page_title: Generalitat de Catalunya
section_title: Second abolition
hierarchical_section_title: Generalitat de Catalunya / History / Second abolition
caption_attribution_description: Catalonia bank note, observe Scan from own collection
context_page_description: The Generalitat de Catalunya, or Government of Catalonia, is the institutional system by which Catalonia politically organizes its self-government. It is formed by the Parliament of Catalonia, the Presidency of the Generalitat de Catalunya, and the Executive Council of Catalonia
  Its origins are in the 13th century when permanent councils were created to rule administration of the Courts of the different territories and Kingdoms that formed the Crown of Aragon which gave birth to the General Council of the Principality of Catalonia, the General Council of the Kingdom of Aragon and the General Council of the Kingdom of Valencia.
  Its headquarters are at the Palau de la Generalitat, in the city of Barcelona.
context_section_description: In 1939, as the Spanish Civil War finished with the defeat of the Republican side, the Generalitat of Catalonia as an institution was abolished and remained so during the Francoist dictatorship until 1975. The president of the Generalitat at the time, Lluís Companys, was tortured and executed in October 1940 for the crime of 'military rebellion'. Nonetheless, the Generalitat maintained its official existence  in exile, led by presidents Josep Irla (1940-1954) and Josep Tarradellas (1954-1980).
caption: Bank note from the Generalitat de Catalunya, 1936
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