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Josep Irla i Bosch | |
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 Josep Irla, Catalonian president in exile during 1940–1954 | |
| 124th[1] President of the Government of Catalonia (in exile) | |
| In office 15 October 1940 – 7 August 1954 (In exile) | |
| Preceded by | Lluís Companys |
| Succeeded by | Josep Tarradellas |
| 3rd President of the Parliament of Catalonia | |
| In office 1 October 1938 – 15 October 1940 | |
| Preceded by | Joan Casanovas i Maristany |
| Succeeded by | Antoni Rovira |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 24 October 1874 Sant Feliu de Guíxols, Baix Empordà, Catalonia, Kingdom of Spain |
| Died | 19 September 1958 (aged 83) Saint-Raphaël, Provence, French Fourth Republic |
| Political party | Republican Left of Catalonia |
Josep Irla i Bosch (Catalan pronunciation: [ʒuˈzɛp ˈiɾləj ˈβɔsk]; 24 October 1874 – 19 September 1958)[2] was a Catalan businessman and politician.[3] He was a deputy in the Parliament of Catalonia and the Spanish Congress in 1932, as an Esquerra Republicana de Catalunya affiliate. He was also the last President of Parliament of Catalonia at the end of Republican Catalan resistance in the Spanish Civil War, before Francisco Franco abolished the Generalitat of Catalonia. He was elected President of the Parliament of Catalonia on 1 October 1938.[a] In office, Irla pushed for cooperation with the allies, Basque nationalists and other anti-Francoist groups, though excluding the communists.[3] He became the President-in-exile of the Generalitat after Lluís Companys was executed.[3] During his time as President-in-exile, he established a Government in exile, and appointed Josep Tarradellas as Conseller en Cap (Prime Minister). He resigned as President in 1954.[3]
- ^ "Presidents of the Generalitat". catalangovernment.eu. Generalitat de Catalunya. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
- ^ "Bosch and Josep Irla (1938–1940)". Presidents of Parliament (in Catalan, Spanish, English, Basque, Galician, and Occitan). Parlament de Catalunya. Archived from the original on 22 July 2013. Retrieved 3 March 2012.
- ^ a b c d The failure of Catalanist opposition to Franco (1939–1950), Casilda Güell, P87
- ^ La Vanguardia, 2 October 1938, p. 5:
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