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Lluís Companys
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123rd President of Catalonia (1934–1940)
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Lluís Companys i Jover was a Spanish politician, lawyer, trade unionist, and jurist. He served as the President of the Generalitat of Catalonia and was a member of the Republican Left of Catalonia and the Republican Union. His political ideology encompassed Catalan nationalism and Republicanism. He spoke Spanish and Catalan and worked in Madrid and Barcelona.
Born in El Tarròs, he was educated at the University of Barcelona. He was married to Carme Ballester i Llasat. Companys died by capital punishment via gunshot wound at Montjuïc Castle on October 15, 1940. He is buried at the Fossar de la Pedrera.
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Film & TV
Known for
- Teruel has Fallen1937
- Spain 1936 — Archive footage1937
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Key facts
- President
- Niceto Alcalá-Zamora , Manuel Azaña
- Preceded by
- Francesc Macià
- Succeeded by
- Josep Irla
- Prime minister
- Manuel Azaña
- Born
- ( 1882-06-21 ) 21 June 1882, El Tarròs , Urgell , Catalonia , Spain
- Died
- 15 October 1940 (1940-10-15) (aged 58), Montjuïc , Barcelona , Catalonia, Spain
- Cause of death
- Execution by firing squad
- Party
- Catalan Republican Party , Republican Left of Catalonia
- Spouse s
- Mercè Micó (div.) , Carme Ballester
- Children
- Lluís (1911–1956)
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Lluís
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Spain
- Place of birth
- El Tarròs
- Place of death
- Montjuïc Castle
- Occupation
- trade unionist
- Languages spoken
- Catalan
- Image
- Lluís Companys.jpg
- Work location
- Barcelona
- Political ideology
- Republicanism
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- Commons category
- Lluís Companys
- place of burial
- Fossar de la Pedrera
- date of birth
- 1883-06-21
- date of death
- 1940-10-15
- cause of death
- gunshot wound
- manner of death
- capital punishment
- name in native language
- Lluís Companys i Jover
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Encyclopedic overview
Lluís Companys i Jover ( Catalan pronunciation: [ʎuˈis kumˈpaɲs]; 21 June 1882 – 15 October 1940) was a Catalan politician from Spain who served as president of Catalonia from 1934 and during the Spanish Civil War.
Companys was a lawyer close to the labour movement and one of the most prominent leaders of the Republican Left of Catalonia (ERC) political party, founded in 1931. He had a key role in the events of the proclamation and first steps of the Second Spanish Republic. Appointed president of the Generalitat of Catalonia in 1934 after the death of the previous president, Francesc Macià, his government tried to consolidate the recently acquired Catalan self-government and implement a progressive agenda, despite the internal difficulties. Opposed to the inclusion of the right-wing CEDA party in the coalition Spanish government during the strikes and insurgency in October 1934, on 6 October he proclaimed a new Catalan State. He and Catalan government officials were subsequently arrested and imprisoned.
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