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Lluís Companys i Jover
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Lluís Companys i Jover ( 21 June 1882 – 15 October 1940) was a Catalan politician and leader of the Esquerra Party (Esquerra Republicana de Catalunya). He served as Minister of the Navy of the Spanish Republic, and President of Catalan Generalitat de Catalunya in 1933.
Exiled to France in 1939 after the Spanish Civil War, he was returned by German agents to Francoist Spain, and shot at Montjuīc Castle (Barcelona) in 1940.
The principal stadium used for the 1992 Summer Olympics, located on the Montjuīc hill and currently used by the football club Espanyol, is officially named in his memory.
Preceded by: Francesc Maciā i Llussā |
President of Catalonia 1934 - 1940 |
Succeeded by: Josep Irla i Bosch |
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... ˇ Francesc Maciā i Llussā ˇ Lluís Companys i Jover ˇ Josep Irla i Bosch ˇ Josep Tarradellas i Joan ˇ Jordi Pujol i Soley ˇ Pasqual Maragall i Mira |
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