Josep Tarradellas

Josep Tarradellas i Joan
Marquess of Tarradellas

125th President of the Generalitat of Catalonia
In office
August 7, 1954  April 24, 1980
(In exile from August 7, 1954 to October 17, 1977)
Preceded by Josep Irla
Succeeded by Jordi Pujol
Minister of Governance of the Generalitat of Catalonia
Minister of Governance and Health
(December 14, 1932 – January 24, 1933)
In office
December 29, 1931  January 24, 1933
Preceded by Joan Casanovas i Maristany (Governance)
Antoni Xirau i Palau (Health and Social Assistance)
Succeeded by Joan Selves i Carner (Governance)
Josep Dencàs i Puigdollers (Health and Social Assistance)
First Minister of the Generalitat of Catalonia
Prime Minister and Minister of Finance
(September 26, 1936 – April 3, 1937) and
(April 16, 1937 – May 5, 1937)
Prime Minister and Minister of Finance and Culture
(April 3, 1937 – April 16, 1937)
In office
September 26, 1936  May 5, 1937
Preceded by Joan Casanovas i Maristany (First Minister)
Martí Esteve i Guau (Finance)
Antoni Maria Sbert i Massanet (Culture)
Succeeded by Antoni Maria Sbert i Massanet (Culture)
Carles Martí i Feced (Governance and Finance)
Minister of Economy and Public Services of the Generalitat of Catalonia
In office
August 6, 1936  September 26, 1936
Preceded by Joan Comorera i Soler (Economy)
Himself (Public Services)
Succeeded by Joan Porqueras i Fàbregas (Economy)
Joan Comorera i Soler (Public Services)
Personal details
Born (1899-02-19)February 19, 1899
Cervelló, Baix Llobregat
Died June 10, 1988(1988-06-10) (aged 89)
Barcelona
Political party ERC
Spouse(s) Antònia Macià
Religion Roman Catholicism

Josep Tarradellas i Joan, 1st Marquess of Tarradellas (Catalan pronunciation: [ʒuˈzɛp tərəˈðeʎəs]; Cervelló, Baix Llobregat 1899 – Barcelona 1988) was a Spanish politician.

In 1931 he became general secretary of the Republican Left of Catalonia (ERC). He also was deputy at the Cortes this year, Governance and Health councillor when Francesc Macià was President of the Generalitat of Catalonia as well as Public Services, Economy and Culture councillor during the Spanish Civil War.

Exiled to France since 1939, he became President of the Generalitat of Catalonia when Josep Irla resigned, in 1954.

Two years after Francisco Franco's death (1975), the President of the Spanish Government Adolfo Suárez met him to negotiate the reestablishment of the Generalitat of Catalonia, an event which occurred on October 1977. The sentence pronounced at his arrival has become really famous in a symbolic way: "Ciutadans de Catalunya, ja sóc aquí!" (Catalan for "Citizens of Catalonia, I am here at last!").

He was welcomed solemnly in Barcelona and set up a unity government. He finished his work with the elections for the Catalan Parliament (March 1980), and Jordi Pujol was elected in April.

On July 24, 1986 Tarradellas received the hereditary title marqués de Tarradellas (English: Marquess of Tarradellas) from King Juan Carlos I. Tarradellas died in Barcelona in 1988. This title does not became extinct after he died, since his son became the II Marquess (http://www.boe.es/boe/dias/2004/01/29/pdfs/A03662-03662.pdf).

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Political offices
Preceded by
Josep Irla
In exile
President of the Generalitat of Catalonia
In exile from August 7, 1954 to October 17, 1977

1954–1980
Succeeded by
Jordi Pujol
Preceded by
Joan Casanovas i Maristany
Minister of Governance of the Generalitat of Catalonia
1931–1932
Succeeded by
Himself, as Minister of Governance and Health
Preceded by
Himself, as Minister of Governance
Antoni Xirau i Palau
as Minister of Health and Social Assistance
Minister of Governance and Health of the Generalitat of Catalonia
1932–1933
Succeeded by
Joan Selves i Carner
as Minister of Governance
Josep Dencàs i Puigdollers
as Minister of Health and Social Assistance
Preceded by
New title
Minister of Public Services of the Generalitat of Catalonia
1936
Succeeded by
Himself
as Minister of Economy and Public Services
Preceded by
Joan Comorera i Soler
as Minister of Economy
himself
as Minister of Public Services
Minister of Economy and Public Services of the Generalitat of Catalonia
1936
Succeeded by
Joan Porqueras i Fàbregas
as Minister of Economy
Joan Comorera i Soler
as Minister of Public Services
Preceded by
Joan Casanovas i Maristany
as First Minister
Martí Esteve i Guau
as Minister of Finance
First Minister and Minister of Finance of the Generalitat of Catalonia
(1st time)

1936–1937
Succeeded by
Hismself
as First Minister and Minister of Finance and Culture
Preceded by
Himself
as First Minister and Minister of Finance
Antoni Maria Sbert i Massanet
as Minister of Culture
First Minister and Minister of Finance and Culture of the Generalitat of Catalonia
1937
Succeeded by
Himself
as First Minister and Minister of Finance
Antoni Maria Sbert i Massanet
as Minister of Culture
Preceded by
Himself
as First Minister and Minister of Finance and Culture
First Minister and Minister of Finance of the Generalitat of Catalonia
(2nd time)

1937
Succeeded by
Carles Martí i Feced
as Minister of Governance, Finance and Culture
Preceded by
Carles Martí i Feced
as Minister of Governance, Finance and Culture
Minister of Finance of the Generalitat of Catalonia
1937–1939
Succeeded by
Joan Josep Folchi i Bonafonte
as Minister of Economy and Finance, In 1977
Party political offices
Preceded by
Joan Lluís Pujol i Font
General Secretary of ERC
1931–1932
Succeeded by
Joan Tauler i Palomeras
Preceded by
Joan Tauler i Palomeras
General Secretary of ERC
1938–1957
Succeeded by
Joan Sauret i Garcia
Spanish nobility
New creation Marquess of Tarradellas
1986–1988
Extinct
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