion=1&presentacion=pagina here]

As civil governor Granell abandoned any Carlist sentiments he might have still nurtured and adopted a vehement, militant Falangist stand, pursued in terms of propaganda arrangements and personal appointments.in Bilbao Granell was “un carlista que ha dejado de incordiar con cualquier idea de restauración”, and acted as a vehement Falangist, Martí Marín Cobrera, Los gobernadores civiles del franquismo 1936-1963. Seis personajes en busca de autor, [in:] Historia y política: Ideas, procesos y movimientos sociales 29 (2013), p. 289 He found himself at odds with the Bilbao mayor and provincial Biscay FET leader, another Carlist José María Oriol, who attempted to cultivate moderate Traditionalist policy.Alfonso Ballestero, José Ma de Oriol y Urquijo, Madrid 2014, ISBN 9788483569153, p. 77 Following a series of clashesofficially Oriol left due to “múltiples ocupaciones, aumentadas últimamente por cuidados familiares”, Mikel Urquijo Agirreazkuenaga (ed.), Bilbao desde sus alcaldes: Diccionario biográfico de los alcaldes de Bilbao y gestión municipal en la Dictadura vol. 3, Bilbao 2008, ISBN 9788488714145, p. 208 Oriol resigned as FET jefe provincial in December 1940 and was replaced by Granell himself.Ballestero 2014, p. 65 In February 1941 Oriol left also the position of Bilbao alcalde, and Granell emerged unchallenged as the key regime personality in the province. According to later homage article his focus was mostly on industry and social questions,Calpe Usó 1963, p. 5 though he took part also in routine propaganda endeavors.e.g. on March 10, 1941 he took part in domesticated Carlist feast of Martires de la Tradición, formatted along the new unificated Falangist lines, Urquijo Agirreazkuenaga 2008, p. 224 In April 1941 he ceased as member of the anti-masonic Tribunal.Boletin Oficial de la Provincia de Guadalajara 07.04.41, available [https://prensahistorica.mcu.es/es/catalogo_imagenes/grupo.do?path=5089852&posicion=2&presentacion=pagina here] In July 1941 Granell was released as civil governor and moved to central administration; he assumed the post of Subsecretario de industria in the Ministry of Industry and Commerce.Diario de Burgos 13.07.41, available [https://prensahistorica.mcu.es/es/catalogo_imagenes/grupo.do?path=1000449135&posicion=4&presentacion=pagina here]

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As industry sub-secretary Granell identified 5 priorities: irrigation, electrification, coal production, fuel industry and transport.Juan Granell, La industrialización de España, [in:] Información Comercial Española 96 (1944), p. 3 He entered the council of INIAntonio Bernardo Reyes, Paco Báez Baquet, Paco Puche, “Fiebre del oro blanco” en la Costa del Sol y en la serranía de Ronda, [in:] Rebelion service 2013, p. 2, available [https://www.rebelion.org/docs/177954.pdf here] and worked closely with Suanzes on development of state-controlled conglomerates, especially ENDESA, Empresa Nacional de Electricidad.Martínez Roda 1998, p. 225 He contributed also to re-structuring of the Falangist syndicates.e.g. in January 1944 he was nominated to a commission tasked with classification of syndicates, Imperio 09.01.44, available [https://prensahistorica.mcu.es/es/catalogo_imagenes/grupo.do?path=1000119210&posicion=1&presentacion=pagina here] The British intelligence considered him so prominent a figure that they produced rumors about Granell.in May 1942 the so-called "sib" produced by a unit named Political Warfare Executive read that "The Germans have bribed Juan Granell, the Under Secretary of State for Industry, who has just returned from Italy, to fix it that, as a result of the discussions which the Spanish trade mission is having in the Argentine, a good proportion of the tinned meat for which they are bargaining shall in fact contain certain small bulk goods vital to Germany, such as industrial diamonds, etc", quoted after Lee Richards, Whispers of War: Underground Propaganda Rumour-Mongering in the Second World War, Peacehaven 2010, ISBN 9780954293642, pp. 157-158 In 1942 he was re-appointed to the 3rd Consejo Nacional of FETon position #49; in 1939 he was nominated on position #77, El Adelanto 24.11.42, available [https://prensahistorica.mcu.es/es/catalogo_imagenes/grupo.do?path=1000476070&posicion=1&presentacion=pagina here] and as its member in 1943 he automatically became member of the newly established Cortes Españolas;see his 1943 ticket at the official Cortes service, available [https://www.congreso.es/historico-diputados?p_p_id=historicodiputados&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=normal&p_p_mode=view&_historicodiputados_mvcRenderCommandName=mostrarDetalle&_historicodiputados_nume=57198 here] he entered Comisión de Industria y Comercio.Boletín Oficial de las Cortes Españolas 1 (1943), p. 18 His career went into decline in 1945; he was released from the sub-secretary postPensamiento Alaves 07.08.45, available [https://prensahistorica.mcu.es/es/catalogo_imagenes/grupo.do?path=1000034499&posicion=1&presentacion=pagina here] and was not re-appointed to the 4th Falangist Consejo. However, upon expiry of his Cortes ticket he got it renewed from the pool of personal Franco's appointees. He briefly approached the minoritarian Carlist carloctavista faction and entered Consejo Permanente of the pretender Carlos VIII,Villanueva Martínez 1998, p. 214 but was not among its protagonists.e.g. Granell is not mentioned a single time in a monograph on Carloctavismo, compare Francisco Manuel de las Heras y Borrero, Un pretendiente desconocido. Carlos de Habsburgo. El otro candidato de Franco, Madrid 2004, ISBN 8497725565 The mainstream Javierista faction declared him a traitor and while some Falangists were allowed re-entry into Comunión, Granell along 5 other individuals was specifically listed as not eligible.in November 1942 the Carlist jefe delegado Manuel Fal Conde issued a note which allowed re-entry into the Comunión to these which by virtue of mistake or misinformation had joined FET; the exception was made in case of Rodezno, José María Oriol, José Luis Oriol, Esteban Bilbao, Julio Muñoz Aguilar and Granell, Mercedes Peñalba Sotorrío, Entre la boina roja y la camisa azul, Estella 2013, ISBN 9788423533657, p. 143

