Manuel Azaña

Prime minister of Spain, president of Spain (1880-1940)

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Lived 1880–1940, aged 60Spain

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Era
1880–1940
Aged 60

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Updated 2026-05-29

Led Spain's Second Republic as PM and final president through the Spanish Civil War (1936-39), orchestrating the Popular Front coalition that briefly challenged Franco's rise. Remembered as the Republic's most visible face during its collapse.

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Manuel Azaña Díaz was a Spanish politician who served as Prime Minister of the Second Spanish Republic, organizer of the Popular Front in 1935 and the last President of the Republic (1936–1939). He has been called the father of the Republic and was the most prominent leader of the Republican cause during the Spanish Civil War of 1936–1939.

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