Lluis Companys

Lluís Companys i Jover Order: 123th President of the Generalitat de Catalunya Term of Office: 1 January 1934 - 15 October 1940 Predecessor: Francesc Macià i Llussà Successor: Josep Irla i Bosch Date of Birth: 21 June 1882 Place of Birth: el Tarròs, Urgell Date of Death: 15 October 1940 Place of Death: Barcelona Political Party: ERC

Lluís Companys i Jover ( 21 June 1883 – 15 October 1940) was a Catalan politician and leader of the Esquerra Party (Esquerra Republicana de Catalunya). He served as Minister of the Navy of the Spanish Republic, and President of Catalan Generalitat de Catalunya in 1933.

Exiled to France in 1939 after the Spanish Civil War, he was returned by German agents to Francoist Spain, and shot at Montjuïc Castle (Barcelona) in 1940.

The principal stadium used for the 1992 Summer Olympics, located on the Montjuïc hill and currently used by the football club Espanyol, is officially named in his memory.

Preceded by: Francesc Macià i Llussà

President of Catalonia 1934 - 1940

Succeeded by: Josep Irla i Bosch