Second Spanish Republic

Spanish Republic
*República Española*
Spanish Republic República Española
1931–1939
	Flag Coat of arms
	Motto: Plus Ultra (Latin); Further Beyond
	Anthem: Himno de Riego; Anthem of Riego
	European borders of the Second Spanish Republic, as well as the Spanish protectorate in Morocco
Capital and largest city	Madrid
Official languages	Spanish
Government	Unitary semi-presidential republic
President
• 1931–1936	Niceto Alcalá-Zamora
• 1936 (interim)	Diego Martínez Barrio
• 1936–1939	Manuel Azaña
Prime Minister
• 1931 (first)	Niceto Alcalá-Zamora
• 1937–1939 (last)	Juan Negrín López
Legislature	Congress of Deputies
Historical era	Interwar period
• Proclamation	14 April 1931
• Constitution adopted	9 December 1931
• Revolution of 1934	5-19 October 1934
• Spanish Civil War	17 July 1936
• Fall of the Republic	1 April 1939
Currency	Spanish peseta
Preceded by	Succeeded by
	Kingdom of Spain
Spanish State
Spanish Republican; Government-in-Exile
	↑ In wartime, as Madrid was under siege since the Fall of 1936, Government moved to Valencia in 1936 and to Barcelona in 1937.; ↑ Catalan was also official in Catalonia since 1932 as well as Basque in the Basque Country since 1936.;

The Spanish Republic (Spanish: República Española), commonly known as the Second Spanish Republic (Spanish: Segunda República Española), was the government in Spain from 1931 to 1939. The Republic was proclaimed on 14 April 1931 and was dissolved on 1 April 1939.

References

↑ Payne, Stanley G. (1993) Spain's First Democracy: The Second Republic, 1931–1936, pp. 62–3. Univ of Wisconsin Press. Google Books. Retrieved 2 October 2013.

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[1] In wartime, as Madrid was under siege since the Fall of 1936, Government moved to Valencia in 1936 and to Barcelona in 1937.

[2] Catalan was also official in Catalonia since 1932 as well as Basque in the Basque Country since 1936.

[3] Payne, Stanley G. (1993) Spain's First Democracy: The Second Republic, 1931–1936, pp. 62–3. Univ of Wisconsin Press. Google Books. Retrieved 2 October 2013.