Lluís Companys
| Lluís Companys | |
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 123th President of the Generalitat de Catalunya |
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In office December 25, 1933 – October 15, 1940 (Acting until January 1, 1934 In exile from January 23, 1939 to October 15, 1940) |
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| Preceded by | Francesc Macià |
| Succeeded by | Josep Irla |
| 4th Acting President of the Catalan Republic | |
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In office October 6, 1934 – October 7, 1934 |
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| Preceded by |
Francesc Macià In 1931 |
| Succeeded by | Himself, as President of the Generalitat de Catalunya |
| 1st President of the Parliament of Catalonia | |
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In office December 14, 1932 – June 20, 1933 |
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| Preceded by | New title |
| Succeeded by | Joan Casanovas i Maristany |
| Minister of the Marine of Spain | |
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In office June 20, 1933 – September 12, 1933 |
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| Preceded by | José Giral |
| Succeeded by | Vicente Iranzo Enguita |
| Personal details | |
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June 21, 1882 El Tarròs, Urgell |
| Died | October 15, 1940 (aged 58) Montjuïc, Barcelona |
| Nationality | Spanish |
| Political party | ERC |
| Spouse(s) | Mercè Micó (div.) Carme Ballester |
| Children | Lluís (1911–1956) |
Lluís Companys i Jover (Catalan pronunciation: [ʎuˈis kumˈpaɲs]) (El Tarròs, Spain, June 21, 1882 – Montjuïc Castle in Barcelona, Spain, October 15, 1940) was the President of Catalonia (Spain), from 1934 and during the Spanish Civil War.
He was a lawyer and leader of the Republican Left of Catalonia (ERC) political party. Exiled after the war, he was captured and handed over by the Nazi secret police, the Gestapo, to the Spanish dictatorship of Francisco Franco, who had him executed by firing squad in 1940. Companys is the only incumbent democratically elected president in European history to have been executed, and seventy-five years later the council of war which sentenced him is still in force.
Born in El Tarròs, on June 21, 1882 into a peasant family with aristocratic roots, he was the second child of ten. His parents were Josep Companys and Maria Lluïsa de Jover. His parents sent him to Barcelona in order to study at the boarding school of Liceu Poliglot. Later, after obtaining his degree in law from the University of Barcelona, where he met Francesc Layret, Companys participated in the political life of Catalonia from a young age. In 1906, as a result of the military attack of the offices of Catalan newspapers Cu-Cut! and La Veu de Catalunya, and after the passing of the Ley de Jurisdicciones ("Law of Jurisdictions"), which made speech against Spain and its symbols a criminal offence, he participated in the creation of Solidaritat Catalana.
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