Francesc Pi i Margall

President of the Executive Power

29 April 1824 Barcelona, Spain

29 November 1901(1901-11-29) (77) Madrid, Spain

11 June 1873 – 18 July 1873

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Pi and the second or maternal family name is Margall. Francisco Pi y Margall (Catalan: Francesc Pi i Margall) (29 April 1824 – 29 November 1901) was a Spanish federalist and republican politician and theorist who served as president of the short-lived First Spanish Republic in 1873. He was also a historian, philosopher, romanticist writer, and was also the leader of the Federal Democratic Republican Party and the Democratic Party. Pi was turned into a sort of secular saint in his time. A disciple of Pierre-Joseph Proudhon, his theoretical contributions left a lasting effect on the development of the anarchist movement in Spain.