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Having left the Ministry of Industry in 1945 Granell assumed management of one of the flagship INI companies, ENDESA.Gonzalo Anes Alvares de Castrillón, Santiago Fernández Plasencia, Juan Temboury Villareio, Endesa en su historia (1944-2000), Madrid 2010, ISBN 9788461459063, p. 68 In corporate historiography he is recorded as ingenious, dedicated and enthusiastic manager, who used to visit construction sites during weekends.Alvares de Castrillón, Fernández Plasencia, Temboury Villareio 2010, p. 68 As most of Spanish electricity was produced by hydrotechnical installations, his focus was on diversification and development of thermal power plants. These efforts bore fruit in 1949,Alvares de Castrillón, Fernández Plasencia, Temboury Villareio 2010, pp. xi, 68, 294 with opening of the first Spanish coal-fired plant in Compostilla;Hoja Oficial de Lunes 15.08.49, available [https://prensahistorica.mcu.es/es/catalogo_imagenes/grupo.do?path=7149640&posicion=3&presentacion=pagina here] it was also the first power plant built by ENDESA.Calpe Usó 1963, p. 5 However, over time Granell developed discrepancies with Suanzes over the question of ownership of electricity infrastructure; some authors claim he advocated a joint public-private partnership against the Suanzes-advanced state-run model,Alvares de Castrillón, Fernández Plasencia, Temboury Villareio 2010, p. 68 others suggest that the two went together rather well and that Granell actually advocated expropriation of private energy concessions.Antonio Gómez Mendoza, De mitos y milagros: el Instituto Nacional de Autarquía, 1941-1963, Barcelona 2000, ISBN 9788483382257, pp. 31, 74-77, 97 It is not clear whether these issues contributed to Granell not having his Cortes ticket renewed in 1949, the year which marked his final exit from politics. Eventually Granell resigned from ENDESA management in 1953, according to some due to differences with Suanzes.Alvares de Castrillón, Fernández Plasencia, Temboury Villareio 2010, p. 68

Some authors claim that Granell “se retiró de la política para atender a sus negocios”,Alvares de Castrillón, Fernández Plasencia, Temboury Villareio 2010, p. 68 but there is no evidence that he was running his own private business. Instead, he entered executive boards of numerous large companies. Some were partially controlled by INI, like the fuel giant Compañía Arrendataria del Monopolio del Petróleo CAMPSA, Empresa Nacional Hidroeléctrica del Ribagorzana ENHERE. Aznar Colino, Aproximación a la Historia de la Empresa Nacional Hidroeléctrica del Ribagorzana, Zaragoza 2015 [research paper], p. 8 or Asbestos Españoles.Antonio Bernardo Reyes, Paco Báez Baquet, Paco Puche, “Fiebre del oro blanco” en la Costa del Sol y en la serranía de Ronda, [in:] Rebelion service 2013 p. 2, available [https://www.rebelion.org/docs/177954.pdf here] Some were strictly private enterprises, like the construction conglomerate Dragados y Construcciones, another construction firm Sociedad Boetticher y Navarro or the insurance company Unión Levantina.Hoja Oficial de Lunes 31.12.62, available [https://prensahistorica.mcu.es/es/catalogo_imagenes/grupo.do?path=7150077&posicion=2&presentacion=pagina here] Some were related to municipal authorities, like the credit company Casa de Valencia, which he presided since the late 1940s.Hoja Oficial de Lunes 31.01.49, available [https://prensahistorica.mcu.es/es/catalogo_imagenes/grupo.do?path=7149612&posicion=2&presentacion=pagina here] At least in some of these companies, like in Boetticher y Navarro, Granell performed high executive roles until the early 1960s.Imperio 18.10.62, available [https://prensahistorica.mcu.es/es/catalogo_imagenes/grupo.do?path=1000121958&posicion=4&presentacion=pagina here]

