Francesc Macià
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Francesc Macià i Llussà | |
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 122nd President of the Generalitat de Catalunya | |
| In office 14 December 1932 – 25 December 1933 | |
| Preceded by | Josep de Vilamala |
| Succeeded by | Lluís Companys |
| 3rd Acting President of the Catalan Republic | |
| In office 14 April 1931 – 28 April 1931 | |
| Preceded by | Baldomer Lostau In 1873 |
| Succeeded by | Lluís Companys In 1934 |
| Acting President of the Generalitat de Catalunya | |
| In office 28 April 1931 – 14 December 1932 | |
| Preceded by | himself As Acting President of the Catalan Republic |
| Succeeded by | himself As President of the Generalitat de Catalunya |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 21 September 1859 Vilanova i la Geltrú, Spain |
| Died | 25 December 1933 (aged 74) Barcelona, Spain |
| Political party | Estat Català ERC |
| Spouse | Eugènia Lamarca i de Mier |
Francesc Macià i Llussà (Catalan: [frənˈsɛsk məsiˈa]; 21 September 1859 – 25 December 1933) was the 122nd President of Catalonia and formerly a Catalan officer in the Spanish Army.[1][2]
Life
He achieved the rank of lieutenant-colonel during his military career. He condemned the assault of some Spanish officers on the journal Cu-Cut in 1905, and was forced to abandon the army.[3]
He was the representative for Barcelona from 1914 to 1923.
In 1922 he founded the independentist party Estat Català.[4]
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).[5] He was arrested in France for this and was convicted and sentenced to two months in jail and a fine of 100 francs. He left France for Brussels in March 1927. In April 1930 he returned to Spain after being pardoned; he was exiled again but returned once more in February 1931.[6]
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.
Death
He died on 25 December 1933. His funeral caused a massive demonstration of grief, similar to the death of Enric Prat de la Riba.[3] His remains rest in the Plaça de la Fe, the Montjuïc cemetery.
Documentation
In the National Archive of Catalonia preserved part of his personal collection, which consists of documentation image about the president travels throughout Catalonia and family snapshots. They are a repository of Mrs. Teresa Peyrí i Macià. The fund contains documents generated and received by Francesc Macià, personal and family documents, correspondence from the period before the Second Spanish Republic (until April 1931) and documentation produced primarily in terms of its political activity. The fund brings together documents relating to his conduct before being named president of the Generalitat of Catalonia (1907-1931): As a Member of Parliament (speeches, proclamations, and conference reports) on Catalan State (organization, reports, proclamations, calls, publications, etc.)., on Catalan Army (constitution, rules and organization, information mapping and geographic pathways) and on the corresponding period in the Directory of General Primo de Rivera. Finally, note the collection of photographs made in mostly pictures of presidential time.
See also
References
- ^ "Francesc Macià i Llussà". Catalan Encyclopaedia. March 22, 2014.
- ^ Masanés, Cristina (October 2009). "Els orígens del mite". Sapiens (in Catalan). 84.
- ^ a b Esculies, Joan (October 2012). "El cavaller de l'ideal". Sàpiens (in Catalan). 121. Barcelona: 22–28. ISSN 1695-2014.
- ^ Esculies, Joan (December 2013). "Macià, el paradigma dels conversors a l'independentisme". Ara (in Catalan): 12.
- ^ «Qui va trair Macià?» by Jordi Finestres and Giovanni Cattini, Sàpiens volume 84 (october 2009)
- ^ "Bowers Sends Condolences". The New York Times. December 26, 1933. p. 15. Retrieved April 4, 2015.
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