SECOND SPANISH

REPUBLIC
From 1931 to 1939
 INDEX

01 02 03

Proclamation Provisional Government The Cortes

The beginning of the republic The first Government The Spanish parliament during the
republic

04 05

Constitution Collapse
The laws by which the Spanish citizen The collapse of the republic and the
would live by and for beginning of the civil war
01
PROCLAMATION
 IN DEPTH

ELECTIONS
Juan Bautista Aznar, prime minister
chosen by King Alfonso XIII,
summoned municipal elections in
April 12, 1931. Approximately eighty Results:
thousand councilors were to be
elected in all the municipalities of
Spain. During the elections the
constitutional rights were restored, 49,7% 44,9%
causing the censorship to be MONARCHISTS REPUBLICANS-
abolished, as well as, the right of full SOCIALISTS
freedom of assembly and association
was recognized
 The Republic

Although the elections gave a higher amount of

councillors to the monarchist parties, the fact that the
republicans won in almost all industrial areas and
important cities added to the multiple demonstrations
that took place around the country, the king decided to
fled the country and the republic to be proclaimed
 02
PROVISIONAL
GOVERNMENT
The Provisional
Government

After the collapse of the Kingdom of

Spain, a provisional government was
installed until the approval of a new
constitution, from April 1931 to
December 1931. The presidency was
occupied during most the provisional
government by Niceto Alcalá-Zamora
 MEASURES INSTALLED BY THE
PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENT

REGIONAL SOCIAL
The new Spanish After the Republic was
government decided to not installed all workers had the
let Catalunya get its right to a paid holidays (7
independence, but instead days a week), as well as the
increasing the autonomy it right to go on strikes
RELIGION would have inside of Spain MILITARY
Under the new government, The Republic removed all
the studies of the catholic officials which didn’t
religion were now voluntary remained loyal to it, as well
instead of compulsory as, removing all rewards
given to soldiers for
remaining to loyal to the
dictatorship
03
THE CORTES
 THE CORTES

THE RISE OF
THE CORTES
In June 1931, elections were
held for the new “Spanish
Cortes”, a govermetary organ
which would take the same
functions of the parliament in
other republics

THE RESULTS
After the elections, the main
parties chosen were the
PSOE, PRR and the PRRS, all
members of the
republican-socialist coalition
 UNIVERSAL
SUFFRAGE
universal suffrage was
established, allowing all
people to vote, independent
from sex and economical
CONSTITUTION circustances
After the elections the main PRESIDENCY
objective of the newly After the provisional
elected Spanish government, Niceto Alcalá
Zamora continued to be the
government was to write its
Spanish Prime Minister
constitution, which, was
SPANISH
written and approved in
IDENTITY
December 1931
The Spanish flag now was
the red-yellow-purple
tricolour and the National
anthem was set to
“Himno de Riego”
 04
CONSTITUTION
 THE CONSTITUTION

APPROVAL ABOLISHMENT

The Spanish constitution was This was the Spanish constitution from
accepted unanimously by all deputies 1931 until 1939, when the republic
present in the Cortes in December surrendered to the General Francisco
1931, however more than 80 right-wing Franco in the Spanish Civil War
deputies were not present during the
Cortes summon
 MAIN ARTICLES FROM THE
CONSTITUTION

ARTICLE 25
Parentage, sex, social class,
politcal beliefs and religion, ARTICLE 34
may not be the legal bases ARTICLE 29
for privelges Everyone has the right to
No one shall be arrested
express their ideas and
or imprisoned except for
opinions freely
committing a crime
ARTICLE 3
Spain has no official
religion
ARTICLE 1
Spain is a democratic
republic of workers of all
kinds, organised under a
government of justice and
freedom. Its power
emanate from the people.
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COLLAPSE
 The Collapse

An armed uprising starts The “Nationalist” army The Second Republic

in Morocco and moves to keeps advancing and is defeated and it
the Peninsula gets to Aragon surrenders to the
Nationalist army

July April April

1936 1938 1939

September February
1936 1939

The African army The Nationalist

moves captures conquer Catalonya
several cities in Toledo
and moves towards
Madrid
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