Francesc Macià i Llussà
Francesc Macià i Llussà (1859 - 1933) was the 122nd President of Catalonia. He was also a Catalan officer in the Spanish Army.[1]
Life
Macià achieved the rank of lieutenant-colonel during his military career. He condemned the assault of some Spanish officers on the journal La Veu de Catalunya in 1905. He was forced to abandon the army. [2]
In 1922 he founded the independentist party Estat Català.[3]
In 1926 he attempted a revolt against the Spanish dictatorship of Miguel Primo de Rivera. This uprising was based in Prats de Molló (Roussillon). It was aborted by the French Gendarmerie, but it gained a lot of popularity for his cause in Catalonia.
In 1931 Macià proclaimed the Free Catalan Republic in Barcelona. He 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.
Francesc Macià I Llussà Media
Francesc Macià proclaiming the Catalan Republic in Plaça de Sant Jaume, Barcelona, 14 April 1931
Tomb of Francesc Macià, located in Montjuïc Cemetery
References
- ↑ Masanés, Cristina (October 2009). "Els orígens del mite". Sapiens (in Catalan). 84.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) - ↑ Esculies, Joan (October 2012). "El cavaller de l'ideal". Sàpiens (in Catalan). Barcelona. 121: 22–28. ISSN 1695-2014.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) - ↑ Esculies, Joan (December 2013). "Macià, el paradigma dels conversors a l'independentisme". Ara (in Catalan): 12.
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