COMPANYS i JOVER, Lluis (1883-1940). Republican Catalan nationalist politician, president of the Generalitat from 1934...

COMPANYS i JOVER, Lluis (1883-1940). Republican Catalan nationalist politician, president of the Generalitat from 1934 to 1940. He proclaimed the Republic of Catalonia in 1934. Exiled after the Civil War, he was captured in France by the Gestapo, at the request of the franquist police, and transferred to Spain, where he was tortured, submitted to a council of war and finally shot in the castle of Montjuic. COMORERA, Joan (1895-1960). Spanish communist politician. In 1933 he joined the new government of the Generalitat chaired by Lluis Companys and, on January 3, 1934, Comorera was appointed Minister of Economy and Agriculture. In October of the same year he participated in the revolt that proclaimed the Catalan State. After that he was processed and imprisoned. After the Civil War, he lived in exile in France, Mexico and Moscow for several years. Ventura Gassol (1893-1980). Catalan poet, playwright and politician. Spain. Madrid (May 1935). The President of the Generalitat de Catalunya Lluis Companys and the counselors of the Generalitat. From left to right: Joan Comorera, Marti Barrera, Marti Esteve, Pere Mestres, Lluis Companys, Joan Lluhi and Ventura Gassol. Photography. SPAIN. Madrid