Lluis Companys
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Lluís Companys i Jover Order: 123th President of the Generalitat Term of Office: 1 January 1934 - 15 October 1940 Predecessor: Francesc Maciā Successor: Josep Irla Date of Birth: 21 June 1882 Place of Birth: El Tarrōs, Urgell Date of Death: 15 October 1940 Place of Death: Barcelona Political Party: ERC

Lluís Companys 1883-1940 - Catalan politician, 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 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.

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