Spanish II Republic

Spanish Republic

República Española

1931–1939

Flag

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Coat of arms

Motto: Plus Ultra
Further Beyond

Anthem: Himno de Riego
Anthem of Riego

Territories and colonies of the Spanish Republic:

Capital

Madrid (1931–1936)
Valencia (1936–1937)
Barcelona (1937–1939)

Common languages

Spanish^b

Government

Federal multi-party semi-presidential republic

President

• 1931–1936

Niceto Alcalá-Zamora

• 1936–1939

Manuel Azaña

Prime Minister

• 1931

Niceto Alcalá-Zamora

• 1937–1939

Juan Negrín López

Legislature

Congress of Deputies

Historical era

Interwar period

• Pronunciamiento

14 April 1931

• Constitution adopted

9 December 1931

• Spanish Civil War

17 July 1936

• Fall of the Republic

1 April 1939

Currency

Spanish peseta

ISO 3166 code

Preceded by

Succeeded by

Kingdom of Spain

Spanish State
Spanish Republican government in exile

a. Espainiako Errepublika in Basque, República Espanyola in Catalan and República Espanhola or "República Española" in Galician.
b. Catalan, Basque and Galician would gain formal officiality with the approval of the Statute of Autonomy.

The Spanish Republic (Spanish: República Española), commonly known as the Second Spanish Republic (Spanish: Segunda República Española), was the democratic government that existed in Spain from 1931 to 1939. The Republic was proclaimed on 14 April 1931, after deposing of Alfonso XIII, and it lost the Spanish Civil War on 1 April 1939 to the rebel faction, that would establish a military dictatorship under the rule of Francisco Franco.

After the proclamation of the Republic, a provisional government was established until December 1931, when the 1931 Constitution was approved a Constitutional Republic was formally established. The republican government of Manuel Azaña would start a great number of reforms to "modernize" the country. After the 1933 general election, Alejandro Lerroux (Radical Party) formed a government with the confidence and supply of the Spanish Confederation of Autonomous Right-wing Groups (CEDA). Under Lerroux's premiership, the Republic found itself before an insurrection of anarchists and socialists that took a revolutionary undertone in Asturias. The revolt was finally suppressed by the Republic with the intervention of the army. The Popular Front won the 1936 general election. On 17–18 July 1936, a coup d'etat fractured the Spanish Republican Armed Forces and partially failed, marking the beginning of the Spanish Civil War.

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