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Since expiry of his Cortes ticket Granell remained politically inactive. However, he remained on excellent terms with the regime. In 1954 he was admitted at a private audience by Franco;ABC 04.02.54, available [https://www.abc.es/archivo/periodicos/abc-madrid-19540204-18.html here] he spoke to caudillo in similar circumstances at least also in 1957,Diario de Burgos 25.07.57, available [https://prensahistorica.mcu.es/es/catalogo_imagenes/grupo.do?path=1000454084&posicion=1&presentacion=pagina here] 1958Diario de Burgos 30.10.58, available [https://prensahistorica.mcu.es/es/catalogo_imagenes/grupo.do?path=1000454475&posicion=4&presentacion=pagina here] and 1962.Imperio 18.10.62, available [https://prensahistorica.mcu.es/es/catalogo_imagenes/grupo.do?path=1000121958&posicion=4&presentacion=pagina here] He received Gran Cruz de Isabél la Católica, Gran Cruz del Mérito CivilHoja Oficial de Lunes 31.12.62, available [https://prensahistorica.mcu.es/es/catalogo_imagenes/grupo.do?path=7150077&posicion=2&presentacion=pagina here] and Gran Cruz de la Orden de Cisneros.Pablo Bahillo Redondo, El Tribunal Especial para la represión de la Masonería y el Comunismo (Termc). 80 años después, [in:] El Obrero 04.06.20, available [https://elobrero.es/cultura/50358-el-tribunal-especial-para-la-represion-de-la-masoneria-y-el-comunismo-termc-80-anyos-despues.html here] Resident in Madrid,in Madrid Granell lived at Calle Diego de León, Joaquín Urios, Evocacion [in:] Buris-Ana 66 (1963), p. 7 he became the unofficial Burriana representative in the capitalRecordando a don Juan Granell Pascual, [in:] Buris-Ana 66 (1963), p. 4 and was credited for numerous local investments, be it the road and railway infrastructure development, water delivery and drainage system upgrades, refurbishment and enhancement of Guardia Civil offices, extension of piers and construction of new buildings in the harbor,Un ex-alcalde, D. Miguel Gil Viñes, hace balance de la ayda recibida de D. Juan Granell en el tiempo de su gestión municipal, [in:] Buris-Ana 66 (1963), p. 6 saving local college from closureJoaquín Cardenal, Deuda de gratitud, [in:] Buris-Ana 66 (1963), p. 5 and especially reconstruction of the iconic El Salvador church bell-tower, blown up by retreating Republican troops.Entrevista, [in:] Buris-Ana 66 (1963), p. 8 Already in the 1940s he was declared hijo predilecto of Burriana;Vida social 1941 entry, [in] Valenpedia service, available [http://valenpedia.lasprovincias.es/historia-valencia/1941/vida_social here] after deathGranell died due to angina pectoris, Burriana de luto, [in:] Buris-Ana 66 (1963), p. 4 a large plaza was named after him,compare a postcard from the 1980s, [in:] Todocoleccion service, available [https://www.todocoleccion.net/postales-comunidad-valenciana/burriana-castellon-plaza-don-juan-granell-comas-aldea-n-31-anos-80~x5975564#sobre_el_lote here], also Mediterraneo 17.10.67, available [https://prensahistorica.mcu.es/es/catalogo_imagenes/grupo.do?path=5076671&posicion=3&presentacion=pagina here] to be renamed in the post-Francoist era.

• Traditionalism (Spain)
• Carlo-francoism
• Carlism
• Endesa

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• José Barcelo, El niño de la peonza, Madrid 2013, ISBN 9781494295875
• Miguel Gil Viñes, Un ex-alcalde, D. Miguel Gil Viñes, hace balance de la ayda recibida de D. Juan Granell en el tiempo de su gestión municipal, [in:] Buris-Ana 66 (1963), p. 6
• J. Calpe Usó, Semblanza política, [in:] Buris-Ana 66 (1963), pp. 5, 9
• Joaquín Urios, Evocacion [in:] Buris-Ana 66 (1963), p. 7

• [https://www.congreso.es/web/guest/historico-diputados?p_p_id=historicodiputados&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=normal&p_p_mode=view&_historicodiputados_mvcRenderCommandName=indiceDiputado&_historicodiputados_ndip=(51590) Granell's entry at the official Cortes website]
• [https://efs.efeservicios.com/foto/titulos-academicos-ingenierosmadrid-7121942-aula-magna-escuela-especial-ingenieros-industriales-ministro/8000547612 Granell in the EFE photos from the 1940s]
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20211005110016/http://sunserver.es/butlletinsabc/butlleti_066.pdf homage edition of Buris-Ana, dedicated to Granell]
• [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhK1ER3B4Hg Por Dios y por España; contemporary Carlist propaganda]

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