Pact of San Sebastián

Pact of San Sebastián

The Pact of San Sebastián was a meeting promoted by Niceto Alcalá Zamora and Miguel Maura, which took place in San Sebastián, Spain August 17, 1930. The meeting included representatives from practically all republican movements in Spain at the time. Presided over by Fernando Sasiaín (representative of the Unión Republicana), the attendees were:

:- for the Partido Radical Republicano: Alejandro Lerroux;:- for Acción Republicana: Manuel Azaña;:- for the Partido Radical-socialista: Marcelino Domingo, Álvaro de Albornoz and Ángel Galarza;:- for the Derecha Liberal Republicana: Niceto Alcalá Zamora and Miguel Maura;:- for Acción Catalana: Manuel Carrasco Formiguera;:- for Acción Republicana de Cataluña: Matías Mallol Bosch;:- for the Estat Català: Jaime Ayguadé;:- for the Organización Republicana Gallega Autónoma: Santiago Casares Quiroga;:- in their own right: Indalecio Prieto, Felipe Sánchez Román, Fernando de los Ríos, and Eduardo Ortega y Gasset, brother of philosopher José 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 the Second Spanish Republic. The committee was in close contact with a group of soldiers, with the intent of bringing about a military coup in favor of a republic. The coup was set for December 15, 1930. Nonetheless, Captain Fermín Galán attempted to start the uprising on December 12, which resulted in the failure of the coup. Galán and Captain Ángel García Hernández were killed by a firing squad.

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This article draws heavily on the corresponding article in the Spanish-language Wikipedia.


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