“Today is a very sad day for the Blas Infante Foundation. María de los Ángeles Infante, daughter of the Father of the Andalusian Homeland, has passed away.” With this message published on social networks, the death of the woman who had been president of the entity at 93 years of age was announced today. “She will always be in our hearts and in our memories,” she expressed.
It didn’t take long for messages of condolences to arrive from Andalusian society as well as from some political representatives, including the president of the Board, Juanma Moreno, who has sent “condolences to his family and to all those we esteem, love and “We also respect, protect and promote that Andalusian feeling that we carry so deep in our hearts.”
María de los Ángeles’ son, Javier Delmás Infante, son of María de los Ángeles, in an interview with Canal Sur Radio, explained that the daughter of the author of Ideal Andaluz died “a few hours ago, on the verge” of turning 94. years, an age he would have reached on August 2, as detailed. In addition, he has reported that her wake has been set up at the funeral home on SE-30 in Seville.
The president of the Junta de Andalucía, Juanma Moreno, publicly expressed his condolences during his speech at an informative breakfast, where he wanted to convey his “sadness and regret” over this sad news.
For his part, the president of the Andalusian Parliament, Jesús Aguirre, has also evoked the figure of María de los Ángeles Infante in a media address in Córdoba. On behalf “not only of the Parliament of Andalusia, but of all Andalusians, condolences to the family” of Blas Infante’s daughter, whom he has claimed as “a reference,” he expressed.
The President of Parliament recalled that María de los Ángeles told how her father, her mother and herself, “with some pieces of white and green fabric, they began to sew and made the first Andalusian flag, our white and green flag.” “A reason for pride,” added Jesús Aguirre.
The mayor of Seville, José Luis Sanz, has also expressed his condolences for the death of Blas Infante’s daughter, whom he has claimed as “bearer of the memory of his great legacy of Andalusia” through a note on his account. of ‘X’ in which the Seville councilor also thanked María Ángeles Infante “for having made the motto of our shield a reality: Andalusia for itself, for Spain and Humanity.”
The Blas Infante Foundation, which in 2022 received the Andalusian ‘Manuel Clavero Arévalo’ medal, was founded on January 21, 1983 for the study of the life, work and thought of Blas Infante, author of the Andalusian Ideal, considered the father of Andalusianism and promoter of autonomous Andalusia, as well as the investigation of historical Andalusianism and its figures, as well as its influence on Andalusian politics and society, in addition to the dissemination of Andalusian culture.
It has its headquarters in the House of the Moro King of Seville, a building from the late 15th century and early 16th century, and was the first foundation in Andalusia.
Its constitution was signed by María de los Ángeles Infante García herself, representing the family, and Rafael Escuredo, as then president of the Junta de Andalucía.
