Josep Irla
| Josep Irla i Bosch | |
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Irla in 1938
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 124th President of the Generalitat de Catalunya in exile |
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In office 15 October 1940 – 7 August 1954 |
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| Preceded by | Lluís Companys |
| Succeeded by | Josep Tarradellas |
| 3rd President of the Parliament of Catalonia | |
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In office 1 October 1938 – 15 October 1940 |
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| Preceded by | Joan Casanovas i Maristany |
| Succeeded by | Antoni Rovira |
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24 October 1874 Sant Feliu de Guíxols, Baix Empordà |
| Died | 19 September 1958 (aged 83) Saint-Raphaël, Provence |
| Political party | Esquerra Republicana de Catalunya |
Josep Irla i Bosch (Catalan pronunciation: [ʒuˈzɛp ˈirɫə j ˈβɔsk]) (24 October 1874 – 19 September 1958) was a Catalan businessman and politician. He was a deputy in the Parliament of Catalonia and the Spanish Congress in 1932, as an Esquerra Republicana de Catalunya affiliate. He was also the last President of Parliament of Catalonia at the end of Republican Catalan resistance in the Spanish Civil War, before Francisco Franco abolished the Generalitat of Catalonia. He was elected President of the Parliament of Catalonia on 1 October 1938. In office, Irla pushed for cooperation with the allies, Basque nationalists and other anti-Francoist groups, though excluding the communists. He became the President-in-exile of the Generalitat after Lluís Companys was executed. During his time as President-in-exile, he established a Government in exile, and appointed Josep Tarradellas as Conseller en Cap (Prime Minister). He resigned as President in 1954.
Josep Irla i Bosch was born on 24 October 1874 in Sant Feliu de Guíxols, Baix Empordà. He was the eldest of the three sons of Josep Irla i Rovira, and Rita Bosch Anglada. His father was a laborer who later opened a tavern known as Cas Romagué. His younger brothers were Francesc (1881–1961) and Nicolau (1886–1943) with whom he always maintained a very close relationship, sharing business and political activities. He worked in his father's inn when he was young. He studied at the Academy of Arts and Crafts. He did not follow any higher study, but through hard work and willpower obtained a deeply assimilated self-education.
Irla gradually made his way into the world of business and politics. With his brothers, he began industrial and commercial activities from Sant Feliu de Guíxols. He created the company Josep Irla & Co. using the capital of the three brothers. From this base, they opened a factory of cork stoppers that was extended over the years. They were consignees of boats and owned a schooner, with which they traded in wine and cork with Barcelona, acting as customs agents. In 1902, Irla married Florence Bas and Parent, also of Sant Feliu de Guixols and descendant of a family of workers. The couple had no children, but if they had two godchildren, Incarnation, daughter of peasants from a farm from Romanyà de la Selva, and Lola Aimerich, a cousin who was orphaned.
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