Francesc Macià i Llussà

This is a Catalan name. The first family name is Macià and the second is Llussà.

Francesc Macià i Llussà
122nd President of the Generalitat de Catalunya
In office December 14, 1932 – December 25, 1933
Preceded by	Josep de Vilamala
Succeeded by	Lluís Companys
3rd Acting President of the Catalan Republic
In office April 14, 1931 – April 28, 1931
Preceded by	Estanislao Figueras In 1873
Succeeded by	Lluís Companys i Jover In 1934
Acting President of the Generalitat de Catalunya
In office April 28, 1931 – December 14, 1932
Preceded by	himself As Acting President of the Catalan Republic
Succeeded by	himself As President of the Generalitat de Catalunya
Personal details
Born	September 21, 1859(1859-09-21) Vilanova i la Geltrú, Garraf
Died	December 25, 1933(1933-12-25) (aged 74) Barcelona, Spain
Political party	Estat Català ERC
Spouse(s)	Eugènia Lamarca

Francesc Macià i Llussà (Catalan: [frənˈsɛsk məsiˈa]; 1859–1933) was the 122nd President of Catalonia formerly a Catalan officer in the Spanish Army.

Life

He achieved the rank of lieutenant-colonel during his military career. He condemned the assault of some Spanish officers on the journal La Veu de Catalunya in 1905, and was forced to abandon the army.

He was the representative for Barcelona from 1914 to 1923.

In 1922 he founded the independentist party Estat Català.

In 1926 he attempted an insurrection against the Spanish dictatorship of Miguel Primo de Rivera. This uprising, the aim of which was to achieve the independence of Catalonia, was based in Prats de Molló (Roussillon). Although it was aborted by the French Gendarmerie, it gained a lot of popularity for his cause in Catalonia.

In 1931, after the elections that caused the exile of Alfonso XIII of Spain and gave the local majority to his party Esquerra Republicana de Catalunya (ERC), Macià proclaimed the Free Catalan Republic in Barcelona, but was forced afterwards to settle for partial autonomy within the new Spanish Republic. Macià was the President of Generalitat from 1932 until his death in 1933. He is buried at the Montjuïc Cemetery in Barcelona's Montjuïc hill.

Political offices
Preceded by Himself, as Acting President of the Generalitat de Catalunya, but in 1716, Josep de Vilamala	President of the Generalitat de Catalunya 1932–1933	Succeeded by Lluís Companys i Jover
Preceded by Himself, as Acting President of the Catalan Republic	Acting President of the Generalitat de Catalunya 1931–1932	Succeeded by Himself, as President of the Generalitat de Catalunya
Preceded by Estanislao Figueras, in 1873	Acting President of the Catalan Republic 1931	Succeeded by Himself, as Acting President of the Generalitat de Catalunya, but Lluís Companys i Jover, as Acting President of the Catalan Republic, in 1934
Party political offices
Preceded by New title	President of EC 1922–1933	Succeeded by Josep Dencàs i Puigdollers
Preceded by New title	President of ERC 1931–1933	Succeeded by Lluís Companys i Jover

See also

• Plaça de Francesc Macià, Barcelona

External links

• Biography (Catalan)
• Macià proclaming the Catalan Republic