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 Army of the East leadership country Second Spanish Republic
this entity surface form: Spanish Republic
Republican Army of the East leadership subordinateTo Second Spanish Republic
this entity surface form: Spanish Republican government
Spain in Our Hearts mainSubject Second Spanish Republic
this entity surface form: Spanish Republic
Spain in Our Hearts expressesSupportFor Second Spanish Republic
this entity surface form: Spanish Republic
Battle of Teruel belligerent Second Spanish Republic
this entity surface form: Spanish Republic
Huesca offensive belligerent Second Spanish Republic
this entity surface form: Spanish Republic
Republican offensives in Aragon belligerent Second Spanish Republic
Belchite offensive belligerent Second Spanish Republic
this entity surface form: Spanish Republic
Cortes country Second Spanish Republic
Cortes appliesToJurisdiction Second Spanish Republic
Cortes legislativeBodyFor Second Spanish Republic
Cortes notableHistoricalContext Second Spanish Republic
Cortes relatedInstitution Second Spanish Republic
this entity surface form: Spanish Government of the Second Republic
Mac-Paps allegiance Second Spanish Republic
subject surface form: Mackenzie–Papineau Battalion
this entity surface form: Spanish Republic
FARE country Second Spanish Republic
this entity surface form: Spanish Republic
Dewoitine D.372 usedBy Second Spanish Republic
this entity surface form: Spanish Republic
Luis Lacalle Larraga allegiance Second Spanish Republic
this entity surface form: Spanish Republic
España, aparta de mí este cáliz dedicatedTo Second Spanish Republic
this entity surface form: Spanish Republic
España, aparta de mí este cáliz relatedEvent Second Spanish Republic
Radical Republican Party activeInPeriod Second Spanish Republic
Straperlo scandal locatedIn Second Spanish Republic