Basque Statute of Autonomy (1936)

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The Basque Statute of Autonomy (1936) was a short-lived legal framework that granted self-government to Spain’s Basque Country during the Second Spanish Republic, just before and during the early stages of the Spanish Civil War.

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf autonomy statute
constitutional law of Spain
legal framework
affectedBy military coup of July 1936
appliesToJurisdiction Basque Country
Biscay
Gipuzkoa
Navarre
surface form: Navarre (proposed)

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basedOn principle of regional autonomy in the 1931 Constitution
category 1936 in law
Basque politics
Spanish constitutional history
country Spain
endTime 1937
established Basque Government
surface form: Basque autonomous government
firstLehendakariUnderStatute José Antonio Aguirre NERFINISHED
follows Spanish Constitution of 1931
surface form: Second Spanish Republic Constitution of 1931
governingBodyCreated Basque Government
surface form: Basque Government (1936–1937)
granted self-government to the Basque Country
headOfGovernmentTitle Lehendakari
historicalContext early stages of the Spanish Civil War
historicalPeriod Second Spanish Republic
implementedBy Basque Government
surface form: Basque Government in exile after 1937 (partially, symbolically)
inForceDuring Republican control of part of the Basque Country
languagePolicy recognized Basque and Spanish
legalArea public law
legalForm statute of autonomy
legalStatus organic law of the Second Republic
mainPurpose to regulate self-government of the Basque territories within Spain
partOf constitutional development of Spain’s autonomous communities
politicalSystemCreated autonomous Basque government within republican Spain
predecessor draft Basque autonomy projects of early 1930s
ratifiedBy Cortes of the Second Spanish Republic
ratifiedDuring Spanish Civil War
ratifiedIn Valencia NERFINISHED
recognizedTerritorialIdentity historic Basque territories
relatedTo Basque nationalism
Spanish regionalism
repealedBy Francoist Spain
surface form: Francoist regime
shortLived true
startTime 1936-10-01
status defunct
subjectMatter distribution of powers between central state and Basque authorities
successor Statute of Autonomy of the Basque Country (1979)
suspendedAsConsequenceOf Nationalist military advances in the Spanish Civil War
typeOfAutonomy political and administrative autonomy

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Second Spanish Republic territorialPolicy Basque Statute of Autonomy (1936)