- Pau Claris i Casademunt
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name = Pau Claris i Casademunt
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birth_date = 1586
birth_place =Barcelona
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death_date = death date|1641|2|27|mf=y
death_place =Barcelona
office = 94th President of theGeneralitat de Catalunya
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term_start = 1638
term_end =January 26 ,1641
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footnotes =Pau Claris i Casademunt (1586–1641,
Barcelona ) was an ecclesiastic andcanonist fromCatalonia . He became canon inLa Seu d'Urgell in 1612 and well-known because of his defence of the ecclesiastical privileges against the king's. He was active in Barcelona's courts around 1626, where he joinedEnric d'Alemany (fromVic ) against the King's demand of 16000 soldiers for the war.In 1627, he became elected representative of his group in the courts (1632), where he defended the economical rights of the Church against the King's intention of collecting taxes from clergymen.In July of 1638, amid growing unrest in the political situation, he was elected President of the Generalitat for the period 1638–1641.On
january 16 ,1641 , proclaimed theCatalan Republic under the protection ofFrance .
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