<sod>Iglesias was named after the 19th century "father" of Spanish socialism and founder of the Spanish Socialist Worker's Party (PSOE), [[Pablo Iglesias Posse]].<ref name=NYTmay2014/>  He is the son of Luisa Turrión, a lawyer for the trade union [[Comisiones Obreras|CCOO]], and Javier Iglesias, a labor inspector and retired history professor, and, according to Iglesias, former member of the [[Frente Revolucionario Antifascista y Patriota]].<ref>[http://blogs.publico.es/pablo-iglesias/98/el-ultimo-secretario-general/ El último secretario general], ''Público'', 18 September 2012.</ref> Pablo's grandfather Manuel Iglesias was sentenced to death in [[Francoist Spain]], but the sentence was not carried out because the accusations against him were proved to be false.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.elplural.com/2014/08/13/el-abuelo-de-pablo-iglesias-socialista-condenado-a-muerte-y-preso-por-el-franquismo/|title=El abuelo de Pablo Iglesias fue represaliado por el franquismo|date=13 August 2014|accessdate=1 October 2014|newspaper=elplural.com|language=Spanish}}</ref> His mother's grandfather was one of the founders of the General Union of Workers (UGT), one of the largest workers unions in Spain.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://ladiaria.com.uy/articulo/2014/8/el-que-puede/ |title=El que puede |date= |accessdate= |website= |publisher= |last= |first= |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140926080357/http://ladiaria.com.uy/articulo/2014/8/el-que-puede/ |archivedate=September 26, 2014 }}</ref><eod>
<sod>Iglesias was named after the 19th century "father" of Spanish socialism and founder of the Spanish Socialist Worker's Party (PSOE), [[Pablo Iglesias Posse]].<ref name=NYTmay2014/>  He is the son of Luisa Turrión, a lawyer for the trade union [[Comisiones Obreras|CCOO]], and Javier Iglesias, a labor inspector and retired history professor, and, according to Iglesias, former member of the [[Frente Revolucionario Antifascista y Patriota]].<ref>[http://blogs.publico.es/pablo-iglesias/98/el-ultimo-secretario-general/ El último secretario general], ''Público'', 18 September 2012.</ref> Pablo's grandfather Manuel Iglesias was accused by a courts-martial in [[Francoist Spain|post-Republican Spain]] of participating in the Republican government as president of a Republican military courts-martial, from which he handed down 650 sentences, but his fairness and impartiality was lauded by more than one of his former enemies, so the capital punishment to which he was sentenced by the post-Republicans was mitigated.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.elplural.com/2014/08/13/el-abuelo-de-pablo-iglesias-socialista-condenado-a-muerte-y-preso-por-el-franquismo/|title=El abuelo de Pablo Iglesias fue represaliado por el franquismo|date=13 August 2014|accessdate=1 October 2014|newspaper=elplural.com|language=Spanish}}</ref> His mother's grandfather was one of the founders of the General Union of Workers (UGT), one of the largest workers unions in Spain.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://ladiaria.com.uy/articulo/2014/8/el-que-puede/ |title=El que puede |date= |accessdate= |website= |publisher= |last= |first= |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140926080357/http://ladiaria.com.uy/articulo/2014/8/el-que-puede/ |archivedate=September 26, 2014 }}</ref><eod>