- Josep Irla i Bosch
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name = Josep Irla i Bosch
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height = 221
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birth_date = birth date|1874|10|24|df=y
birth_place =Sant Feliu de Guíxols ,Baix Empordà
residence =
death_date = death date and age|1958|9|19|1874|10|24|df=y
death_place = Saint-Raphaël,Provence
office = 124th President of theGeneralitat de Catalunya inexile
salary =
term_start =October 15 ,1940
term_end =August 7 ,1954
predecessor =Lluís Companys i Jover
successor =Josep Tarradellas
office2 = 3rd President of the Parliament of Catalonia
salary2 =
term_start2 =August 18 ,1938
term_end2 =October 15 ,1940
predecessor2 =Joan Casanovas i Maristany
successor2 =Antoni Rovira i Virgili
party = Esquerra Republicana de Catalunya
religion =
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children =
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footnotes =Josep Irla i Bosch (
October 24 ,1874 –September 19 ,1958 ) was a Catalan politician.He was a deputy in the
Catalan Parliament and the Spanish Congress in 1932, as an Esquerra Republicana de Catalunya affiliate. He was also the last President of Parliament of Catalonia at the end of Republican Catalan resistance in theSpanish Civil War , beforeFrancisco Franco abolished theGeneralitat de Catalunya .He became the President-in-exile of the Generalitat after Lluís Companys was executed. During his time as President-in-exile, he established a Government in exile, and appointed
Josep Tarradellas as Conseller en Cap (Prime Minister). He resigned as President in 1954.He worked in his father's inn when he was young. He was the eldest son; his brothers were Francesc and Nicolau.
He died in
France in 1958.
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