Antoni Rovira i Virgili

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Antoni Rovira i Virgili
4th President of the Catalan Parliament
In office
October 15, 1940 – December 5, 1949
Preceded byJosep Irla
Succeeded byManuel Serra i Moret
Personal details
Born(1882-11-26)November 26, 1882
Tarragona (Catalonia, Spain)
DiedDecember 5, 1949(1949-12-05) (aged 67)
Perpignan (Northern Catalonia, France)
Political partyFederal Nationalist Republican Union
(1910–1913)
Catalan Action
(1922–1930)
Republican Action of Catalonia
(1930–1932)
ERC
(1932–1949)

Antoni Rovira i Virgili (Catalan pronunciation: [ənˈtɔni ruˈβiɾə j βiɾˈʒili]) (November 26, 1882 – December 5, 1949) was a Catalan Spanish politician and journalist who was president of Catalonia's Parliament in exile after the Spanish Civil War. His term of office lasted from 1940 to 1949.

Rovira i Virgili University in Tarragona and Reus is named after him.

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