Enric Prat de la Riba, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Enric Prat de la Riba

Catalan politician

Date of Birth: 29-Nov-1870

Place of Birth: Castellterçol, Catalonia, Spain

Date of Death: 01-Aug-1917

Profession: lawyer, politician, journalist, essayist

Nationality: Spain

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Enric Prat de la Riba i Sarrà (Catalan pronunciation: [?n'rik 'p?ad d? l? 'riß?]; 29 November 1870 – 1 August 1917) was a Catalan 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 the Commonwealth of Catalonia on 6 April 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.
He died in 1917 and is interred in the Montjuïc Cemetery in Barcelona.