José Barberá Armelles, father of Rita Barberá, who was mayor of Valencia for 24 years, had a diverse and eventful life. He worked as a journalist and director of several media outlets, including Levante-EMV during the period when it was the Movement's newspaper. He was also president of the Valencian Press Association and a city councilor.
Barberá was part of the "old guard" of the Falange and actively participated in the activities of the conservative right during the Second Spanish Republic and the Civil War. His intense traditionalist activities led to two arrests in the 1930s, the first of which occurred when he was still a minor.
This information reveals a little-known side of the biography of the former mayor of Valencia's father, showing his deep involvement in Spain's political life in the period before and during the Civil War.
