Popular Executive Committee of Valencia
Autonomous entity of Spain from 1936 to 1937 / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Popular Executive Committee of Valencia was a revolutionary autonomous entity created on July 22, to confront the Spanish coup of July 1936 which started the Spanish Civil War. It was made up of the political forces of the Popular Front and the trade union forces of the National Confederation of Labor (Spanish: Confederación Nacional del Trabajo, CNT) and General Union of Workers (Unión General de Trabajadores, UGT). Based in Valencia, it covered most of Valencia province and part of Castellón and Alicante.
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Popular Executive Committee of Valencia Comitè Executiu Popular de València | |||||||||
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Autonomous entity of Spain | |||||||||
1936–1937 | |||||||||
Capital | Valencia | ||||||||
Demonym | Valencian valencià, -ana (va) valenciano, -na (es) | ||||||||
Government | |||||||||
• Type | Council republic | ||||||||
President | |||||||||
• July 22 - October 1936 | Ernesto Arín Prado | ||||||||
• October 1936 - January 8, 1937 | Ricardo Zabaltza Elorga | ||||||||
Legislature | Generalitat Valenciana | ||||||||
Historical era | Spanish Civil War | ||||||||
• Established | 22 July 1936 | ||||||||
• Disestablished | 8 January 1937 | ||||||||
March 30, 1939 | |||||||||
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Today part of | Spain ∟ Valencia |
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