Antoni Rovira i Virgili
Antoni Rovira i Virgili | |
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4th President of the Catalan Parliament | |
In office October 15, 1940 – December 5, 1949 | |
Preceded by | Josep Irla |
Succeeded by | Manuel Serra i Moret |
Personal details | |
Born | Tarragona (Catalonia, Spain) | November 26, 1882
Died | December 5, 1949 Perpignan (Northern Catalonia, France) | (aged 67)
Political party | Federal 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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