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Lluís Companys i Jover was a Catalan politician from Spain who served as president of Catalonia from 1934 and during the Spanish Civil War.
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politics · Spanish lawyer and politician (1882–1940) · politician · lawyer · trade unionist · jurist · head of government · editing staff · also Lluís Companys, Lluis Companys, Lluis Companys i Jover, Lluís Companys i Jover, Companys
Born 21 June 1882 · Died 15 October 1940 · Q7981
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This age of ours consequently has let fall, bit by bit, some of the richest and sweetest fruits that the tree of knowledge has yielded; has thrown away the results of the vigils and labours of the most illustrious men of genius, things of more value, I am almost tempted to say, than anything else in the whole world.
“This age of ours consequently has let fall, bit by bit, some of the richest and sweetest fruits that the tree of knowledge has yielded; has thrown away the results of the vigils and labours of the most illustrious men of genius, things of more value, I am almost tempted to say, than anything else in the whole world.”
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El Catalán: Hace ahora noventa años, el aterrador baile de sangre en la Cataluña presidida por Lluís Companys
FC Barcelona: The FC Barcelona – Paris Saint-Germain match will be played at the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys
Cadena SER: El Barça-PSG es jugarà a l'Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys, a Montjuïc
Reuters: Barca to play Champions League clash v PSG at Lluis Companys
as.com: Why are Barcelona playing at Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys? When will Camp Nou reopen?
Mundo Deportivo: Patri Guijarro hopes the final will be at Lluís Companys
Cadena SER: Homenatge a Lluís Companys marcat per les negociacions per la investidura
FC Barcelona: Three big games at Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys
Indiatimes: Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys, FC Barcelona's new home for the 2023-24 season
FC Barcelona: Previous Gampers at Lluís Companys Olympic Stadium
as.com: Barcelona to leave Camp Nou: where is Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys in Montjuïc?
La Vanguardia: Barcelona ret homenatge a LLuís Companys
EL PAÍS: La construcció de Lluís Companys
La Vanguardia: Justícia per a Lluís Companys, per Borja de Riquer i Permanyer
Víctor Gay Zaragoza, a Catalan writer, found that Companys and Colubí were relatives
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A monument to Companys was installed near Arc de Triomf, on Passeig de Lluís Companys in Barcelona
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“Lifetime Speaker's Encyclopedia”
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Died 1940-10-15.
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After the Civil War, Companys passed up various chances to leave France because his son Lluís was seriously ill in a clinic in Paris
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Was arrested in 1940 by the secret police of Nazi Germany, the Gestapo
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Companys was pardoned, and he returned to head the fractious Catalan government
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Career landmark: Chairman of Republican Left of Catalonia (1936–1940).
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Career landmark: Member of the Cortes republicanas (1936–1939).
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Career landmark: President of the Generalitat of Catalonia (1936–1940).
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After the death of the previous president, Francesc Macià, his government tried to consolidate the recently acquired Catalan self-government and implement a progressive agenda, despite the internal difficulties
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Career landmark: Minister of the Spanish Navy (1933–1933).
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Career landmark: President of the Generalitat of Catalonia (1933–1934).
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Career landmark: Chairman of Republican Left of Catalonia (1933–1934).
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Career landmark: Member of the Cortes republicanas (1933–1934).
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Career landmark: President of the Parliament of Catalonia (1932–1933).
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Companys was elected the first Speaker of the Parliament of Catalonia
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Career landmark: Member of the Parliament of Catalonia (1932–1939).
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Career landmark: civil governor of Barcelona (1931–1931).
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Career landmark: Member of the Cortes republicanas (1931–1933).
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Career landmark: city councilor of Barcelona (1930–1931).
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Companys was one of the founders of the peasants' trade union Unió de Rabassaires, where he worked as lawyer and director of the La Terra magazine during the years of the Primo de Rivera regime in the 1920s
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Career landmark: member of the Congress of Deputies (1921–1923).
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Career landmark: city councilor of Barcelona (1918–1921).
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Was classified as a "dangerous individual" in police records
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The military pressured and attacked the offices of Catalan newspapers Cu-Cut
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Born 1882-06-21.
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