Enric Prat de la Riba

Enric Prat de la Riba i Sarr was a Spanish politician, lawyer and writer. He was a member of the Centre Escolar Catalanista, where one of the earliest definitions of Catalan nationalism was formulated. He became the first president of Commonwealth of Catalonia onApril 1914 and retained this office until his death. He wrote the book and political manifesto La nacionalitat catalana in which greater autonomy to Catalonia was advocated.

Enric Prat de la Riba i Sarr was born onNovember 1870 in Castellterol rural town, Barcelona, Spain, to an affluent Roman Catholic conservative family. He started his law studies at the University of Barcelona and finished and received his degree at the Central University of Madrid.

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