Provisional Government of the Second Spanish Republic
Provisional Government of the Spanish Republic | |
|---|---|
Government of Spain | |
| 1931 | |
Provisional Government | |
| Date formed | 14 April 1931 |
| Date dissolved | 11 December 1931 |
| People and organisations | |
| President | Vacant |
| Prime Minister | Niceto Alcalá-Zamora (April-Oct 1931) Manuel Azaña (Oct - Dec 1931) |
| Total no. of members | 12 |
| Member parties | Republican Action Spanish Socialist Workers' Party Radical Republican Party Radical Socialist Republican Party Autonomous Galician Republican Organization Catalan Republican Action Liberal Republican Right (until Oct 1931) |
| Status in legislature | Majority (multi-party) |
| Opposition parties | National Action Traditionalist Communion Agrarian Group Revolutionary Radical Socialist Republican Party Liberal Democrat Republican Party Liberal Republican Right (from Oct 1931) |
| Opposition leader | José María Gil-Robles y Quiñones |
| History | |
| Election | 1931 Spanish general election |
| Predecessor | Aznar-Cabañas |
| Successor | Azaña II |
The Provisional Government of the Second Spanish Republic (Spanish: Gobierno Provisional de la Segunda República Española) was the government that held political power in Spain from the fall of Alfonso XIII of Spain on 14 April 1931 and the proclamation of the Second Spanish Republic until the approval of the Spanish Constitution of 1931 on 9 December and the formation of the first regular government on 15 December. The King's departure created the need for a provisional government, whose first president was Niceto Alcalá Zamora, who presided until 1936, when Manuel Azaña took over. The new constitution established freedom of speech, freedom of association, extended voting privileges to women, allowed divorce, and stripped the Spanish nobility of their special legal status.