President of the Republic (Spain)

President of the Republic (Template:Langx) was the title of the head of state during the Second Spanish Republic (1931–1939). The office was based on the model of the Weimar Republic, then still in power in Germany, and a compromise between the French and American presidential systems.<ref>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.</ref> The "Republican Revolutionary Committee" set up by the Pact of San Sebastián (1930),<ref>Conversi, Daniele (2000) The Basques, the Catalans, and Spain: Alternative Routes to Nationalist Mobilisation, p. 38. University of Nevada Press. Google Books. Retrieved 2 October 2013.</ref> considered the "central event in the opposition to the monarchy of Alfonso XIII",<ref>Preston, Paul (2002) Revolution and War in Spain, 1931–1939, p. 192. Routledge. Google Books. Retrieved 2 October 2013.</ref> and headed by Niceto Alcalá-Zamora, eventually became the first provisional government of the Second Republic, with Alcalá-Zamora named President of the Republic on 11 December 1931.

Spain is one of the democracies (see President of the Government for the full list of countries) where the term "president" does not solely refer to the head of state but to several distinct offices: President of the Republic for some historical heads of state; President of the Government for the head of the executive; President of the Senate for the speaker of the upper parliamentary chamber, and so on. This has led to some confusion in countries where the term "president" refers solely to the head of state, such as the United States; several incidents involved high-profile American politicians calling the Spanish head of government "President", including George W. Bush in 2001,<ref>"Joint Press Conference with President George W. Bush and President Jose Maria Aznar" The White House. Retrieved 2 October 2013.</ref> Jeb Bush in 2003,<ref>"Jeb Bush slips on Spanish history" CNN. Retrieved 2 October 2013.</ref> and Donald Trump in September 2017.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> With Spain a constitutional monarchy since 1975, the monarch is head of state.

First Spanish Republic (1873–74)

Template:Main Following the abdication of Amadeo I on 10 February 1873, the short-lived First Republic (1873–74) had four heads of state (officially, Presidents of the Executive Power): Estanislao Figueras, Pi i Margall, Nicolás Salmerón, and Emilio Castelar.<ref name="ejecutivo">The official name of " Executive Power " between 1868 and 1874, designates a transitory and undefined authority without a constitutional configuration.</ref> On the eve of the Template:Lang of 3 January 1874, General Pavia sent for Francisco Serrano y Domínguez take to the leadership. Serrano took the title of president of the executive and he continued at the end of December 1874 when the Bourbons were restored by another Template:Lang.

Presidents of the Executive Power of the First Republic

Template:Abbr	Portrait	Name Template:Small	Term of office			Political party		Template:Abbr
			Took office	Left office	Time in office
1		Estanislao Figueras Template:Small	12 February 1873	11 June 1873	Template:Ayd	style="background-color:Template:Party color" |	Federal Democratic Republican Party
2		Francesc Pi i Margall Template:Small	11 June 1873	18 July 1873	Template:Ayd	style="background-color:Template:Party color" |	Federal Democratic Republican Party
3		Nicolás Salmerón Template:Small	18 July 1873	7 September 1873	Template:Ayd	style="background-color:Template:Party color" |	Progressive Party
4		Emilio Castelar Template:Small	7 September 1873	3 January 1874 Template:Small	Template:Ayd	style="background-color:Template:Party color" |	Template:Ill
5		Francisco Serrano y Domínguez Template:Small	3 January 1874	30 December 1874	Template:Ayd	style="background-color:Template:Party color" |	Constitutional Party

Second Spanish Republic (1931–1939)

Following the abdication of Alfonso XIII on 14 April 1931, there was no official head of state, meaning that the Prime Minister was, in effect, the highest office in the land. Niceto Alcalá-Zamora assumed the new role of President of the Republic, the effective head of state, after the approval of the new Constitution in December 1931. Manuel Azaña remained as Prime Minister, head of the government, until 12 September 1933.

Presidents (Prime Ministers) of the Provisional Government of the Republic

Template:Abbr	Portrait	Name Template:Small	Term of office			Political party		Template:Abbr
			Took office	Left office	Time in office
1		Niceto Alcalá-Zamora Template:Small	14 April 1931	14 October 1931	Template:Ayd	style="background-color:Template:Party color" |	Liberal Republican Right
2		Manuel Azaña Template:Small	14 October 1931	11 December 1931	Template:Ayd	style="background-color:Template:Party color" |	Republican Action

Presidents of the Republic

Template:Abbr	Portrait	Name Template:Small	Term of office			Political party		Template:Abbr
			Took office	Left office	Time in office
1		Niceto Alcalá-Zamora Template:Small	11 December 1931	7 April 1936	Template:Ayd	style="background-color:Template:Party color" |	Liberal Republican Right
–		Diego Martínez Barrio Template:Small	7 April 1936	11 May 1936	Template:Ayd	style="background-color:Template:Party color" |	Republican Union (Popular Front)
2		Manuel Azaña Template:Small	11 May 1936	3 March 1939	Template:Ayd	style="background-color:Template:Party color" |	Republican Left (Popular Front)

With Franco's victory imminent, a National Council of Defense was established to negotiate a peace settlement with the Nationalists. By this point, Franco effectively had military control of the whole country.

Presidents of the National Council of Defense (Republican Zone)

Template:Abbr	Portrait	Name Template:Small	Term of office			Political party		Template:Abbr
			Took office	Left office	Time in office
–		Segismundo Casado Template:Small	4 March 1939	13 March 1939	Template:Ayd	style="background-color:Template:Party color" |	Military
1	File:José Miaja (cropped).jpg	José Miaja Template:Small	13 March 1939	27 March 1939	Template:Ayd	style="background-color:Template:Party color" |	Military

Fall of the Republic

On 27 February 1939, after both France and the United Kingdom had recognised Franco's military victory, President Manuel Azaña, exiled in France, resigned. The following week, the so-called Casado Coup against Prime Minister Negrín's government<ref>"War in Spain: Casado's Coup" TIME. Retrieved 2 October 2013.</ref> led to the creation of the National Defence Council which attempted, unsuccessfully to negotiate terms, with Franco breaking off talks motu proprio.<ref>Template:In lang "Segismunco [sic] Casado: el final de una guerra" ABC. Retrieved 2 October 2013.</ref> Following Franco's final offensive at the end of March 1939, the Republic fell.

Presidents of the Spanish Republic in exile (1939–1977)

Template:Abbr	Portrait	Name Template:Small	Term of office			Political party		Template:Abbr
			Took office	Left office	Time in office
–		Diego Martínez Barrio Template:Small	4 March 1939	11 May 1940	Template:Ayd	style="background-color:Template:Party color" |	Republican Union (Popular Front)
–	File:Álvaro de Albornoz foto.jpg	Álvaro de Albornoz Template:Small	11 May 1940	17 August 1945	Template:Ayd	style="background-color:Template:Party color" |	Independent
1		Diego Martínez Barrio Template:Small	17 August 1945	1 January 1962 †	Template:Ayd	style="background-color:Template:Party color" |	Republican Union (Popular Front)
2	File:Jimenez de Asua.jpg	Luis Jiménez de Asúa Template:Small	11 February 1962	16 November 1970 †	Template:Ayd	style="background-color:Template:Party color" |	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (Popular Front)
3	File:No image.png	José Maldonado González Template:Small	16 November 1970	1 July 1977	Template:Ayd	style="background-color:Template:Party color" |	Republican Left (Popular Front)

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See also

• List of Spanish monarchs
• List of Spanish regents
• List of heads of state of Spain