Loading AI tools
Catalan politician, historian and writer From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Lluís Nicolau d'Olwer (20 January 1888 in Barcelona – 24 December 1961 in Mexico City) was a Catalan politician, historian and writer. He served as the Minister of Economics in the provisional government of the Second Spanish Republic from April to December 1931 and later headed the Bank of Spain (1936–38).
Lluís Nicolau d'Olwer | |
---|---|
Minister of the Economy | |
In office 14 April 1931 – 16 December 1931 | |
Deputy for Barcelona | |
In office 11 July 1931 – 9 October 1933 | |
Governor of the Bank of Spain | |
In office March 1936 – August 1938 | |
Preceded by | Alfredo de Zavala y Lafora |
Succeeded by | Antonio Goicoechea |
Deputy for Barcelona | |
In office 28 February 1936 – 2 February 1939 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Barcelona, Spain | 20 January 1888
Died | 24 December 1961 73) Mexico City, Mexico | (aged
Occupation | Writer, politician |
A son of the notary Joaquín Nicolau and Anna d'Olwer (who was of Irish ancestry), he studied philosophy and literature in Barcelona before completing a doctorate in Madrid. In 1917, he published the first study of Catalan literature written in the Catalan language. In 1918, he became a member of the philology department of the Institute of Catalan Studies and a representative of the Regionalist League in the municipality of Barcelona.[1]
As a member of the Cultural Committee, he initiated modern teaching policies and in 1922 was a co-founder of the Acció Catalana. Between 1926 and 1931, he suffered persecution from the dictatorship of Primo de Rivera.[1] In 1933, he was deputy chairman of the London Economic Conference and governor of the Bank of Spain. During the Spanish Civil War he sought exile in France. When the Germans occupied France during the Second World War, he was arrested by the Gestapo but managed to escape. He went to Mexico where he served as a minister without portfolio in the Republican government-in-exile led by José Giral.[2] After the war, he continued to live in Mexico where he was appointed a member of the College of Mexico. He continued to publish works on European and Latin American history until his death.[1]
Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.
Every time you click a link to Wikipedia, Wiktionary or Wikiquote in your browser's search results, it will show the modern Wikiwand interface.
Wikiwand extension is a five stars, simple, with minimum permission required to keep your browsing private, safe and transparent.