Regionalist League of Catalonia Lliga Regionalista de Catalunya | |
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| Leader | Francesc Cambó |
| Founded | 1901 (1901) |
| Dissolved | 1936 |
| Headquarters | Barcelona |
| Newspaper | La Veu de Catalunya |
| Ideology | Catalanism Conservatism Liberalism Christian democracy Monarchism (until 1931) |
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Regionalist League of Catalonia (Catalan:Lliga Regionalista de Catalunya,IPA:[ˈʎiɣərəʒi.unəˈlistəðəkətəˈluɲə]; 1901–1936) was aright wing political party ofCatalonia,Spain. It had aCatalanist,conservative, andmonarchic ideology. Notable members of the party wereEnric Prat de la Riba,Francesc Cambó,Agustí Riera i Pau,Joan Ventosa andRamon d'Abadal i Calderó.
The League's press organ was theLa Veu de Catalunya newspaper (1899–1936).
The Regionalist League began with the merger of two political groups, theUnió Regionalista and theCentre Nacional Català (a breakaway group from theUnió Catalanista), thanks to the triumph of the "four presidents" candidacy in 1901. This candidacy was formed bySebastià Torres,Albert Rusiñol,Bartomeu Robert andLluís Domènech i Montaner.[1] Between 1901 and 1923, with few exceptions, it was the dominant catalanist political party. In 1914, it gained the creation of the first common administration of Catalonia since 1833, theCommonwealth of Catalonia (Mancomunitat de Catalunya), led by Enric Prat de la Riba andJosep Puig i Cadafalch, both from the Lliga.
After theRepublic was established in 1931, and despite the loss of its hegemony to the new left-wing nationalist partyRepublican Left of Catalonia (ERC), the Lliga accepted the new government, supported the firstStatute of Autonomy of Catalonia and changed its name toLliga Catalana (Catalan League). After the restoration of the Catalan Government in 1936, the Lliga moved to more centrist positions, abandoning many of the parliamentary rhetoric against the Catalan left and accepting the Republic as the form of government of Spain.
Although the Lliga did not support the rebellion of generalFrancisco Franco inMorocco in 1936, many of its activists collaborated with Franco's cause.[2] It was dissolved during the confusion of theSpanish Civil War.
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