Statute of Autonomy of Catalonia | |
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Overview | |
Original title | (in Catalan) Estatut d'Autonomia de Catalunya de 1932 |
Jurisdiction | Catalonia |
Ratified | 9 September 1932 |
System | Autonomous parliamentary system under unitary constitutional republic |
Government structure | |
Branches | 3 |
Chambers | Unicameral (Parliament of Catalonia) |
Executive | Executive council responsible to the Parliament; President of the Generalitat as head of government |
Judiciary | Tribunal de Cassació |
Author(s) | Jaume Carner, Antoni Xirau, Martí Esteve, Rafael Campalans, Pere Coromines |
The Statute of Autonomy of Catalonia of 1932, also called the Statute of Núria, was the first implemented statute of autonomy for Catalonia, officially providing self-government to Catalonia for the first time in more than 200 years. The Statute was promoted by the then acting President of the Generalitat, Francesc Macià and approved in a referendum by 99% of Catalan voters. The draft Statute was completed on 20 June 1931 in Núria (Ripollès, Girona) and finally approved in the Spanish Parliament on 9 September 1932. It was implemented until the occupation of Catalonia by the Nationalist Army during the last stages of the Spanish Civil War, in 1939.