Francesc Cambó i Batlle (Verges, Catalonia, 2 September 1876 - Argentina, 30 April 1947) was a conservative catalan politician, founder and leader of the autonomist party Lliga Regionalista. He was minister in several Spanish governments. He also supported a number of artistic and cultural endeavours, specially, the translation of greek and latin classical texts to catalan. Capital Barcelona Official languages Spanish and Catalan In Val dAran, also Aranese. ... September 2 is the 245th day of the year (246th in leap years). ... 1876 is a leap year starting on Saturday. ... April 30 is the 120th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (121st in leap years), with 245 days remaining, as the last day in April. ... 1947 was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Conservatism or political conservatism is any of several historically related political philosophies or political ideologies. ... Capital Barcelona Official languages Spanish and Catalan In Val dAran, also Aranese. ... Catalan (Catal , Valenci ) is a Romance language spoken by as many as approximately 12 million people in portions of Spain, France, Andorra and Italy, although the majority of Catalan speakers are in Spain. ...

Francesc Cambó founded the Lliga Regionalista, a regionalist conservative party, in 1901. He was one of the first to propose an autonomous system of government for Catalonia, although, at the time, he only managed to achieve a fusion of the four provincial entities in Catalonia (Mancomunitat), with limited power. He was elected a member of the Spanish parliament several times, and twice appointed as minister in a Spanish conservative government. 1901 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ...

His party, the Lliga, was the main representative of the catalan regionalist or nationalist movement. However, in 1931, Esquerra Republicana de Catalunya, a left-wing nationalist party, won the elections and formed the new autonomous catalan government (Generalitat de Catalunya). Catalan nationalism is a political movement that advocates for the political autonomy of Catalonia or the Spain and France. ... 1931 is a common year starting on Thursday. ... Logo of the Esquerra Republicana de Catalunya (ERC) party. ... Generalitat de Catalunya is the official name of the autonomous system of government of Catalonia, in Spain. ...

At the start of the Spanish Civil War, he moved abroad. While he didn't initially support the forces of Francisco Franco, he later did, in fear that a Republican victory would lead to a leftist Republica controlled by the Soviet Union. History of Spain Series -Timeline -Roman Spain -Visigothic Spain -Moorish Spain -Age of Reconquest -Age of Expansion -Age of Enlightenment -Reaction and Revolution -First Spanish Republic -The Restoration -Second Spanish Republic -Spanish Civil War -The Dictatorship -Modern Spain Topics -Economic History -Military History -Social History The Spanish Civil War (July... Francisco Franco, late in life Francisco Paulino Hermenegildo Teódulo Franco y Bahamonde Salgado Pardo de Andrade (December 4, 1892 - November 20, 1975), abbreviated Francisco Franco Bahamonde and sometimes known as Generalísimo Francisco Franco, was dictator of Spain from 1939 until his death in 1975. ...

He died in Argentina in 1947. 1947 was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ...