Catalan Republic
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The Catalan Republic also known as the Catalan State, is an unrecognized state claimed by the Catalan independentism
Catalan independentism
Catalan independentism is a political movement, derived from Catalan nationalism, which supports the independence of Catalonia or the so-called Catalan countries from Spain and France...

 or nationalism. The Catalan Republic has been proclaimed at least four times:
  • In 1641, by Pau Claris.
  • In 1873, by Estanislau Figueras
    Estanislao Figueras
    Estanislao Figueras y de Moragas was a Spanish politician who served as the first President of the First Spanish Republic from 12 February to 11 June 1873).Figueras was born at Barcelona....

      as 'Catalan State'.
  • In 1931, by Francesc Macià as 'Catalan Republic within Iberian Federation'.
  • In 1934, by Lluís Companys as 'Catalan State within Spanish Federal Republic'.

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