Josep Tarradellas
Josep Tarradellas i Joan Marquess of Tarradellas | |
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125th President of the Government of Catalonia | |
In office 7 August 1954 – 28 April 1980 (In exile from 7 August 1954 to 17 October 1977) | |
Monarch | Juan Carlos I |
Preceded by | Josep Irla |
Succeeded by | Jordi Pujol |
Minister of Governance of the Government of Catalonia Minister of Governance and Health (14 December 1932 – 24 January 1933) | |
In office 29 December 1931 – 24 January 1933 | |
First Minister of the Government of Catalonia Prime Minister and Minister of Finance (26 September 1936 – 3 April 1937) and (16 April 1937 – 5 May 1937) Prime Minister and Minister of Finance and Culture (3 April 1937 – 16 April 1937) | |
In office 26 September 1936 – 5 May 1937 | |
Minister of Economy and Public Services of the Government of Catalonia | |
In office 6 August 1936 – 26 September 1936 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Cervelló, Baix Llobregat, Catalonia, Kingdom of Spain | February 19, 1899
Died | June 10, 1988 Barcelona, Catalonia, Kingdom of Spain | (aged 89)
Political party | ERC |
Spouse | Antònia Macià i Gómez |
Josep Tarradellas i Joan (Catalan pronunciation: [ʒuˈzɛp tərəˈðeʎəs]), 1st Marquess of Tarradellas (Cervelló, Baix Llobregat, Catalonia, Kingdom of Spain; 1899 – Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain; 1988) was a Spanish politician.[1][2]
Biography
In 1931, he became general secretary of the Republican Left of Catalonia (ERC).[3] He also was deputy at the Cortes this year, Governance and Health councillor when Francesc Macià was President of the Generalitat of Catalonia as well as Public Services, Economy and Culture councillor during the Spanish Civil War.
Exiled to France since 1939, he became President of the Generalitat of Catalonia when Josep Irla resigned, in 1954.[4]
Two years after Francisco Franco's death (1975), the President of the Spanish Government Adolfo Suárez met him to negotiate the reestablishment of the Government of Catalonia, an event which occurred on October 23, 1977.[5] The sentence pronounced at his arrival has become really famous in a symbolic way: "Ciutadans de Catalunya, ja sóc aquí!" (Catalan for "Citizens of Catalonia, I am here at last!").
He was welcomed solemnly in Barcelona and set up a unity government. He finished his work with the elections for the Catalan Parliament (March 1980), and Jordi Pujol was elected in April.
On July 24, 1986 Tarradellas received the hereditary title marqués de Tarradellas (English: Marquess of Tarradellas) from King Juan Carlos I. Tarradellas died in Barcelona in 1988. The hereditary marquessate is now held by his son, who became the second marquess.[6]
References
- ^ "Josep Tarradellas i Joan | enciclopèdia.cat". www.enciclopedia.cat (in Catalan). Enciclopèdia Catalana. Retrieved November 30, 2017.
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(help) - ^ "Josep Tarradellas i Joan | Catalan politician". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved November 30, 2017.
- ^ "Taradellas Joan, José". Congreso de los Diputados. Retrieved November 30, 2017.
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(help) - ^ L'obra de govern de Josep Tarradellas (1936-1977) : I Simposi d'Història sobre Josep Tarradellas. Bonamusa, Francesc, Alegre, Josep., Bricall, Josep Maria, Montilla Aguilera, José, Arxiu de Poblet. (1. ed.). Lleida: Pagès Editors. 2008. ISBN 9788497796613. OCLC 314357136.
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: CS1 maint: others (link) - ^ Pons, Marc (October 22, 2017). "Ciutadans de Catalunya, ja soc aquí!". ElNacional.cat. Retrieved November 30, 2017.
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(help) - ^ "REAL DECRETO 101/2004, de 19 de enero, por el que se rehabilita, sin perjuicio de tercero de mejor derecho, el título de Marqués de Tarradellas, a favor de don Josep Tarradellas i Macià" (PDF). BOE. 25: 3662. January 4, 2004.
External links
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- Tarradellas, Josep. The financial work of the Generalitat de Catalunya. Discourse pronounced by the Honourable the Councillor of Finances Josep Tarradellas in the Parliament of Catalunya during the session of the 1st March 1938. Barcelona: 1938. 61 p. ; 27 cm.
- Web page of The "Montserrat Tarradellas i Macià" Archive at the Royal Abbey of Santa Maria de Poblet, in Catalonia.