Manuel Azaña Politician

Manuel Azaña Díaz (January 10, 1880 – November 3, 1940) was the first Prime Minister of the Second Spanish Republic (1931–1933), and later served again as Prime Minister (1936), and then as the second and last President of the Republic (1936–1939). The Spanish Civil War broke out while he was President. With the defeat of the Republic in 1939, he fled to France, resigned his office, and died in exile shortly afterwards.

Personal facts

Birth date	January 10, 1880
Birth place	Spain , Alcalá de Henares , Community of Madrid
Religion	Agnosticism
Date of death	November 03, 1940
Place of death	Montauban , Midi-Pyrénées

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Office holder

office	Prime Minister of Spain
other party	Republican Action (Spain)
party	Republican Left (Spain)
president	Diego Martínez Barrio Niceto Alcalá-Zamora
prime minister	Diego Martínez Barrio Francisco Largo Caballero Santiago Casares Quiroga José Giral Juan Negrín
successor	Francisco Franco Alejandro Lerroux Caudillo Santiago Casares Quiroga