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Manuel Azaña Díaz (January 10, 1880–November 3, 1940) was a prominent Spanish leftist politician before and during the period of the Second Republic. He was the first Prime Minister of the Second Republic, serving 1931 to 1933, and again in 1936. He was also the second and last President of the Republic (1936–1939). The Spanish Civil War broke out during his presidency. With the defeat of the Republic in 1939, he fled to France and resigned his office, an act that has marred his subsequent reputation. He suffered a heart attack in France early in 1940, and was still recovering when the Germans invaded. He died in November 1940 after being moved to Mountauban.
Manuel Azaña in The War That Came Early[]
Manuel Azaña served of President of the Second Spanish Republic during the Spanish Civil which began in 1936, and which was subsequently folded into the Second World War which began in October 1938. He was in power in 1943 when Czechoslovak sniper Vaclav Jezek finally killed Marshal José Sanjurjo, the leader of the Nationalists.[1] Azaña had Jezek brought to Barcelona where he publicly thanked Jezek for not "despairing of the Republic". He also made Jezek a Spanish citizen, captain in the Army of the Republic, and paid Jezek the bounty that had been placed on Sanjurjo's head.[2]
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- ↑ Last Orders, pg. 144-146, HC.
- ↑ Ibid., pgs. 164-167.
Political offices (OTL) | ||
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Preceded by Juan Bautista Aznar Cabañas |
President of the Government (Prime Minister) of Spain 1931-1933 |
Succeeded by Alejandro Lerroux |
Preceded by Manuel Portela Valladares |
President of the Government (Prime Minister) of Spain 1936 |
Succeeded by Santiago Casares Quiroga |
Preceded by Niceto Alcalá-Zamora |
President of Spain 1936-1939 |
Succeeded by Francisco Franco as Caudillo of the Spanish State Álvaro de Albornoz Liminiana as President in exile |
Political offices (The War That Came Early) | ||
Preceded by Niceto Alcalá-Zamora |
President of Spain 1936-19?? |
Succeeded by Incumbent at series end, 1944 |
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