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Lluís Companys

1882 - 1940

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Lluís Companys i Jover (Catalan pronunciation: [ʎuˈis kumˈpaɲs]; 21 June 1882 – 15 October 1940) was a Catalan politician who served as president of Catalonia from 1934 and during the Spanish Civil War. Companys was a lawyer close to the labour movement and one of the most prominent leaders of the Republican Left of Catalonia (ERC) political party, founded in 1931. He had a key role in the events of the proclamation and first steps of the Second Spanish Republic. Appointed president of the Generalitat of Catalonia in 1934, 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Lluís Companys is the 2,989th most popular politician (up from 3,032nd in 2019), the 240th most popular biography from Spain (up from 263rd in 2019) and the 83rd most popular Spanish Politician.

Lluís Companys is most famous for their high-quality wines.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Lluís Companys ranks 2,989 out of 19,576. Before him are Thomas of Woodstock, 1st Duke of Gloucester, Longqing Emperor, Agha Mohammad Khan Qajar, Ferhat Abbas, Victor Amadeus I, Duke of Savoy, and Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. After him are Chlothar IV, Eric IV of Denmark, Beatrice I, Countess of Burgundy, Tiridates III of Armenia, Pleistarchus, and Sima Zhao.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1882, Lluís Companys ranks 47. Before him are Karol Szymanowski, Jacques Maritain, Hugh Dowding, A. A. Milne, Moritz Schlick, and Nicolai Hartmann. After him are Otto Neurath, Yanka Kupala, Boris Shaposhnikov, Izz ad-Din al-Qassam, Jean Giraudoux, and Aleksandra Ekster. Among people deceased in 1940, Lluís Companys ranks 27. Before him are Wladimir Köppen, Spyridon Louis, Ze'ev Jabotinsky, Gerda Wegener, Jesse Livermore, and Kyösti Kallio. After him are Eugène Dubois, Italo Balbo, Paul Gottlieb Nipkow, Vito Volterra, Katharina Schratt, and Édouard Vuillard.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Lluís Companys ranks 240 out of 3,355. Before him are Alfonso the Battler (1073), Alfonso III of Aragon (1265), Kane (1967), María Isabella of Spain (1789), Luis Carrero Blanco (1904), and Louis I of Spain (1707). After him are Princess María de las Mercedes of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (1910), Eleanor of Toledo (1522), Sancho II of Castile and León (1036), Queen Letizia of Spain (1972), Abd al-Rahman ibn Abd Allah al-Ghafiqi (650), and Gaius Julius Vindex (25).

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Among POLITICIANS In Spain

Among politicians born in Spain, Lluís Companys ranks 83. Before him are Adolfo Suárez (1932), Petronilla of Aragon (1136), Reccared I (510), Alfonso the Battler (1073), Alfonso III of Aragon (1265), and Louis I of Spain (1707). After him are Princess María de las Mercedes of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (1910), Eleanor of Toledo (1522), Sancho II of Castile and León (1036), Abd al-Rahman ibn Abd Allah al-Ghafiqi (650), Gaius Julius Vindex (25), and Louis Blanc (1811).

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