Francesc Macià i Llussà

This is a Catalan name. The first family name is Macià and the second is Llussà.

Francesc Macià i Llussà
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	Estanislao Figueras In 1873
Succeeded by	Lluís Companys In 1934
Acting President of the Generalitat de Catalunya
In office April 28, 1931 – December 14, 1932
Preceded by	himself As Acting President of the Catalan Republic
Succeeded by	himself As President of the Generalitat de Catalunya
Personal details
Born	(1859-09-21)21 September 1859 Vilanova i la Geltrú, Spain
Died	Barcelona, Spain
Political party	Estat Català ERC
Spouse(s)	Eugènia Lamarca i de Mier

Francesc Macià i Llussà (Catalan: [frənˈsɛsk məsiˈa]; September 21st, 1859 – December 25th, 1933) was the 122nd President of Catalonia and formerly a Catalan officer in the Spanish Army.

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.

He was the representative for Barcelona from 1914 to 1923.

In 1922 he founded the independentist party Estat Català.

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). 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.

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 25 December 1933. His funeral caused a massive demonstration of grief, similar to the death of Enric Prat de la Riba. 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

• Plaça de Francesc Macià, Barcelona

External links

• Biography (Catalan)
• Macià proclaiming the Catalan Republic

Political offices
Preceded by Himself, as Acting President of the Generalitat de Catalunya, but in 1716, Josep de Vilamala	President of the Generalitat de Catalunya 1932–1933	Succeeded by Lluís Companys
Preceded by Himself, as Acting President of the Catalan Republic	Acting President of the Generalitat de Catalunya 1931–1932	Succeeded by Himself, as President of the Generalitat de Catalunya
Preceded by Estanislao Figueras, in 1873	Acting President of the Catalan Republic 1931	Succeeded by Himself, as Acting President of the Generalitat de Catalunya, but Lluís Companys, as Acting President of the Catalan Republic, in 1934
Party political offices
Preceded by New title	President of EC 1922–1933	Succeeded by Josep Dencàs i Puigdollers
Preceded by New title	President of ERC 1931–1933	Succeeded by Lluís Companys