Francisco Barnés Salinas
| Francisco José Barnés Salinas | |
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| Minister of Public Instruction | |
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In office 12 June 1933 – 12 September 1933 |
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| Preceded by | Fernando de los Ríos Urruti |
| Succeeded by | Domingo Barnés Salinas |
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In office 15 May 1936 – 19 July 1936 |
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| Preceded by | Marcelino Domingo Sanjuán |
| Succeeded by | Marcelino Domingo Sanjuán |
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In office 19 July 1936 – 4 September 1936 |
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| Preceded by | Marcelino Domingo Sanjuán |
| Succeeded by | Jesús Hernández Tomás |
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| Born | 1877 Seville, Spain |
| Died | 1947 Mexico City, Mexico |
| Nationality | Spanish |
| Occupation | Professor, politician |
Francisco José Barnés Salinas (1877–1947) was a Spanish professor and Left Republican politician. He was Minister of Public Instruction and the Arts during the Second Spanish Republic. After the Spanish Civil War (1936–39) he went into exile in Mexico, where he died.
Francisco Barnés was born in Seville in 1877. He attended secondary school and studied Philosophy and Literature in Seville. In 1900 he was appointed catedrático (professor) by the Institute of Geography and History, and taught at the schools in Pamplona and Ávila. He was attached to the ideals of the Institución Libre de Enseñanza. Barnés married Dorotea González de la Calle, daughter of a well-known professor Urbano González Serrano. They had several children, of whom the youngest were Angelita and Juan. In 1920 Francisco Barnés joined the Instituto-Escuela, where he taught until 1936 when the Institute was closed due to the Spanish Civil War (1936–39). He implemented various pedagogical innovations at the institute.
Barnés was active in the Republican Left party. When the Second Spanish Republic was proclaimed he was a deputy in the 1931 Constituent Assembly. He was appointed a member of the Board of Trustees of the Institución Libre de Enseñanza by ministerial order on 6 August 1931. Manuel Bartolomé Cossío was president. The board selected young teachers to undertake educational missions in the most remote and isolated villages of Spain. They were carefully selected for their ability to create relaxed and friendly but serious relationships with the villagers, to avoid shocking them in any way while introducing them to modern culture.
Barnés was appointed Minister of Public Instruction in the government of Manuel Azaña in June 1933. Barnés was Minister of Public Instruction from 12 June 1933 to 12 September 1933. He succeeded Fernando de los Ríos Urruti and was succeeded by his brother, Domingo Barnés Salinas. While Minister in 1933 he and his successors, his brother Domingo Barnés and then José Pareja Yébenes, were responsible for formulating the law that excluded religious organizations from teaching, and created secular public schools to replace the religious schools. This was enshrined in the constitution.
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