Josep Sunyol
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Josep Sunyol i Garriga was a Catalan
lawyer, journalist, politician and president of FC Barcelona
.
Sunyol came from both a wealthy family and a long line of Catalan political militants. He was a member of Acció Catalana
, a
left-wing group and Esquerra Republicana de Catalunya.
In 1928 he became a director of FC Barcelona and in 1930 he founded the left-wing newspaper La Rambla, which opposed the Primo de Rivera
regime. In 1931 he was elected to the Cortes
as an ERC deputy. He was subsequently re-elected in 1933 and 1936.
He served as president of both the Reial Automòbil Club de Catalunya and the Federació Catalana de Futbol
. In 1935 he was elected president of FC Barcelona.
On August 6, 1936, during the early days of the Spanish Civil War, Sunyol was arrested by Francoist troops in the Sierra de Guadarrama and was then executed. His body was only exhumed in the 1990s after a Els Amics de Josep Sunyol (The Friends of Josep Sunyol) campaigned for FC Barcelona to recognize the 60th anniversary of his death.
Catalan people
The Catalans or Catalonians are the people from, or with origins in, Catalonia that form a historical nationality in Spain. The inhabitants of the adjacent portion of southern France are sometimes included in this definition...
lawyer, journalist, politician and president of FC Barcelona
FC Barcelona
Futbol Club Barcelona , also known as Barcelona and familiarly as Barça, is a professional football club, based in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain....
.
Sunyol came from both a wealthy family and a long line of Catalan political militants. He was a member of Acció Catalana
Acció Catalana
Accio Catalana was a political movement Catalanist the first third of the 20th century, created in 1922 around the Catalan National Conference, which brought elements of the Joventut Nacionalista the Regionalist League, former members of the Federal Unió Republicana Nacionalista and youth...
, a
left-wing group and Esquerra Republicana de Catalunya.
In 1928 he became a director of FC Barcelona and in 1930 he founded the left-wing newspaper La Rambla, which opposed the Primo de Rivera
Miguel Primo de Rivera
Miguel Primo de Rivera y Orbaneja, 2nd Marquis of Estella, 22nd Count of Sobremonte, Knight of Calatrava was a Spanish dictator, aristocrat, and a military official who was appointed Prime Minister by the King and who for seven years was a dictator, ending the turno system of alternating...
regime. In 1931 he was elected to the Cortes
Cortes Generales
The Cortes Generales is the legislature of Spain. It is a bicameral parliament, composed of the Congress of Deputies and the Senate . The Cortes has power to enact any law and to amend the constitution...
as an ERC deputy. He was subsequently re-elected in 1933 and 1936.
He served as president of both the Reial Automòbil Club de Catalunya and the Federació Catalana de Futbol
Catalonia Football Federation
The Catalan Football Federation is a football organization responsible for administering football in Catalonia. It was formed on 11 November, 1900 as the Football Associació de Catalunya . It was the first football association founded in Spain...
. In 1935 he was elected president of FC Barcelona.
On August 6, 1936, during the early days of the Spanish Civil War, Sunyol was arrested by Francoist troops in the Sierra de Guadarrama and was then executed. His body was only exhumed in the 1990s after a Els Amics de Josep Sunyol (The Friends of Josep Sunyol) campaigned for FC Barcelona to recognize the 60th anniversary of his death.