Second Spanish Republic

The Spanish Republic (Spanish: República Española), commonly known as the Second Spanish Republic (Spanish: Segunda República Española), was the government in Spain from 1931 to 1939. The Republic was proclaimed on 14 April 1931 and was dissolved on 1 April 1939.

Spanish Republic República Española
1931–1939
Flag Coat of arms
Motto: Plus Ultra (Latin) Further Beyond
Anthem: Himno de Riego Anthem of Riego
European borders of the Second Spanish Republic, as well as the Spanish protectorate in Morocco
Capital and largest city	Madrid[a]
Official languages	Spanish[b]
Government	Unitary semi-presidential republic[1]
President
• 1931–1936	Niceto Alcalá-Zamora
• 1936 (interim)	Diego Martínez Barrio
• 1936–1939	Manuel Azaña
Prime Minister
• 1931 (first)	Niceto Alcalá-Zamora
• 1937–1939 (last)	Juan Negrín López
Legislature	Congress of Deputies
Historical era	Interwar period
• Proclamation	14 April 1931
• Constitution adopted	9 December 1931
• Revolution of 1934	5-19 October 1934
• Spanish Civil War	17 July 1936
• Fall of the Republic	1 April 1939
Currency	Spanish peseta
Preceded by Succeeded by Kingdom of Spain Spanish State Spanish Republican Government-in-Exile
In wartime, as Madrid was under siege since the Fall of 1936, Government moved to Valencia in 1936 and to Barcelona in 1937. Catalan was also official in Catalonia since 1932 as well as Basque in the Basque Country since 1936.

References

1. Payne, Stanley G. (1993) Spain's First Democracy: The Second Republic, 1931–1936, pp. 62–3. Univ of Wisconsin Press. Google Books. Retrieved 2 October 2013.