- Pact of San Sebastián
The Pact of San Sebastián was a meeting promoted by
Niceto Alcalá Zamora andMiguel Maura , which took place inSan Sebastián ,Spain August 17 ,1930 . The meeting included representatives from practically all republican movements in Spain at the time. Presided over byFernando Sasiaín (representative of theUnión Republicana ), the attendees were::- for the
Partido Radical Republicano :Alejandro Lerroux ;:- forAcción Republicana :Manuel Azaña ;:- for thePartido Radical-socialista :Marcelino Domingo ,Álvaro de Albornoz andÁngel Galarza ;:- for theDerecha Liberal Republicana :Niceto Alcalá Zamora andMiguel Maura ;:- forAcción Catalana :Manuel Carrasco Formiguera ;:- forAcción Republicana de Cataluña :Matías Mallol Bosch ;:- for theEstat Català :Jaime Ayguadé ;:- for theOrganización Republicana Gallega Autónoma :Santiago Casares Quiroga ;:- in their own right:Indalecio Prieto ,Felipe Sánchez Román ,Fernando de los Ríos , andEduardo Ortega y Gasset , brother of philosopherJosé Ortega y Gasset .Gregorio Marañón was not able to attend, but sent a letter associating himself with the group.At the meeting, a "
revolutionary committee" was formed, headed by Alcalá-Zamora; this committee eventually became the first, provisional government of theSecond Spanish Republic . The committee was in close contact with a group of soldiers, with the intent of bringing about a militarycoup in favor of a republic. The coup was set forDecember 15 , 1930. Nonetheless, CaptainFermín Galán attempted to start the uprising onDecember 12 , which resulted in the failure of the coup. Galán and CaptainÁngel García Hernández were killed by afiring squad .References
This article draws heavily on the corresponding article in the Spanish-language Wikipedia.
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