Second Spanish Republic

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The Second Spanish Republic was Spain’s democratic government from 1931 to 1939, marked by ambitious social and political reforms and intense polarization that culminated in the Spanish Civil War.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf former sovereign state
historical period of Spain
republic
alliesInWar International Brigades
Government of Mexico
surface form: Mexican government

Soviet Union
capital Madrid
coatOfArms coat of arms of the Second Spanish Republic
constitutionAdopted Constitution of 1931
constitutionDate 1931-12-09
country Spain
currency Spanish peseta
endDate 1939-04-01
event Asturian miners' strike of 1934
Asturian miners' strike of 1934
surface form: Revolution of 1934 in Spain

Spanish Civil War
approval of the 1931 Constitution
municipal elections of 12 April 1931
proclamation of the Republic on 14 April 1931
exiledGovernment Spanish Republicans
surface form: Spanish Republican government in exile
exiledGovernmentExistence 1939-1977
firstHeadOfGovernment Niceto Alcalá-Zamora
firstHeadOfState Niceto Alcalá-Zamora
flag tricolour of red, yellow, and purple
followedBy Francoist Spain
governmentType parliamentary republic
republican democracy
headOfGovernment Alejandro Lerroux
Francisco Largo Caballero
Juan Negrín
Manuel Azaña
headOfGovernmentTitle President of the Council of Ministers
headOfState Manuel Azaña
Niceto Alcalá-Zamora
headOfStateTitle President of the Republic
historicalEra 20th century
Interwar period
ideologicalSpectrum from conservative republicans to socialists and anarchists
legacy source of political polarization in Spanish memory
symbol of democratic and left-wing traditions in Spain
legislature Cortes Generales
Cortes Generales
surface form: Cortes Republicanas
mainOppositionForces Carlists
fascists
monarchists
right-wing Catholics
notableFigure Dolores Ibárruri
Francisco Franco
Indalecio Prieto
José María Gil-Robles
officialLanguage Spanish
opponentInWar Nationalist faction (Spain)
opponentSupporters Fascist Italy
Nazi Germany
politicalReform agrarian reform
educational reform
military reform
precededBy Kingdom of Spain
surface form: Kingdom of Spain (Restoration)
reasonForEnd defeat in the Spanish Civil War
religiousPolicy separation of church and state
strong anticlerical measures
socialReform divorce legalization
expansion of secular public education
women's suffrage
startDate 1931-04-14
startOfWar Spanish Civil War
territorialPolicy Basque Statute of Autonomy (1936)
approval of Catalan Statute of Autonomy (1932)
granting of autonomy to Catalonia
warEndDate 1939-04-01
warStartDate 1936-07-17
womenSuffrageGranted 1931

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Republican forces loyalTo Second Spanish Republic
Republican forces usedBy Second Spanish Republic
this entity surface form: Government of the Second Spanish Republic
Battle of the University City belligerent Second Spanish Republic
this entity surface form: Spanish Republic
Battle of the University City countryAtTime Second Spanish Republic
Nationalist offensive of November 1936 belligerent Second Spanish Republic
this entity surface form: Spanish Republic
Nationalist forces opposedGovernment Second Spanish Republic
Eastern Front of the Spanish Civil War belligerent Second Spanish Republic
this entity surface form: Spanish Republic
Catalonia Offensive opposedBy Second Spanish Republic
Pablo Neruda supported Second Spanish Republic
this entity surface form: Spanish Republic
Battle of Belchite belligerent Second Spanish Republic
this entity surface form: Spanish Republic
Aviazione Legionaria opposed Second Spanish Republic
this entity surface form: Spanish Republic
Mackenzie–Papineau Battalion allegiance Second Spanish Republic
this entity surface form: Spanish Republic
Spanish Republican Air Force country Second Spanish Republic
this entity surface form: Spanish Republic
Spanish Republican Air Force usedBy Second Spanish Republic
this entity surface form: Spanish Republic
Spanish Republican Air Force militaryBranchOf Second Spanish Republic
Alejandro Lerroux notableEvent Second Spanish Republic
Communist Party of Great Britain supportedSideInSpanishCivilWar Second Spanish Republic
this entity surface form: Spanish Republic
Juan Modesto sideInConflict Second Spanish Republic
this entity surface form: Spanish Republic
Sanjurjada coup attempt of 1932 opposedBy Second Spanish Republic
Sanjurjada coup attempt of 1932 opposedBy Second Spanish Republic
this entity surface form: Spanish government of Manuel Azaña
Sanjurjada coup attempt of 1932 temporalContext Second Spanish Republic
Manuel Tagüeña sideInConflict Second Spanish Republic
this entity surface form: Spanish Republic
Minister of War of Spain historicalPeriod Second Spanish Republic
Acción Republicana historicalPeriod Second Spanish Republic
Izquierda Republicana supported Second Spanish Republic
Izquierda Republicana timePeriod Second Spanish Republic
La velada en Benicarló historicalContext Second Spanish Republic
Memorias políticas y de guerra mainSubject Second Spanish Republic
this entity surface form: Spanish Second Republic
Memorias políticas y de guerra describes Second Spanish Republic
this entity surface form: government of the Spanish Republic
Treaties of Spain hasParticipant Second Spanish Republic
this entity surface form: Spanish Republic
Hans Kahle sideInConflict Second Spanish Republic
this entity surface form: Spanish Republic
Instituto Escuela de Madrid historicalContext Second Spanish Republic
this entity surface form: Second Spanish Republic era
Dictatorship of Primo de Rivera followedBy Second Spanish Republic
Bourbon Restoration in Spain followedBy Second Spanish Republic
Alfonso León Fernando María Jaime Isidro Pascual Antonio de Borbón y Habsburgo-Lorena successor Second Spanish Republic
subject surface form: Alfonso XIII
House of Bourbon-Spain hasHistoricalInterruption Second Spanish Republic
Democratic Liberal Republican Party associatedWith Second Spanish Republic
Victoria Kent Román era Second Spanish Republic
11th Division (Spanish Republican Army) country Second Spanish Republic
this entity surface form: Spanish Republic
V Army Corps (Spanish Republican Army) country Second Spanish Republic
this entity surface form: Spanish Republic
Nuestra guerra (memoirs) about Second Spanish Republic
this entity surface form: Spanish Republic
Confederación Española de Derechas Autónomas opposedTo Second Spanish Republic
this entity surface form: Spanish Republican government
Acción Popular operatedIn Second Spanish Republic
Acción Popular activeDuring Second Spanish Republic
No fue posible la paz mainSubject Second Spanish Republic