page_title: Juan José Palomino Jiménez
section_title: Carlist: inactivity and resurgence (1937–1967)
hierarchical_section_title: Juan José Palomino Jiménez / Carlist: inactivity and resurgence (1937–1967)
caption_attribution_description: Español: Reunión anual de los carlistas en el cerro de Los Ángeles en Madrid. En lugar del príncipe Carlos Hugo, asistió la princesa Irene.Nederlands: Jaarlijkse bijeenkomst van Carlisten op de Los Angeles berg bij Madrid. In plaats van prins Carel Hugo is prinses Irene aanwezig
context_page_description: Juan José Palomino Jiménez was a Spanish entrepreneur and politician. In business he is known mostly as co-owner and manager of Palomino & Vergara, a sherry brand popular in Spain and beyond between the 1930s and the 1960s; he also contributed to development of the xérès winegrowing business. Politically he supported the Traditionalist cause. In 1932 he was involved in Sanjurjada, a coup intended to topple the Republican government. In 1933–1936 he served as a Carlist deputy to the Cortes, while in 1968–1971 he was president of Junta Suprema Tradicionalista, the top Carlist executive structure.
context_section_description: There is scarcely any information on Palomino's political engagements between the late 1930s and the late 1950s. None of historiographic works dealing with Carlism of the so-called primer franquismo mentions his name; the only episodes identified refer to religious activities and are vaguely flavored with Traditionalism, like his 1940 co-founding of a Catholic publishing house or a 1946 pilgrimage to Rome. However, Palomino at least maintained correspondence with party heavyweights. When in 1956-1958 the official Carlism turned a corner and changed its non-collaboration stand versus Francoism to cautious rapprochement, Palomino was on good terms with leaders of both currents, the departing leader Manual Fal and the new one José María Valiente. It is known that at the moment of takeover in 1957 Palomino was a “jefe regional de Sevilla”, which probably stands for leadership in Western Andalusia; Valiente intended to nominate him the head for entire Andalusia, which generated some dissent in the local Granada jeafatura. The idea was probably abandoned, as in 1962 Palomino was still noted as the CT leader in Andalusia Occidental.
  Palomino was noted mostly for ceremonial roles in the party, e.g. in the late 1950s he entertained the Carlist infante Don Carlos Hugo or in the early 1960s he played host to infanta María de las Nieves during their tours to Seville and around. It started to change with mid-decade approaching; in 1963 he co-signed “El Carlismo y la unidad católica”, an official party document which voiced against the perspective of introducing religious liberty in Spain. One year earlier he was nominated to a 6-member Comisión Especial de Estudios Económicos, a party body entrusted with sanating the ailing CT budget, always in dramatic shortage of cash. The appointment was related to his image of a successful businessman, “hombre de impresa” active in various chambers of commerce and capable of pulling many strings. However, it seems that at this role he did not meet expectations; in 1964 Palomino was noted struggling to sort things out. In 1965 he was eventually appointed the carlist jefe in all of Andalusia; his public activity was about opening new party círculos or presiding over grand requeté ex-combatant rallies.
  Until the mid-1960s Palomino was not noted for any role in decision-making process within the party. At the time it was increasingly divided between the Traditionalists and the new breed of militants grouped around Don Carlos Hugo, who pursued an increasingly heterodox agenda. It is not clear whether Palomino engaged in rivalry between the two factions, though his unswerving loyalty to the dynasty, shared with his close friend Fal, rendered him a potential ally of the Huguistas. When in 1965 they enforced major shakeup in party executive strucutes, by some dubbed “internal coup within Carlism”, Palomino found himself promoted; he entered Junta de Gobierno, a new collegial body auxiliary to the party jefe Valiente. In 1966 CT introduced a new command layer, “delgaciones regias”, with Spain divided into 5 zones; Palomino was nominated head of “South of Spain”.
caption: Carlist rally near Madrid, mid-1960s
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